I have always hoped that my life would someday be a musical. If anyone knows me, they know breaking into random song and dance is a forte of mine. I think singing and songs can make anyone happy; it just has to be the right tune at the right time. […]
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Playwriting workshop draws in future writers
Another writing-centered event is starting at Ottawa University, focusing on playwriting. Julie Noonan, Assistant Professor of Theatre at OU, said that the event is a playwriting workshop that started on Tuesday. “The students involved will be writing and working on short plays with our alumni guest playwright, David Malone,” she […]
Baseball team looks for strong finish
The Ottawa University Braves have accumulated a record of 12 wins and only four losses so far in conference play. The team was ranked first out of ten Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference teams. “The team is playing hard and is on a mission to win KCAC this season and move […]
Golf teams focus on academics, team building as season ends
Golf head coach Wendell Smith felt it was necessary for the golf team to put academics first. Smith said it was not widely known that he kept the women’s golf team home from one tournament last spring due to academic concerns. He explained that they missed a lot of class […]
Racquetball games help students, faculty stay fit
Two to three times a week, Ottawa University chemistry professor Doug Holub takes to the courts of the Mabee Center to get in some exercise. He isn’t playing basketball though. “My older brother introduced me to racquetball when I was about 15 or 16 years old,” Holub said. “I liked […]
Track to host KCAC Championship
On April 30th, Ottawa University will host the KCAC Track and Field Championship for the first time in decades. “I feel that every team member is essential to this upcoming Championship,” head track coach Kirk Wren said. It’s something that theteam is definitely excited about. “I think hosting the Championship […]
Debate: How much should people share?
All of us have things that we choose to share about ourselves. We also have things that we don’t want known. Sometimes these are habits we don’t want people to know about, or we simply don’t want people to know everything about us if we aren’t close to them. Finding […]
Jurski: How much a person shares should not reflect their personality
I like a little mystery in life. I think it’s intriguing. I tend to get really overwhelmed when I meet someone and they share too much information with me right away. I feel like a friendship, or a relationship should be built off of a balance between two people trusting […]
University should share information
No one knows it all. As journalists, we sure wish that we did, though. As students at Ottawa University, we mostly just want to be informed of the things happening on campus that involve us, no matter how small or unimportant they may seem to the OU administration. We take […]
West: Student needs should trump campus appearance
Since the students have arrived back on campus from spring break I have noticed a lot of construction and concrete replacement being done. The first thought that came to my mind is, where is the University getting this money to pay for every single piece of cracked concrete to be […]