Photo from: CBS Miami Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria have passed through Puerto Rico in the past three weeks. Although Hurricane Irma only touched Puerto Rico, it left one million residents without power. Not long after Puerto Ricans began to think they were safe, another hurricane comes their way with […]

Photo by: Ashley Alonzo Microwaves have suffered quite the controversy due to the theory that they can cause cancer. Can they truly alter DNA? Does reheating pasta actually make it healthier? Whether or not you subscribe to such beliefs, most can agree microwaves are quite useful, especially when you’ve been […]

Photo by: Ashley Alonzo The start of the ’17-’18 school year at Ottawa University has already seen some improvements from the previous school year. I spoke with our newly elected Student Senate Vice President, Graham Dixon, about what we could expect to look for regarding campus improvements. Dixon wanted to […]

Photo by: Ashley Alonzo It’s time to talk about it. It’s time to talk about the pain, the oppression, the miscommunication. It’s time to talk about the stigma, the judgment, the misrepresentation. It’s time to talk about the lost lives, the unanswered cries of help and the failure to say […]

Photo courtesy of: Brock Health Magazine  It’s not a sci-fi film or a cartoon. It’s our real world: the first head transplant, ladies and gentlemen. This surgery is not only revolutionary and surreal, but it also attempts to solve two of the many problems that medicine still can’t quite figure […]

Photo by: Corban Hickman The Ottawa University Forensics Team represented the University at the Pi Kappa National Tournament in Boise, Idaho. For those who don’t know, this type of forensics is an argumentative exercise of communication rather than the commonly misconception of crime detection. In this activity, students research interesting […]

Photo by: Ashley Alonzo  First-Year Seminar, Research Techniques and Technology, Intermediate Writing and Group Problem Solving (Senior Core) have been completely revamped, and the changes begin next semester. For the past few years, many students have expressed their less-than-positive review of the Liberal Arts Studies curriculum, focusing heavily on the […]

Photo courtesy of: http://keywordsuggest.org/gallery/759591.html It is 2017, and this means the senior class of Ottawa University is ready to graduate in a few short months. The word “senioritis” is best described by senior student Sommer Nix when she says, “It is like you know the end is near. You just need […]

Photo by: Ashley Alonzo As Valentine’s Day season ends and the weather begins to get warmer, it is clear that midterms are coming closer, meaning the amount of studying and coffee overload might make us go insane. In reality, the majority of professors use midterms to test students’ abilities to […]

Photo by: Ashley Alonzo President Trump’s immigration ban sparked protests all over the country, as well as internationally. Religious, political and social arguments rise every day to give a new reason as to why this ban is negatively affecting the nation and its political relations with other countries. Iran, Iraq, […]