Author: MacKenna Stang

News

Obama’s community college plan

Last Tuesday, President Obama gave his annual State of the Union Address. In his speech, he outlined his plan to make community colleges free nationwide. According to PBS news, “the federal government would cover 75 percent of the average cost of community college”, while the remaining 25 percent will be […]

Opinion

The scary reality of adulthood

As graduation creeps upon us, the reality of going out into the real world has seniors beginning to think about their future and ultimately, their life after college. Finding a part-time job during breaks seemed so simple and easy for the last three years, but now, it’s time to find […]

News

OU kicks off Sesquicentennial year

Thursday, January 22 began the string of events throughout the year of 2015 that marks the 150th anniversary of Ottawa University. Students, staff, and faculty all attended a chapel service, where the first 150 students received a t-shirt. The service included performances by the Ottawa University choir, President Eichner going […]

Sports

Off-Season Conditioning

If you have been anywhere near the Hull Center for Athletics this semester you have surely heard the crashes, grunts, and crowds of people in the weight room for off-season conditioning. In addition to all of the winter sports getting some lifts in, there always seems to be a mob […]

News

Yik Yak

Ottawa University is no stranger to the new college gossip app, Yik Yak. The app is a completely anonymous social media app allowing the user to post anything 200 words or less within a 1.5-mile radius using all smartphone’s location services without creating an account of any kind.  The […]

Opinion

Gospels: it’s all about the attitude.

Photo taken by: Sylvana Kelley  As we all know, The Gospels is not the most desired course to be taken by students at this university. All of the expectations attached to this course seem to be never-ending, which then leads to negative thoughts to students that are about to take […]

Entertainment

Why is Kim Kardashian famous?

So many people become instantly obsessed with celebrities that don’t seem to do anything to achieve their status. The question that comes up so often is why? Why are these people so incredibly famous for seemingly nothing? One of the most obvious examples is Kim Kardashian. Ask anyone, and they […]

Entertainment

Winter Break Blockbusters.

Winter Break of 2014 was a huge month for film. The content was vast with a revamp of a children’s classic, a Sondheim musical, a banned film, paintings, and broken records. The opening of Clint Eastwood’s “American Sniper” topped records for any Martin Luther King Jr. Day release with $105.3 […]

Opinion

Ideas for winter break

Winter break is finally among us; free time, no alarm clocks, and zero studying. But after a week or so, sometimes break can get a bit…boring. You run out of things to do, or you just get bored doing the same old thing every day. Now, the last thing I […]