Dylan Haney was among four students from the state of Arkansas to attend the Lead- ership Institute this past sum- mer in Washington, D.C. The Leadership Institute focuses on conservative principles while providing training in many different areas, which includes college students reaching other college stu- dents through campaigning, fundraising and other tech- niques. Haney, a sophomore politi- cal science major, was selected to participate in this program after turning in an essay focus- ing on the building of the par- ty platform, thinking of ways to get other people involved and promoting ideas. He then received the Patrick Cal- houn Leadership Scholarship. Haney was the only student chosen from Arkansas’ fourth congressional district. The institute hosted be- tween 70 and 100 college students from all around the United States, making this a very sought after and exclu- sive program of which to take part. During the trip, Haney at- tended a number of classes that went from early in the morning to late at night. “Classes were taught by for- mer White House staffers that worked for Ronald Reagan and told a bunch of personal stories about Reagan’s life and routine and ability to speak to people,” Haney said. His days were not only filled with going to classes, but he was also given the chance to travel around the city of Washington, D.C. On his days off, Haney also visit- ed with some of the members of the Senate. Of all of the experiences Haney encountered, he said two were the most memorable to him. “Getting to hear from for- mer White House staffers, and visiting with them even a little bit one on one about how O U A C H I T A B A P T I S T U N I V E R S I T Y TIGERS OPEN HOME SEASONS SPORTS, P. 7 the S ign a l Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012 • Volume 121, Issue 1 www.obusignal.com ONLINE AT: Across closed borders Saudi Arabia, traditionally shy of tourism, invites student group for visit E ight students and two professors got what will probably be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in May. They, along with a community member, were granted an almost unheard of invitation to tour Saudi Arabia, a country typically closed to tourism out- side of religious purposes. Dr. Barbara Pemberton, associate professor of Christian missions and one of the professors who attended, said the trip was the result of years of talks between herself, a tour company in Saudi Arabia and the Saudi Arabian embassy in the United States. The certainty of the trip was unknown even to the last minute. By TANNER WARD Editor-in-Chief New Yorker publishes Curlin poem in July issue On Jul. 30, 2012, Dr. Jay Cur- lin, professor of English, had a poem featured in The New Yorker. Curlin never submitted the poem, but after a remark- able set of circumstances, The New Yorker’s poetry editor, Paul Muldoon, contacted Curlin and asked him whether he might publish it in the magazine. The poem, entitled “Evidence of Things Not Seen,” was writ- ten in the fall of 2010 to feature two words that appeared in the Daily Word Game utilized by professors to enhance students’ vocabulary. The words were “Higgs-Boson,” the legendary god particle and “hirsute,” a word meaning hairy. The po- em’s title is a reference to the Bible verse Hebrews 11:1. “After a couple of years of playing the daily word games, [Jay] would put [them] in his reading quizzes in poems he wrote that he called lexical By SAM CUSHMAN News Editor see NEW YORKER z 3 Student’s summer of theater With make-up perfectly painted below his black uni- form hat and charcoal grey jack- et buttoned up to his neck, he sits in silence, anticipating how the night will unfold. Beneath him, the moving stage stands still, ready for the wear and tear of another night, another show, another scuff. Garrett White- head mentally prepares himself to transport to another time in another country with another name. Whitehead, a junior musical theater major from Cleburne, Texas, took on a German per- sona this summer while in pro- ductions of “Spring Awaken- ing” at Little Rock’s Weekend Theatre from June 8-July 1 and “The Sound of Music” at Mur- ry’s Dinner Playhouse from July 24-Sept. 1, also in Little Rock, 368 miles away from home. For the duration of the sum- mer, Whitehead was fortunate enough to “house hop” be- tween the homes of four of his fellow theater majors, but it was still not quite the same as being home for the break. “I was really nervous about spending my entire summer away from my family,” he said, “but it helped prepare me for my future.” As with every production, Whitehead believes his partici- pation in these shows makes an impact on him as a performer that will carry through for the rest of his life. “I grow a little bit every time I get the chance to perform,” he said. One of his summer’s learn- ing experiences came in the role of telegram boy-turned-Nazi teenager Rolf in “The Sound of Music.” While the spring musical put on by Ouachita’s theater depart- ment has rehearsals for an entire semester before opening night, Murry’s “Sound of Music” had just two weeks before the first curtain. see THEATER z 3 Leader in training Dylan Haney z Courtesy DYLAN HANEY stands in front of the Capitol. He recently trav- eled to D.C. to attend the Lead- ership Institute. Haney attends Institute in D.C., tours capital city By KELSEY LAMB Staff Writer see HANEY z 2 see SAUDI ARABIA z 2 FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY H: 102 L: 69 H: 85 L: 57 H: 85 L: 55 THIS WEEK AT OBUSIGNAL.COM CONNECT WITH THE SIGNAL Garrett Whitehead z Courtesy GARRETT WHITEHEAD plays Rolf, a character in “The Sound of Music,” who goes from an innocent messenger boy in love with the protagonist’s daughter to a Nazi traitor. Scan QR code to view additional content online. By EMILY TERRY Features/Social Media Editor Photo courtesy of Dr. Barbara Pemberton. Rapid Fire Video Saudi Arabia Slideshow
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Dylan Haney was among four students from the state of Arkansas to attend the Lead-ership Institute this past sum-mer in Washington, D.C. The Leadership Institute focuses on conservative principles while providing training in many different areas, which includes college students reaching other college stu-dents through campaigning, fundraising and other tech-niques. Haney, a sophomore politi-cal science major, was selected to participate in this program after turning in an essay focus-ing on the building of the par-ty platform, thinking of ways to get other people involved and promoting ideas. He then received the Patrick Cal-houn Leadership Scholarship. Haney was the only student chosen from Arkansas’ fourth congressional district. The institute hosted be-tween 70 and 100 college students from all around the United States, making this a very sought after and exclu-sive program of which to take part. During the trip, Haney at-tended a number of classes that went from early in the morning to late at night. “Classes were taught by for-mer White House staffers that
worked for Ronald Reagan and told a bunch of personal stories about Reagan’s life and routine and ability to speak to people,” Haney said. His days were not only filled with going to classes, but he was also given the chance to travel around the city of Washington, D.C. On his days off, Haney also visit-ed with some of the members of the Senate. Of all of the experiences Haney encountered, he said two were the most memorable to him. “Getting to hear from for-mer White House staffers, and visiting with them even a little bit one on one about how
O U A C H I T A B A P T I S T U N I V E R S I T Y
TIGERS OPEN HOME SEASONS SPORTS, P. 7theSignal Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012 • Volume 121, Issue 1
www.obusignal.comONLINEAT:
Across closed borders
Saudi Arabia, traditionally shy
of tourism, invites student group for visit
Eight students and two professors got what will probably be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in May. They, along with a community member, were granted an almost unheard of invitation to tour
Saudi Arabia, a country typically closed to tourism out-side of religious purposes. Dr. Barbara Pemberton, associate professor of Christian missions and one of the professors who attended, said the trip was the result of years of talks between herself, a tour company in Saudi Arabia and the Saudi Arabian embassy in the United States. The certainty of the trip was unknown even to the last minute.
By Tanner WardEditor-in-Chief
New Yorker publishes
Curlin poem in July issue
On Jul. 30, 2012, Dr. Jay Cur-lin, professor of English, had a poem featured in The New Yorker. Curlin never submitted the poem, but after a remark-able set of circumstances, The New Yorker’s poetry editor, Paul Muldoon, contacted Curlin and asked him whether he might publish it in the magazine. The poem, entitled “Evidence of Things Not Seen,” was writ-ten in the fall of 2010 to feature two words that appeared in the Daily Word Game utilized by professors to enhance students’ vocabulary. The words were “Higgs-Boson,” the legendary god particle and “hirsute,” a word meaning hairy. The po-em’s title is a reference to the Bible verse Hebrews 11:1. “After a couple of years of playing the daily word games, [Jay] would put [them] in his reading quizzes in poems he wrote that he called lexical
By Sam CuShmanNews Editor
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Student’s summer of theater With make-up perfectly painted below his black uni-form hat and charcoal grey jack-et buttoned up to his neck, he sits in silence, anticipating how the night will unfold. Beneath him, the moving stage stands still, ready for the wear and tear of another night, another show, another scuff. Garrett White-head mentally prepares himself to transport to another time in another country with another name. Whitehead, a junior musical theater major from Cleburne, Texas, took on a German per-sona this summer while in pro-
ductions of “Spring Awaken-ing” at Little Rock’s Weekend Theatre from June 8-July 1 and “The Sound of Music” at Mur-ry’s Dinner Playhouse from July 24-Sept. 1, also in Little Rock, 368 miles away from home. For the duration of the sum-mer, Whitehead was fortunate enough to “house hop” be-tween the homes of four of his fellow theater majors, but it was still not quite the same as being home for the break. “I was really nervous about spending my entire summer away from my family,” he said, “but it helped prepare me for my future.” As with every production, Whitehead believes his partici-
pation in these shows makes an impact on him as a performer that will carry through for the rest of his life. “I grow a little bit every time I get the chance to perform,” he said. One of his summer’s learn-ing experiences came in the role of telegram boy-turned-Nazi teenager Rolf in “The Sound of Music.” While the spring musical put on by Ouachita’s theater depart-ment has rehearsals for an entire semester before opening night, Murry’s “Sound of Music” had just two weeks before the first curtain.
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Leader in training
Dylan Haney z CourtesyDYLAN HANEY stands in front of the Capitol. He recently trav-eled to D.C. to attend the Lead-ership Institute.
Haney attends Institute in D.C., tours capital city
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FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
H: 102 L: 69 H: 85 L: 57 H: 85 L: 55
THIS WEEK AT OBUSIGNAL.COM CONNECT WITH THE SIGNAL
Garrett Whitehead z CourtesyGARRETT WHITEHEAD plays Rolf, a character in “The Sound of Music,” who goes from an innocent messenger boy in love with the protagonist’s daughter to a Nazi traitor. Scan QR code to view additional content online.
By emILY TerrYFeatures/Social Media Editor
Photo courtesy of Dr. Barbara Pemberton.
Rapid Fire Video Saudi Arabia Slideshow
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“Even up to the day before [we bought our plane tickets], we weren’t going to be able to go,” Pemberton said. She said they were granted temporary business visas, allow-ing them entrance to the country. One group left from Little Rock and one from Dallas; the two groups met in Frankfurt, Germa-ny, before then flying to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. On the first day in the coun-try, the group toured the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Jeddah before visiting a shopping mall, observ-ing how the stores all close dur-ing prayer times. “One night [in Jeddah], we went to a fresh seafood market to eat for dinner, but the only problem is that I’m allergic to seafood, so I had to just sit there and eat chips,” said junior Alex Nelson, a business administra-tion major. Nelson said the group also ate a traditional meal consisting of camel meat eaten on the floor in Jeddah. The group was in Jeddah for two days before flying to the capital city of Riyadh for three days. In Riyadh, the group vis-ited several museums and ar-chaeological sights. “It was interesting to see how the Saudi’s combined old land-marks with new buildings and were still able to make it look put together,” Nelson said. While riding a bus to one of the historic cities near the capi-tal, the group passed a herd of camels on the side of the road.
“The kids had been asking the guide if they could ride camels at some point, and so when we saw them on the side of the road, he stopped the bus for us and went and talked to the guy who was with the camels and they told us we could ride for as long as we wanted,” Pemberton said. After Jeddah, the group took a bus to Damman, on the eastern side of Saudi Arabia, spending two days there. Pemberton said the group was protected throughout the trip by armed guards. Nelson said he never felt unsafe during the trip. “Our guides worked for the Saudi Arabian government, and we were followed by plain-clothes police officers,” Nelson said. “The Saudi Arabia govern-ment and our government were very aware of us and concerned about our safety.”
Pemberton said the trip was part of efforts by the tour com-pany and some Saudi Arabians to promote their country as a place of history and culture and to shift the way many around the world see the nation. She said the nation made an effort to “treat us like royalty.” “We were treated with so much respect,” Nelson said. “The people of Saudi Arabia are really just hospitable and are so welcoming as a culture.” Nelson said the trip gave him a newfound view of America. “[Going to a foreign country] really makes you value being an American,” he said. “So many people around the world really have no idea what America real-ly is; not everybody sees Ameri-cans as we really are. …I also learned that Texas is indeed not the hottest place on Earth.” n
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Dr. Barbara Pemberton z CourtesySTUDENTS AND professors visit the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (L to R): Kevin Jackson, Brian Keen, Dr. Barbara Pemberton, Hunter Wolf, Kyle Hargis, Katelyn Davis, Bryan Davis, Dr. Bill Viser, a tour guide, Alex Nelson, Cameron Johnson and Tim Molinary. Scan QR code to view additional content online.
Dr. Barbara Pemberton z CourtesyHUNTER WOLF listens to the tour guide explain different areas of the mosque at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.
you get to a position like that was interesting,” he said. This experience, in particu-lar, stuck out to him because these staffers were not origi-nally pursuing politics. Second, at the end of the trip Haney got the chance to meet with Senator John Booz-man’s staffers and hear how they help the senator on a daily basis. Haney said he benefitted from this experience because he learned “how to reach out to college students [his] own age, how to work together for a common good, mainly how to get the cause off the ground and promote it.” He also took away aspects on how to promote any cause to the public. Haney not only got the op-portunity to learn what it is like to work in the world of politics from other men and women who have experienced it, but he also got the opportu-nity to learn how to communi-cate to other college students using these same techniques. Haney said the experience was a “rewarding opportu-nity. “If anyone has the oppor-tunity to go to the Leadership Institute or go to any type of training as far as being able to promote causes or anything you believe in, I would en-courage them to do that,” he said For more information on the Leadership Institute, go to leadershipinstitute.org. n
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neWS BrIeFS n Quick recaps of the biggest stories of the week.Isaac uncovers WWI shipwreck
On an Alabama beach Hurricane Isaac uncovered the remnants of an old shipwreck dating back to the World War I era. In an interview with ABC News, Mike Bailey, historian with the Fort Morgan, Ala., Historical Society, said the ship is the Rachel, a schooner built in Mississip, during World War I. At that time, the government was using most steam ships for the war effort, but the region still needed trade ships, so the Rachel was built to carry cargo in the gulf. "The crew tried to save her by dropping an anchor, but she ran
Republican National Convention
The 2012 Republican National Convention took place in Tampa, Fla. from Aug. 27 – 30. The convention featured speakers New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Ann Romney and actor Clint Eastwood. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan also gave speeches at the Convention. Gov. Christie spoke of choosing respect over love, giving America the truth and why Mitt Romney is the man for the job. Romney’s wife gave a speech appealing to women of America hard working individuals. Eastwood spoke of President Obama’s shortcomings. n
Democratic National Convention
The 2012 Democratic National Convention is being held in Charlotte, N. C. this week. San Antonio, Texas Mayor Julián Castro and First Lady Michelle Obama spoke Tuesday night, and Elizabeth Warren and former President Bill Clinton highlighted last night’s speeches. The convention will conclude tonight with speeches by Vice President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama. Clinton formally and officially nominated Obama as the Democratic candidate last night with a unanimous delegate count. An estimated 35,000 guests were expected in Charlotte. n
Despite a crunched and crazy rehearsal schedule, two weeks was all the time necessary for Whitehead and his fellow cast mates to mentally transform the blank room full of tables, chairs, a curtain and a stage into Salz-burg, Austria, circa 1937. Getting into such a classic and dynamic character as Rolf proved to be an exciting chal-lenge for Whitehead. “Just being able to play naive, and innocent in the beginning and slowly transform into a Nazi traitor in the end was pretty cool,” he said. Though he enjoyed his char-
acter, Whitehead’s favorite scene did not involve Rolf, but a scene with a song that doesn’t appear in the movie. “No Way to Stop It” highlights a turning point in the story where Captain von Trapp breaks off his relationship with the Baroness, thus leaving him free to wed Maria. Despite having to tirelessly switch back and forth between innocent messenger boy to teen-age Nazi soldier in a period of two hours for 40 nights in a row, Whitehead says he felt honored to have the opportunity. “The best part about the entire summer was just getting more experience for my craft,” he said, “and meeting some pretty fan-tastic new friends and connec-tions that will last a lifetime.” n
aground and was destroyed," Bailey told ABC News. "What little cargo she was carrying was salvaged, and the ship was burned." Many people regard the ship as a local mystery. Bailey said that the real mystery is her cargo. The Rachel has been uncovered by stormy weather in th past but never so much of the ship has been uncovered. The ship rests on private land and currently there are no plans to move it. According to the Alabama Historical Society, such an effort would be incred-ibly expensive endeavor and require a large team of preservational experts. n
rhymes,” said Johnny Wink, pro-fessor of English. “He started sending me these and I thought they were so first rate that I asked him whether he would mind me sending them out on a mailing list, because I thought there would be people, in addi-tion to students, who would like to see them. And indeed there were. That then set up this amaz-ing thing that happened with The New Yorker.” Wink was driving in his car in July while listening to NPR when he heard a story about how people at CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nu-cléaire, or the European Council for Nuclear Research) thought they had spotted the “Higgs-Boson” while working at a mas-sive particle accelerator known as the Hadron collider. After hearing this, Wink then emailed Curlin and told him about what he heard and Curlin sent Wink a copy of the poem. Wink then sent out the poem to the people on the mailing list. “I thought they’d might like to see it again now that the ‘Higgs-Boson’ is in the news,” Wink said. “Now, you have to re-member that Jay is a really good poet but he has not really made
any attempts in the direction of becoming a known poet. Years ago I talked him into submitting a poem to a magazine called the Plains Poetry Journal. Jay doesn’t submit poems to places and any poet who is out to make a name for himself lusts to get in The New Yorker. The competition is fierce with all the people writing poetry for the English language as they realize that this is the Ca-dillac of magazine publications.” Among the members of this mailing list was Douglass Hof-stadter, Pulitzer Prize winner and College of Arts and Sciences distinguished professor of Cog-nitive Science and Comparative Literature at Indiana University. Hofstadter enjoyed the poem and sent it to some friends of his asking if any of them had any idea of where it might get pub-lished. A few of these worked at CERN where the “Higgs-Boson” was spotted, and one suggested that they look to an online source of publishing. After a number of days they did not hear anything about the poem − until Curlin was emailed by Muldoon asking him for permission to publish “The Evidence of Things Not Seen.” “What we found out was this,” Wink said, “Douglass Hofstadter knew some general editor at The New Yorker and sent the poem to him. As it turned out the general
editor apparently liked the poem a lot and sent it to Muldoon, the poetry editor. Muldoon liked it a lot and that’s how Muldoon came to write Jay. [He] never submitted a poem to The New Yorker and he must be in a very rare category of people who get asked by The New Yorker [to have their poems published]. This is something that might happen to famous people and well known writers, but Jay’s only published one poem. He is an utterly un-known poet beyond his circle of admirers – the people on the list. And yet because of a strange set of circumstances, The New Yorker asked Jay Curlin if they could publish a poem of his. I just think that is a great thing.” Due to the recent news re-garding the “Higgs-Boson,” The New Yorker rushed to get Curlin’s poem printed within the month. When he first received the email from Muldoon, Curlin said that the shock was like “a lightning bolt.” He said he was balancing his checkbook on a Saturday morning when he got the email. “The title of the message was simply ‘Your Poem,’” Curlin said. “I looked and the text said it was from this Paul Muldoon. It said, ‘Mr. Curlin, I was very tak-en with your poem and was won-dering how you’d feel to have it published in The New Yorker if
it hasn’t appeared elsewhere.’ I immediately responded, ‘Good Heavens! I’m mystified Mr. Mul-doon that you would want to publish this poem. Indeed this will be its first appearance.’ I was absolutely thunderstruck but also immensely honored and deeply flattered.” Curlin has been writing po-etry since his childhood. He also incorporates much of his poetry in some of his course work and classes. He has written close to 500 poems solely through his efforts to incorporate the daily words in his lexical rhymes. He writes around 42 poems per se-mester. Upon speaking of how he felt when he learned who was read-ing his poem, Curlin said he felt like crawling under a rock. He laughingly recalled the moment in “The Odyssey” when Odys-seus fools Polyphemus by call-ing himself “Nobody.” When he learned that the people at CERN would be seeing his poem and Hofstadter’s positive remarks regarding it, Curlin said he was embarrassed and wanted to say that “Nobody wrote these po-ems,” similar to Odysseus. “The week after my poem was published, one of the poems that appeared was by Margaret At-wood. When I looked at these bylines of the types of people who were being published, all of
a sudden I felt very, very small. I wanted to crawl under a rock and hide.” Curlin’s poem has received strong responses from his read-ers and both positive and nega-tive criticism. He says that when he wrote the poem, it was at a point when the “Higgs-Boson” was purely hypothetical. Curlin said that he thought at the time how amazing it is that scientists say we should have faith in what can’t see but still know that they have to exist, and yet have a problem with the Christian form of faith. “That’s exactly what faith is,” Curlin said. “It’s the evidence of things not seen. A lot of people say that now we know that ev-erything about the Christian the-ology must be wrong [because of this discovery]. But by no means does the discovery this July do anything to our faith. To me, it’s a beautiful reminder that our faith is built on what we cannot see. And every once in a while this supercollider will give us a reminder that there are all sorts of things out there that we can-not see, but nonetheless have faith that they exist.” Curlin’s poem is currently posted in Lile Hall in front of the English department. Subscribers to The New Yorker can view the poem at www.newyorker.com after logging in their account. n
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On the Fast TrackAnanda Boardman: From Signal to neighborsgo in a year
Steven Miller z CourtesyANANDA BOARDMAN, a 2011 graduate, currently serves as the Interim Editor of the White Rock | East Dallas neighborsgo, a community-focused weekly publication of the Dallas Morning News. Eleven editions of neighborsgo are published every Friday.
“You’re too young to waste your life with a career that’s going nowhere.” Ananda Boardman heard that line more than enough times from people cautioning her from pursuing a career in print journalism. But less than two years after graduating from Ouachita in 2011, she has already been promoted to being editor of the Dallas Morning News’ neighborsgo community editions. “It’s been a little crazy and weird [how fast everything has happened],” said Boardman, formerly News/Fea-tures Editor for The Signal. Boardman started working at the Dal-las Morning News in June 2010, between her junior and senior years, after being selected to be an intern by the Colle-giate Network, a program that places college students in internships and jobs at newspapers across the country. “My first day on the job — my press badge was literally still sticky — I was assigned to go to Arlington, where a police woman’s husband had recently passed away after a skiing accident and where her son was battling juvenile Batten disease,” she said. “I was really overwhelmed because, one, it was ter-rifyingly sad, and two, because it was a quick turn-around; it had to go in the next day’s paper. “I had never done something like this before, because at The Signal, we have a week to write an article.” During her internship, Boardman was assigned to the public safety beat. “Getting to see how the court system works was one of the coolest parts of working that beat,” she said. She regularly saw her stories appear on the front of the Metro section of the newspaper, but the last story she wrote that summer was her first to make the front page of Dallas Morning News. She was covering a recent decision allowing prisoners who were in jail
on lesser charges to pay a fee and be released, with an ankle bracelet, un-til their next hearing. The article was printed the day after her internship ended in August. “It was so good to watch her prog-ress,” said Dr. Jeff Root, dean of the School of Humanities and adviser to The Signal. “I especially loved seeing her email me her front page stories.” Boardman returned to Ouachita and decided to apply for a year-long fel-lowship, again with the Collegiate Net-work, in September. She found out in April that she had been selected and that she would be able to return to the Dallas Morning News from June 2011 through June 2012. She covered various beats during her fellowship, including education. She continued to see her articles appear on the front page of the newspaper; she said she has had 6 or 7 appear on Page 1A, 40 to 50 appear on the Metro section cover and wrote about 100 articles total. In May, Boardman’s editor, Oscar Martinez, told Boardman that her con-tract could be extended after her fellow-ship ended in June 2012 by 60 days if she would move to the neighborsgo pub-lication. neighborsgo consists of eleven editions that cover different areas of the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area and are published each Friday and distributed with Dallas Morning News. Each issue features content created by members of those communities, along with original content created by the neighborsgo staff. Boardman is currently the interim editor for the White Rock | East Dallas edition, and is expecting to make her position permanent within weeks. “I really like feature writing more
than news,” she said. “It’s hard to do some of the hard news some-times. neighborsgo is more positive
news and features about people in the community.” Boardman said working at a news-
paper has allowed her experiences she normally would not have had. “My favorite Sunday assignment was covering 1,000 volunteers who put flags on the veterans’ graves for Memo-rial Day,” she said. “There were 30,000 graves with flags, and just as we were about to leave, a wind blew and stood all of the flag out. It was an emotional experience that I wouldn’t have had if
I hadn’t been working that morning.” Root said Boardman’s accelerated career is evidence of the importance of internships. Boardman said any students interested in careers in journalism should consider Collegiate Network. Applications are being accepted, and information can be found at collegiatenetwork.org/internships. n
By Tanner WardEditor-in-Chief
Ananda Boardman, neighborsgo
Birthday: July 3
Home: Geronimo, Texas
Favorite Color: Red/Burgundy
Favorite Food: Spanish, Mexican, Italian
Favorite Music: Country
Biggest Influence: My mom.
As a child, I wanted to: Be a tap-dancing zookeeper.
Something few people know about me: I’m ridiculously shy.
Something I hope to accomplish: It’s pretty stereotypical. I want to win a Pulitzer Prize, and to have written a best-selling novel one day.
I love journalism. I wouldn’t do it if I didn’t love it.
— Ananda Boardman
PERSPECTIVES
Ananda Boardman z CourtesyNEIGHBORSGO EDITIONS with cover stories by Ananda Boardman are displayed along with her press passes and diploma from Ouachita.
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Since I can remember, I have been enthralled with Batman as a character. We’re not just talking the Batman from the movies, either. I read the comics, watched the television shows and yes, I even watched those campy movies be-fore Christopher Nolan, who took them to an entirely new level altogether, got his foot in the superhero genre.
So, why Batman? Why Batman, when there are dozens of other heroes, some of whom have the same kind of noto-riety as Gotham’s Dark Knight? Why not Superman, whose only weakness is the dreaded Kryptonite? It’s simple, really. I don’t like Superman because he isn’t human enough - he doesn’t have enough flaws for me to relate. Bat-man, on the other hand, has more than enough flaws. Bruce Wayne, though certainly not the only one to take up the cape and cowl, is the Batman who has always stuck with me. He isn’t always a good guy. He can be selfish and brash, and he doesn’t always know why he’s fighting so hard for a city like Gotham, yet he never stops fighting for it or the people
within its walls. He knows that Gotham can be a terrible, dark city, but that has yet to keep him from doing his best to try and rescue what life and goodness it has left. Some people say that Bruce Wayne has had it easy, and I suppose, at first glance, it might appear that way. His parents’ untimely demise aside, Bruce grew up in the lap of luxury. Whatever he wanted, he was given. This is one of the many reasons I love him. Rather than being content in that luxury and spending his money on things that would only better himself and his ex-tensive corporation, he instead chose to invest in ways to save others. So, perhaps Bruce Wayne had it “easy,” but I believe that where we
come from holds a lesser importance than where we are going and what we are doing with our lives in this mo-ment, not in the moments past. There is also the argument that Bat-man isn’t a “superhero” at all, which might be a valid point, but it is a point that only drives home the reasons I love him. No, Batman might not be able to fly (not without the use of his gadgets, anyway), and he can’t blow things up with his laser vision (he has actual bombs for that), but he is absolutely and positively human. Tragically hu-man, at times. It is this human element, this ability to be beaten and broken, that makes Batman believable and relatable, and it is that reason (of many) that he is my favorite of the superheroes. n
“Knock, knock!” That was the sound of my con-science warning me of the metaphorical 40mm gre-nade shell that was “The Expendables 2,” crashing through my heart and blowing my hopes and dreams into a million pieces. Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris, Bruce Willis, and Sylvester Stallone team up to kill a bunch of terrorists lead by Jean Claude Van Damm, and I walked out of the theatre saying “That was al-right.” It’s a sin, and although I wouldn’t exactly say it was terrible, I’m not going to recommend it. However, I would like to bring the grand-daddy of all action movies, and one that actually got “The Expendables” concept right, back into the spotlight: “Predator.” Lots of people have seen “Predator,” but to my dis-appointment, even more people have not. Females are almost excused from this, but “men,” as they might call themselves, are not. “Predator” is hands down the manliest movie in the history of film, and watching it should be considered a right of passage. It should be held equal with learning to drive or the first time a guy has to shave. A male who hasn’t seen “Predator” isn’t really a man yet, he’s just a walking bag of bones with Y chromosomes and no hope.
The storyline isn’t exactly a Christopher Nolan-lev-el masterpiece, but it doesn’t need to be. Arnold, Carl Weathers, Jessie Ventura, Bill Duke, Sonny Landham, and two other guys who aren’t as important grab some guns the size of European cars, do the manli-est secret handshake ever and jump into a helicopter to go blow up some bad guys. That’s what happens when you mess with America. After the bad guys have all been killed by either the unend-ing hail of bullets or the equally vast onslaught of terrible one-liners, Arnold finds out the whole mission was a lie. While the team is waiting for the chop-per to come pick them up, an in-visible alien starts stalking them through the jungle and blowing holes through people with a la-ser. From then on, the stupidly awesome commandos are trapped in the jungle, trying to fend it off with the power of 20 inch biceps and enough hardware to lit-erally level the surrounding landscape. It’s beautiful. The best example of exactly how awesome this movie is comes at the start of the first action scene. Ar-nold dead-lifts an 18 wheeler off a set of cinder blocks,
straps some explosives onto the back of it and rolls it down a hill into a storage shed for barrels full of gaso-line that the bad guys happen to have for some rea-son. I’d say that they should abandon conventional bowling and change the rules so that everyone has to do it exactly like that, but the scene is so glorious that it could only happen once. Assuming his head didn’t
explode as soon as he had writ-ten down the last word, the guy who dreamt up that sequence most likely retired on that very day, knowing that he’d never be able to top it. Just watching it will make your neck 5 percent thicker. I’ve put a lot of emphasis on how manly this movie is, but I’d recommend it to anyone. It’s fun, there’s never a dull mo-ment, it had an all star cast of
action heroes, all the characters are interesting, and it’s a classic for a reason. However, any non-female wasting the air of greater men to form their idle, pre “Predator” thoughts needs to find a copy and watch it this very second. It’s a far better use of an hour and a half than wasting away on the computer catching up on memes. n
By nOah huTChInSOnStaff Writer
In 1976, capital punishment was rein-stated in the United States, four years after it was struck down. Since then, this topic has been extremely controversial. States have argued over whether or not this was the humane and/or productive way to fix the rate of crime in the country. In my opinion, it has been proven tenfold that this process is neither productive, cost-effective nor morally right. According to the Death Penalty Infor-mation Center in Mississippi, taxpayers spend $102.27 per day to house a death row inmate, as opposed to $41.61 per day for other inmates. California could save $1 billion over five years by replacing the death penalty with permanent imprison-ment. People wonder why it’s so expen-sive to live in the U.S. The death penalty may well be a large part of that problem. Not only is this way of conviction ex-pensive, but how can one be sure that the person being executed isn’t innocent? Sure, there are plenty of circumstances where the evidence stacks too high for any-one to mistake the difference between the innocent and the guilty. But, at the same time, we as humans are prone to making mistakes and being easily deceived due
to things such as racism, biases, precon-ceived notions, etc. For example, when the jury is chosen for a trial, every person is asked if there is anything that would interfere with their ability to be fair and impartial whilst mak-ing their decision on what should happen to those involved in the case. While hu-mans are fallible, they are also deceivers. For all we know, every person put on jury for a case considering the death penalty could be set on terminating the life of the accused. According to Am-nesty International, since 1973 over 130 people have been re-leased from death rows throughout the country due to evidence of their wrongful convictions. In 2003 alone, 10 wrongfully convicted defendants were released from death row. One example of these horribly wrong-ful convictions lies in Jonathon Hoffman’s story. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1995 for killing the owner of a jewelry store. The main witness was Hoff-man’s cousin. However, he made deals with the prosecutors for testifying against
his cousin. Twelve years later, he came clean and confessed that he just wanted to get back at his cousin for owing him money. Putting all facts aside, let us look at this from a religious point of view. Are we God? Seeing as that answer is a resound-ing, “No,” what rights have we to decide who lives and who dies? Granted, the per-
son being accused of murder had no right to make that decision either, but I am a firm believer in the saying, “Every-thing happens for a reason.” And he or she will pay for their choice to kill, whether or not
they are given the death sentence. I am in no way trying to change the point of view of my readers. I am sim-ply stating my opinion and hoping that it will perhaps shed some new light on the situation for a few people. So next time a capital punishment case is covered on television or in the newspaper, think twice before automatically condemning them to capital punishment. There is always a bet-ter option than murder. n
By maTTIe BOgOSLavSKYStaff Writer
Superheroes should be relatableTarah ELLIOTTOpinions Editor
Life and Times of a Fan Girl
Student discusses ‘Predator,’ dubs it manly, fun, awesome
Death penalty: ‘Are we God?’
And he or she will pay for their choice to kill, wheth-er or not they are given the death sentence.
— Mattie Bogoslavsky
A male who hasn’t seen “Predator” isn’t really a man yet; he’s just a walking bag of boneswith Y chromosomes.
— Noah Hutchinson
The Ouachita football team has nine seniors playing for the 2012 season. All 12 Ti-gers are ready to take the field one last time alongside their teammates. This group of athletes are ready to finish strong, leaving it all on the field. Quarterback Casey Coo-per played college baseball for two years before return-ing to foot-ball. Cooper not only has big goals for the team but for his future as well, and is majoring in history. He enjoys his time with the Tigers even af-ter spending four years with them. “What I love the most about being on the team is the fellowship and close re-lationships I have with my teammates,” Cooper said. “We are like a family.” This Conway native plans on attending law school fol-lowing his senior year at OBU and marrying his col-lege sweetheart, Kathryn Kelly. Defensive lineman Sam Dunnam knows that coach-ing is not only his passion, but also his future career. Dunnam is one of Ouachita’s
leading defensive linemen and is majoring in kinesiol-ogy. He calls P a l e s t i n e , Texas his home, even though the football team is his “sec-ond family away from home.” Team-mates have realized Dun-nam’s abilities on the field, and believe NFL coaches will realize his skills as well. Kicker Jason Fowler is a quarter Choctaw and quarter Navajo. This native of Mes-quite, Texas, has his sights set on break-ing records. Ouachita Ti-ger’s record-holder for most extra points in a season and career is only 39 points away from surpassing the OBU all time scoring record as a kicker. He is majoring in business management. Following Ouachita, Fowler plans on marrying his fiancé, OBU swim star Chelbi Smith, and becoming a member of the Mesquite police depart-ment. Defensive lineman Ugo Nkalari is rarely ever seen without a smile on his face. Nkalari, from Rockwall, Tex-as, is a strong player with a
love for not only his team but for everyone around him. In his words, “my favorite thing about being on the Ti-ger football team is the camaraderie that I get by being with a group of young men and coaches that are all goal-oriented and driven towards something greater than ourselves.” His family is from Nige-ria, making him “a true Af-rican-American.” Nkalari is majoring in business admin-istration and following grad-uation is hoping to “find a good first job that [he] would enjoy.” Wide receiver Brett Re-ece, a home-grown Tex-an, knows a thing or two about fitness. Reece is a Houston na-tive and one of Ouachita Tiger’s top wide receivers. He is major-ing in kinesiology and plans on becoming a personal trainer. He respects his team and knows that being close as a team is important to be able to play well together. “[We] have been through a lot together and we have fought through the good and
the tough times since we’ve been at Ouachita,” Reece said. “Nothing I feel like can tear us apart because we’ve been through it all.” Reece enjoys collecting in-teresting rocks and secretly is a huge fan of Tim Tebow. C e n t e r Hunter Sop-er, a double major in mass com-munications and graphic design, has a long history in the game of football, playing ever since he was nine years old. Soper is from Plano, Tex-as, where he attended Pres-tonwood Christian Academy. He walked on for the Tigers in 2009. Following gradua-tion, Soper plans on mov-ing back to the Dallas area. He aspires to be a successful graphic designer for a Texas advertising agency. Defensive end Dennis Stratton is almost 600 miles away from home. Stratton hails from Spring-field, Ill. This is only his sec-ond year on the team, but he has already been making a huge impact on the field. His teammate mentioned, “when [Dennis] is on the field you do
not want to be the one lined up in front of him, but off the field he is a great guy.” Strat-ton is majoring in kinesiology and “plans on being suc-cessful in the future.” S t a r t i n g left guard G a r r e t t Sykes is a team play-er; which is made obvious in his response towards his team. “I’m glad to be a part of the Ouachita football team because I can rely on good friends and teammates and they can rely on me as well.” Sykes enjoys the amount of respect, care, support and prayer the players give and have for one another. This Pine Bluff native is major-ing in kinesiology and looks forward to c o a c h i n g high school sports in the future. Wide re-ceiver Pey-ton Tolliver hails from the Texas side of Tex-arkana. He played football for Texas High School before being signed with Ouachita Baptist University. This tal-ented senior knows how to laugh and how to make oth-
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Senior football players prepare for final season
It is a new age in football - an age of change, a new game, a new BCS. If you have been keeping up with college foot-ball in any amount, you will know or have heard about the p r o b l e m s s u r r o u n d -ing the Bowl Champion-ship Series. For de-cades, the m a j o r i t y of viewers, players and coaches alike have pushed and pleaded for a new sys-tem. It took hundreds of hours in the meeting room, arguing, discussing and ana-lyzing to finally come to a consensus. The BCS commis-sioners came to an agreement on a four-team seeded play-off.
“It’s a great day for college football. We’re all excited about this. It was a long time coming, the commissioners worked very hard collabora-tively and collegiately to get where they got and we’re just
delighted,” said Bill Han-cock, BCS e x e c u t i v e director, in an interview with ESPN. The need for change was evident from all of the persistent criticism of the 14-year reign of the BCS. “We were
supportive of what we had and we understood that it was under a lot of criticism,” said Jim Delaney, commis-sioner of the Big 10 confer-ence, in an interview with USA Today. “As we moved forward to our new model, we had a couple of impor-
tant issues. We wanted this to continue to support the regular season, it does that. We also wanted it to be in-side the bowl system; it does that also. We think that the method for selecting teams is more rational and has fewer conflicts and it will be more transparent. “College football is well-served and the Big 10 is well-served, as well as the play-ers and coaches. There will always be people who want more, but sometimes less is more.” The presidents heard the complaints and answered with a new way of selecting the teams for the BCS. Dur-ing their meeting concern-ing playoffs, they came to an agreement of banishing the combination of human and computer polls in decid-ing the top teams. The presi-dents switched to a selection committee, a group of well-versed, experienced football analysts and commissioners. “It is the whole concept that we were able to come
together and do something good for college football. We made compromises and worked closely together, and I think what we’ve done is we’ve preserved the regu-lar season and enhanced it by this 4-team playoff,” said SEC Commissioner Mike Slive in an interview with USA Today. The semifinals will now be rotated among six bowl games, but they have yet to figure out the rotation. The committee put in place to make the final decision every season will rank the playoff teams by way of schedule strength, conference champi-ons and win-loss record. “A four-team playoff doesn’t go too far,” said Vir-ginia Tech President Charles Steger, chair of the presiden-tial oversight committee, in an interview with ESPN. “It goes just the right amount.”This is what we have all been waiting for - a playoff sys-tem, finally. n
By CheLSea BYerSSports Editor
College football wait finally over
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Dr. Wesley Kluck z CourtesySENIORS POSE for a picture as they prepare for the start of a new season of Ouachita football. (L to R): Augustine Ume-Ezeoke, Casey Cooper, Jason Fowler, Ugo Nkalari, Dennis Stratton, Hunter Soper, Garrett Sykes, Peyton Tolliver, Brett Reece, Sam Dunnam.
Commissioners set long-awaited playoffs in place
It was a long time coming, the com-missioners worked very hard collabora-tively and collegiate-ly to get where they got and we’re just delighted.
— Bill Hancock
The Ouachita Tiger football team has experienced a season full of wild circumstances to kick off the 2012 season, and following the release of the AFCA Coaches Poll for Week 2, the Tigers have found them-selves sitting in the national Top 25. The Tigers hosted the first NCAA football game of 2012 on Wednesday, thrashing the Northwestern Oklahoma State Rangers 55-3 and im-pressing coaches around the country. The Tigers sat just a few teams out of the Top 25 in the preseason poll, but made a huge jump to number 21 in the poll after week one. Ouachita will look to move to 2-0 this weekend when they travel to Tuscaloosa, Alabama for a match-up with the Tigers of Stillman College. The Tigers have broken into the national Top 25 for two consecutive years after being voted as the #25 team during week five of the 2011 season. n
Football ranked in top 25 AFCAcoaches poll after Week One
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Heather Ellis z The SignalPAYAM POURJAVAD fends off an opponent as he brings the ball down the field for another Tiger goal. The soccer team fought hard against Lyon College on Tuesday, but fell to the Scots 3-2.
The Ouachita men’s soccer team (1-2) hosted their first home match of the season on Tuesday, as they played Lyon College (2-1-1) in what proved to be a thrilling contest. The Tigers had a spectacular sec-ond half, scoring two goals and forcing overtime, but were downed by a goal in the 99th minute of the game. Ouachita’s David Henley took on goalkeeping duties, recording two saves during his 99 minutes in the net for the Tigers. Ouachita took 10 shots in the game, four of which were on goal. Goals for the Ti-
gers were provided by Payam Pourjavad and Connor Burke. Burke scored the Tigers first goal of the match at the 68 min-ute mark. Pourjavad scored in the 82nd minute of the game, when the Tigers were awarded a penalty kick due to a foul by Lyon. Lyon’s Ashley Peyton-Bruhl handled goalkeeping duties, notching two saves in the contest. Lyon’s goals were re-corded by Robert Hall, Jack Hayes and Sean O’Toole. Hall scored on an unassisted shot at the 15 minute mark of the game, taking an early lead for his Scots. O’Toole’s goal was netted at the 78 minute mark
of the game, following a pass from Manny Leon. Hayes’ goal was the most important for the Scots though, as he scored in overtime to seal the win. There were a total of 28 fouls called in the game, 16 of which were called against Lyon. Ouachita earned seven corner kicks in the contest, but were unable to capitalize on any of them. Lyon finished the game with 11 shots, while the Tigers took 10 of their own. The Tigers return to action on Friday, when they travel to Searcy for a match-up with the Bisons of Harding University. That game is slated to begin at 5 p.m. n
Soccer team drives for win in second half, nail-biter ends in upsetting 3-2 loss to Lyon
By JOSh FInKSports Information Director
The Ouachita Lady Tigers cross country team has started the season off right, with their third straight win at the Harry Denson Me-morial in M o n t i c e l l o . Two of the top five finish-ers were from O u a c h i t a , with Johanna Casey taking first place and setting a new course record. Casey finished with a time of 18:51.87, blowing away the rest of the field. The second place finisher, Stacy Emmer-ling from Henderson State, recorded a time of 20:30.19. Kasey McLeane was the next finisher for Ouachita, coming in fifth with a time of 21:30.80. Ouachita had a pack of run-ners finish in the backside of the top ten, as they took sev-enth through tenth place. Rebecca Ward took seventh, posting a time of 22:03.94, with Ashley Randels hot on her heels with a time of 22:07.96. Kelsey Wilson finished up in ninth place with a time of 22:18.09 and Hannah Diaz
rounded out the top 10 with a time of 22:38.07. Grace Finley finished off the field of Ouachi-ta runners, placing 22nd with a time of 27:04.85.
O u a c h i t a won the event overall, with A r k a n s a s -M o n t i c e l l o coming in second and H e n d e r s o n State finishing third. The Lady Tigers’ next meet will be their only home meet
of the season, when they host the Bob Gravett Invitational on Saturday, September 8 at 9 a.m. n
Lady Tigers cross country team starts season with 3-0 win
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Nicole McPhate z The SignalJOHANNA CASEY sets the pace at the Harry Denson Memorial in Monticello, Ark. Casey went on to win first place at the meet.
Two of the top five finishers were from Ouachita, with Jo-hanna Casey taking first place and set-ting a new course record.
— Josh Fink
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the networks in the next several weeks. We have sorted through all the new and returning
shows and picked some of the most anticipated
premieres.Nashville.ABC | Wednesdays, 9 p.m.
Starring: Hayden Panettiere, Connie Britton, Charles Esten.This fall, “Nashville” will bring us a story line almost identical to the 2010 movie, “Country Strong.” Except it’s in hour-long blocks for several weeks straight instead of a 117-minute feature film. In this musical family soap opera (think “Smash” meets “Desperate Housewives” with a country twang), Juliette Barnes (Panettiere), is a crossover country music star skyrocketing to fame (much like Taylor Swift in real life, except more conniving with an agenda). Rayna Jaymes (Britton), a 40-year-old country has-been is slowly falling off the charts and losing the super stardom she once experienced. The two cross paths as the main plot point of the show, but “Nashville” is also laced with Jaymes’ drama with her estranged father, her husband’s political career that she despises and a hidden possible saving grace to her plummeting career. For those groaning in disgust, there is good news for the 70 percent of Americans who dislike country music; a love for the genre is not required to enjoy the nighttime drama.
Ben and Kate.FOX | Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m.
Starring: Dakota Johnson, Nat Faxon, Lucy Punch.A leading competitor in the fall comedy market is Fox’s “Ben and Kate.” The sto-ry is of Kate (Johnson), a single waitress with a child, and Ben (Faxon), her quirky brother who steps in to help while also managing to make her life more compli-cated. Your opinion of the show will depend mostly on your reaction to the antics of less-than-mature Ben. Much like Zooey Deschanel’s character in Fox’s hit “New Girl” last year, most will either find Ben to be goofy and charming or com-pletely annoying. However, past the goofy antics and shenanigans of a woman now trying to keep up with two children in her life, the sweet bond between the siblings and Ben’s protectiveness of Kate gives the show a subtle emotional factor that may not be expected, but is certainly welcomed.
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Revolution.NBC | Mondays, 9 p.m.
Starring: Billy Burke, Tracy Spiridakos, Zak Orth.“Revolution” is a fresh take on the post-apocalyptic planet Earth way of life. Fifteen years after a strange global event blacks out every single form of energy and technology from airplanes to batteries, the lush and green world is an oasis compared to similar settings in other works portraying devastation and a loss of technology. The main story, however, is that of determined teenager Charlie (Spirdakos) and her uncle, Miles (Burke), as they track down Charlie’s kidnapped brother and seek the missing pieces of the power puzzle to reconnect a world where iPhones are obsolete. Though episode one seems a bit slow due to minimal character development and necessary back-story, the action is promised to pick up in episode two.
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Starring: Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Adam Levine.For those of you that watched/enjoyed season one of “American Horror Story,” you will be happy to know that season two will be premiering October 17th. The twist, however, is that the new season has nothing to do with the first. There will be a new story, new cast (with some recurring, much loved faces thrown in there) and all new horrors to keep us on the edge of our seat. “American Horror Story: Asylum” will take place in, you guessed it, an asylum. Though the show is not for the weak of faint or heart (or stomach, for that matter), we’re willing to bet that it will be far from a disappointment.
Elementary.CBS | Thursdays, 9 p.m.
Starring: Johnny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, Aidan Quinn, Kristen Bush.When we first heard about CBS’ “Elementary,” we couldn’t have been less excit-ed, to be perfectly honest. With all of the Sherlocke Holmes remakes, it is difficult to imagine how they will make this into something fresh and fun, but nothing is impossible, especially not with the cast they have. In modern day New York, Sherlock Holmes (Miller) will be accompanied by Dr. Joan Watson (Liu) during his many cases, and though the premise sounds neither fresh or remotely excit-ing, we might try and give it a chance to see Liu and Miller at work.
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