Haley Thompson Class: Freshman Hometown: Phillipsburg, Kan. Major: Undecided Sport: Volleyball Favorite Food: Mexican Favorite Music: RNB, Hip Hop Favorite Athlete: Flo Hyman Hobbies/Outside of sport: Dancing and coaching Pregame Ritual: Music Up! Biggest Influences: “My past coaches and my mother pushed me to my limits to make it […]

  The Ottawa University women’s basketball team lost 44-35 to Tabor College in the quarterfinals of the KCAC Tournament at Tabor Gymnasium. With this loss, the Lady Braves finished their season 9-20 overall, seventh in the KCAC, with a 5-13 conference record. It was a rough game for both offenses. […]

Is attending every class important for your success in college? Maybe. Maybe not. But there are consequences to every decision you make, not only here in college but also in the “real world” that is waiting for us on the other side of graduation. Like all college students, sometimes I […]

  Perhaps the most heinous offense one can commit while in a relationship is to cheat. It wreaks havoc on marriages, harbors a lack of trust and obliterates camaraderie. If the pain that results from infidelity is so intense, one wouldn’t think that anyone would purposefully marry someone they knew […]

  It’s OK to be open about some things. It’s OK to feel like you can trust some people. It’s OK to like to share parts of your life with friends. But it is NOT OK to basically tell the whole class your life story. Unfortunately, I see this a […]

  At times, it is very true that Ottawa University does not feel like college but more like high school. To me though, it is the perfect fit. My best friend goes to Kansas State University. Although it sounds like she is having a great time there, I would not […]

  Many Americans alternated between holding their breath and beating their heads against a wall during the weeks leading up to the fiscal cliff situation. The coming months will allow the government more time to evaluate and adjust the fiscal situation. The possible upcoming decisions of the government affect college […]

    Sometimes everything is not what it seems. Recently, there have been out-of-the-ordinary instances of death and violence in America that are horrifying to imagine. Two stories in recent memory dealt with young men who decided to go into crowded areas and kill everyone in sight. We are familiar […]

This semester, Marianne McGoron has taken over the position of student activities coordinator. This is her third year at Ottawa. She spent the first two as a graduate assistant in the athletic department. McGoron is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, and received her bachelor’s in sports management with a minor in […]

I have yet to give in and get a Twitter account, but a majority of my friends have one and I hear a lot about this social media tidal wave. Twitter has taken over cell phone notifications from millions of people around the globe, and to me a lot of […]