Seasons come and go, but nothing changes when it comes to a good old fashioned rivalry game. The Ottawa and Baker football game holds a rivalry that has been going strong for more than 85 years. This weekend is the start of our Ottawa Football team’s season, and as always […]
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Baker University took the last Clash of Counties
The Baker University Wildcats defeated the Ottawa University Braves 20-12 on Saturday night at Peoples Bank Field. The Wildcats took off early in the game with two touchdowns and 212 yards in the first quarter. First, Clarence Clark ran the ball from the 54-yard line and then scored the extra […]
OU soccer teams struggle against KWU
The Lady Braves lost 2 to 1 after scoring first against Kansas Wesleyan University on homecoming night, Saturday, Oct. 26 at People’s Bank Field. After volleyball and football defeated Southwestern College with ease, it was the time for both soccer teams to face the inspired Coyotes. First, the Lady Braves […]
OU soccer teams face Central Methodist University
The Ottawa University soccer teams had different outcomes at the Sept.18 games, as the women won 1-0 and the men lost 4-3 to Central Methodist University. The Lady Braves beat CMU thanks to a penalty kick scored by sophomore Morgan Trupp after junior Jasmine Robledo got fouled in […]
OU race introduces cross country season
Ottawa University Cross Country team held another edition of the OU Road Race on Saturday morning, Sept. 7 at People’s Bank Field. Alumni, friends and members of both of the OU women’s and men’s cross country teams competed in this race that helps them raise money for their […]
Freshman football player ‘braves’ cancer
Bryce Steiner, a freshman from Claflin, Kan., won the battle against cancer this past winter and recovered successfully to play college football at Ottawa University. Steiner played football, basketball and baseball for his high school and eventually started to have knee pain during his senior football season. […]
Tips to striding through the rest of the semester successfully
It’s almost the end of the semester. I don’t know about you, but I’m struggling. The weather is finally starting to warm up, the days are getting longer, and my drive to do school work is declining. Summer is rapidly approaching, and I am ecstatic. But the semester is not […]
Students staying in Kansas for the break have other outlets for fun
Many students live near Ottawa or stay in town during spring break. Although college kids’ budgets tend to be tight, that doesn’t mean spring break has to be boring. The following is a list of fun and affordable mini-vacations within driving distance of campus. Branson, Mo. Distance from campus: […]
Young Braves get first victory
Michelle Westerman, Bekka Bailey, Madeline Bellew, Danika Good, Ellen Agnew and Kimisha Peterson competed Friday in Lincoln, Neb. against Doane College in the first tennis match of the spring season. Although the team competed in the fall, the spring semester’s season is the one that counts for conference play. […]
Media plays helpful, unhelpful roles in Dorner case
The gun control question has come up again in a case involving an officer gone rogue. Christopher Dorner, a former Los Angeles Police Department officer, waged a war on his former department over his firing and was linked to three deaths. Police connected Dorner to the murders of a […]