The smell of sweat was in the air, and athletes were working hard on the playing field. Last week, students in Bennett Hall were given the chance to compete in a table tennis tournament. Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a game set on a table that is 2.74 […]

Despite being almost 2,600 miles from home, Gustavo Sanchez still finds time to talk to his family. Gustavo, junior, Recreation Administration, and a new pitcher on the Ottawa Braves baseball team. He hails from the city of Valencia, Venezuela, where his family still lives. Gustavo frequently finds time to call […]

The Ottawa University volleyball team has gotten off to a 3-10 start through the first games of the 2009 season. The Lady Brave won their first two games by scores of 3-0 and 3-1. After the fast start, the team began to slow down. In the next few games, the […]

Going to a private university can weigh heavy on one’s wallet and leave a person looking for new places to finance an education. A simple solution is for students to turn to scholarships to help them through, but some students have stumbled upon a fork in the road. The Ottawa […]

Breaking records is just a by-product of winning says head football coach Kent Kessinger. With wins over Bethel College 45-20 and McPherson College 44-41 the Braves have been both breaking records and tallying wins. Beating the 21-ranked Bulldogs in double overtime the Ottawa University offense set 11 school records. “We’re […]

As the school year begins and sports seasons start Jorge Cota, senior, prepares for his last season of soccer. Cota is on an international student visa, and has been playing soccer since he was 5 years old. Cota said that he decided to play in the United States because scholarships […]

Who says college athletes’ careers are over after graduation? This wasn’t true for about 25 Ottawa University alumni who came back to compete in the 9th Annual OU Road Race/Alumni Run Sept. 12. Runners were anxious to get back to competition after a long offseason of intense workouts including Thaddeus […]

The Ottawa University Men’s Soccer team comes into the 2009 season being chosen for fourth place in the Kansas College Ath­letic Conference. Last season the Braves finished with a 9-9-1 re­cord, and a 6-3-0 record in conference play. It was the team’s best record in three years. Senior Matt Walton […]

The upcoming season is bringing optimism and ex­citement for the coach and players on the OU cross-country team. When asked what he thought about the team and the season, head coach Kirk Wren said he was very optimistic. The team fre­quently makes it to the na­tional competitions, and he doesn’t […]

Brett Favre is a 39-year-old quarterback who just recently signed a contract to play for the Minnesota Vikings. This is the second time Favre has ended retirement in his NFL career – the first was in 2007 while with the Green Bay Packers. Favre will be entering his 19th season […]