Real Answer -A National law with two goals- making health insurance better for people who already have it and getting health insurance for the 60 million people who are uninsured. Student Answers Aaron Marshall, sophomore: “Form of medicare and health insurance for people.” Brooke Worley, junior: “(Obamacare) is ‘affordable’ health […]
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Blackboard resourceful to students, teachers
Blackboard is an educational website that has partnered with the University to bring students the newest technology in the online classroom. Last year, Blackboard was a place for checking our grades, pulling up assignments and seeing whether we did well on an assignment or not. This year, it has […]
Freshman expectations: College brings surprises
The school year has finally started. The freshmen went through orientation and have started their journey as an adult; but is this journey what they expected it to be? Television shows, movies and magazines make college sound like something that it usually isn’t. They get teenagers’ hopes up […]
Provost Dennis Tyner moving to Phoenix, Ariz.
The Ottawa University campus will experience some leadership changes effective October 1. Former Provost Dr. Dennis Tyner has been named the new Dean of Health Sciences and will relocate to Phoenix, Ariz. President Kevin Eichner sent out an email announcing the change, saying Tyner has been signaling […]
Sodexo to serve food with healthy twist, teams with apps to offer healthy options
If anyone has not already noticed, Sodexo, the food company with which Ottawa University is contracted, has added new and healthier meals to their menu. The new additions have made it so that someone can enjoy eating the same food as usual, but with a healthier twist. Sodexo […]
Students find jobs on campus after graduation
Seniors: it is time– time for the moment you have all been waiting for, job hunting! Or should I say the most terrifying decision you have had to make since deciding what kind of ramen you wanted to eat for dinner. Finding a job is probably the most […]
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 […]
Jazz group provides outlook on Jazz Wednesday
Jazz night on Wednesday in the cafeteria can be considered boring or dull to many. However, playing in the cafeteria means the world to senior Michael Harris and his Jazz Combo 2 group. Freshmen Brad Smoot and Clint Lyman are both members of the group. Smoot plays the […]
Looking for Fall Break entertainment?
Every year, Ottawa University pairs up with EKAN to offer students a chance to spend their Fall Break helping others with community service projects that they call Alternative Break. Director of Residential Life Brandy Hicks has been in charge of Alternative Break since she started working at Ottawa […]
Seniors to freshmen: Handling the transition into college life
A year ago they were at the top of the totem pole– large and in charge. Now freshmen Riley McAdoo and Madison Stewart are discovering what it feels like to be at the bottom of the food chain again. For the first time since first grade, McAdoo has […]