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New meal plan and food choices stir controversy on campus

Surprise, surprise! Ottawa has created controversy yet again, but this time is it with something very important to every student’s well being. The food.  This fall, the new Gibson Student Center is open for business. With a modern facility and added seating, it looks great from the inside and out, but […]

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Student Activities Fair introduced groups on campus

When it comes to change, Ottawa University students will notice quite a few from the end of the spring 2014 semester to the start of the fall 2014 semester. At the beginning of every school year the activities fair originally a single day event, changed into a two day event, […]

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Non-stop

It’s hard to decide how to feel when you pay for a movie that is almost entirely filmed within a plane. You think, what all can happen on a plane? You don’t know what to expect. But after seeing Non-stop, I can tell you that A LOT can happen on […]

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The AUDIT Test for Alcohol Addiction

To correctly answer some of these questions you need to know the definition of a drink. For this test one drink is: One can of beer (12 oz or approx 330 ml of 5% alcohol), orOne glass of wine (5 oz or approx 140 ml of 12% alcohol), orOne shot […]

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Growing up with an Alcoholic

  Alcoholism is something that people are affected by everyday. A parent could look and act “normal” but in reality, they’re are hiding a deep secret. Marketing Graduate Assistant and recent OU College graduate Lyndsey Johnston grew up with a mother who battled alcoholism, but she became stronger from the […]

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Can we really be friends with our exes?

  Breaking up is obviously tough. They were your go-to person, your best friend, your shoulder to cry on…so what do you do with that relationship after all is said and done? You might like to be friends with that person, but that just might not be possible. Do not […]

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Professional athletes coming out

Coming out is probably one of the hardest things a person would ever have to do. Doing so as a “normal” human being and having no spot light on your life would be hard, but what about the professional athletes? Those athletes get criticized as well as honored for coming […]

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Kansas Laws on Gay Rights

While federal law defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman for purposes of taxes and other federal matters, state law primarily governs marriage. In Kansas, same-sex marriage is not permitted and any same-sex relationship cannot be legally recognized. Couples of the same sex in Kansas are […]

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It Is All About You!

One week dedicated to you, the students, began Sunday, Feb. 16 through Saturday, Feb. 22. This week focused on the students and their appreciation the school has for them. Campus Activities Board plans and puts together all the activities for Student Appreciation Week. Student Activities Coordinator Sydnee Kruger is excited […]