It is that time of the year. City streets glimmer with Christmas lights, snow covers the ground, families reunite and then there is that idea of holiday cheer. I know I am not alone when I say that knowing the end of classes is in the near future gives me […]
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Humm: Shop downtown Ottawa for holidays
While it may be easy to drive to Kansas City to a mall to do your Christmas shopping, the experience and quality of products may be different than other options. The businesses in downtown Ottawa have much to offer when it comes to buying gifts for the holiday season. If […]
List was just guide to living in present, learning from past mistakes
My New Year’s resolution for 2010 was to live in the present. So I made a list of things I wanted to accomplish for the year. Things I’d never done before – things I wanted to do. Some were simple. I swung in a tire swing, flew a Spider-man kite, […]
New year brings growth, opportunities
This year was pretty good. Sure, bad things happened, but there were also good things for the nation, the world and us as individuals and as a staff. We don’t think any of us started 2010 planning all of the things that were going to happen, and there were positive […]
Phillips: Don’t pretend to something without believing, act hypocritically
In this world, we are all sinners. This I know. However, the one thing that drives me up a wall is people who claim to be Christians, yet do not show it. I’m not talking about simply sinning here and there, that is expected by God because we were all […]
Campaign helps students receive scholarships
Students, businesses and alumni have something to be proud of after accomplishing the highest amount of donations in the history of the Franklin County Campaign. “We’ve had a big increase in support,” Brook Riffel, director of annual giving and Dome Society, said. “OU really appreciates it.” Riffel said the Franklin […]
‘No shave November’ popular on campus
On Nov. 16, Sophomore Michael Matos quieted a group of young men in the lobby of Brown Hall. Matos was there with an unshaven face to hand out razors to “No-Shave November” participants. “We (Brown Hall) did a program where people didn’t shave and we gave out razors,” Matos said. […]
Students worry, cram as finals week approaches
The time of year is approaching where many students have one thing weighing on their minds. Finals week. Freshman Amber Ramsey said she has a lot of worries when it comes to taking her finals. “I’m a freshman and don’t really know what they are going to be like,” Ramsey […]
Urinetown entertains with a message
It’s a privilege to pee. The Ottawa University theater department is putting on Urinetown: The Musical, a musical comedy with a message about sustainability. The set was well put-together, and the story was well-plotted but easy to follow. During a widespread water shortage, all water use becomes a privilege. Specific […]
Bicycle accessibility important for economy, environment
The Ottawa community has seen several new improvements that benefit those who travel by bicycle. The newly resurfaced Main Street in North Ottawa went from a total of four lanes to two lanes with two bike lanes. While this surprised many people on their first trip on the new road, […]