<![CDATA[The Ottawa Campus RSS]]> http://www.oucampus.org/se/the-ottawa-campus-rss-1.1142963 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:14:08 -0400 en <![CDATA[H1N1 makes its way to OU]]> http://www.oucampus.org/h1n1-makes-its-way-to-ou-1.1868309

By: By Danielle Jurski


With the school year in full swing, OU is taking steps to keep students educated on Swine Flu, and the symptoms associated with it.  ...

]]> 1.1868309 Mon, 7 Sep 2009 18:39:29 -0400 <![CDATA[Student shines with success]]> http://www.oucampus.org/student-shines-with-success-1.1868310

By: By BRITTANIE TAYLOR

Various talents showcased

 Muncel Jones can be seen all around OU’s campus in his many activities—choir, acting, cheering and being a member of Black Student Union (BSU.)    ...

]]> 1.1868310 Mon, 7 Sep 2009 18:36:52 -0400 <![CDATA[Soccer clan plan for growth]]> http://www.oucampus.org/soccer-clan-plan-for-growth-1.1868308

By: By JOEL WRIGHT


The Ottawa University Men’s Soccer team comes into the 2009 season being chosen for fourth place in the Kansas College Athletic Conference.  ...

]]> 1.1868308 Mon, 7 Sep 2009 18:35:50 -0400 <![CDATA[Carrier wins state award]]> http://www.oucampus.org/carrier-wins-state-award-1.1743914

By: William Allison


Men’s head basketball coach Andy Carrier can add another trophy to his mantle of winning the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association coach-of-the-year award.  Carrier, who just finished his 19th year at the helm of the Braves basketball program, ...

]]> 1.1743914 Mon, 4 May 2009 18:09:50 -0400 <![CDATA[KCAC meet showcases teams’ talents]]> http://www.oucampus.org/kcac-meet-showcases-teams-talents-1.1743911

By: Emily Loughary

Men’s, women’s track and field earns four KCAC individual championships

Bringing home four individual KCAC Champions, the OU track and field program showed a impressive performance at the KCAC Championship meet held at McPherson College on May 1 and 2. “I always expect high standards from my student-athletes and when th...

]]> 1.1743911 Mon, 4 May 2009 18:06:39 -0400 <![CDATA[Softball Slam rounds out sports activities]]> http://www.oucampus.org/softball-slam-rounds-out-sports-activities-1.1743910

By: Amanda Roseberry


Spring fever has hit the campus at Ottawa University and one class is capitalizing on the mood. Students in Arabie Conner’s Recreation and Sports Programming class are rounding out their activity planning with the Spring Softball Slam.   The st...

]]> 1.1743910 Mon, 4 May 2009 18:05:09 -0400 <![CDATA[Women’s golf team swings into history]]> http://www.oucampus.org/women-s-golf-team-swings-into-history-1.1743909

By: Latasha Berry


The OU women’s golf team won their first ever tournament in program history at the Spring Invitational hosted by Hannibal LaGrange College (HLG) on April 17-18. The team is headed up by senior Amy Wolfe, who scored her second victory of the season. ...

]]> 1.1743909 Mon, 4 May 2009 18:03:33 -0400 <![CDATA[Anderson captures first place at KCAC Championship 200M, 400M dash]]> http://www.oucampus.org/anderson-captures-first-place-at-kcac-championship-200m-400m-dash-1.1743906

By: Joanna Woolens



Clarence Anderson is a fresh face making some big waves in the world of OU athletics. After earning a number one spot in the KCAC and closing in on breaking school records in the 200M and 400M, Anderson, freshman, will be representing the university at na...

]]> 1.1743906 Mon, 4 May 2009 18:01:28 -0400 <![CDATA[Lady Braves’ season comes to end]]> http://www.oucampus.org/lady-braves-season-comes-to-end-1.1743905

By: Marsette Harris


OU softball finished third in the KCAC after final loss

The Ottawa University softball team’s overall record is 18-14 and 6-2 in conference, and the team hit seven straight wins by knocking off Southwestern College on April 18. The streak helped Amber Koons, senior elementary education major and third ba...

]]> 1.1743905 Mon, 4 May 2009 18:01:13 -0400 <![CDATA[Academic calendar changes]]> http://www.oucampus.org/academic-calendar-changes-1.1743904

By: Amanda Roseberry


Due to a recent directive, changes made on Ottawa University’s academic calendar have bumped up the end of the semester to May 1 and graduation on May 8 for the 2009-10 school year....

]]> 1.1743904 Mon, 4 May 2009 17:56:05 -0400 <![CDATA[Alumni return for reunion celebration]]> http://www.oucampus.org/alumni-return-for-reunion-celebration-1.1743902

By: Cyrus Oliver II


Ottawa University alumni from every walk of life returned to the campus over May’s first weekend for a Reunion Celebration. One of the celebration’s biggest events is the Alumni Association Annual Awards Banquet, which drew roughly 250 registe...

]]> 1.1743902 Mon, 4 May 2009 17:54:52 -0400 <![CDATA[Ready for summer break]]> http://www.oucampus.org/ready-for-summer-break-1.1743898

By: Megan Spinks

Some of this year’s summer trends are traveling abroad, camping out, barbecuing

As the end of another school year draws near, the talk of summer plans begin buzzing around campus. Some students’ summer plans consist of leaving home for a change of pace. Dively Zarate, freshman, has plans to travel to Mexico. “I’m re...

]]> 1.1743898 Mon, 4 May 2009 17:52:42 -0400 <![CDATA[Student palooza rescheduled]]> http://www.oucampus.org/student-palooza-rescheduled-1.1743897

By: Joanna Woolens


Ottawa University’s fourth annual Student Palooza will once again mark the end of another year. The event will take place in the Mabee Center on Thursday, May 7, from 2 to 7 p.m. and is set to provide fun and games for stressed students before final...

]]> 1.1743897 Mon, 4 May 2009 17:51:04 -0400 <![CDATA[OU gets new student body president]]> http://www.oucampus.org/ou-gets-new-student-body-president-1.1743893

By: William Allison


Jason Beers will serve as the Student Body President for the 2009-2010 school year after winning the election on April 21 and 22.  Beers bested three other students including Dorvonda Payne, Jake McMillan and Kelly Frazier to see him take the positio...

]]> 1.1743893 Mon, 4 May 2009 17:49:30 -0400 <![CDATA[Dead flies a change of scenery ]]> http://www.oucampus.org/dead-flies-a-change-of-scenery-1.1743883

By: Mortiz Sckaer


Art student bound for California

“I’m pretty sure art doesn’t exist,” Walt Ohnesorge-Fick, senior, said. As Ohnesorge-Fick is an art major, this strikes one as an extreme and controversial statement but his views—not just of art—generally seem to be ju...

]]> 1.1743883 Mon, 4 May 2009 17:44:28 -0400 <![CDATA[Have faith in others around]]> http://www.oucampus.org/have-faith-in-others-around-1.1743885

By: Moritz Sckaer

Message of Faith

“Faith” has two main ways of being defined. Most popularly or commonly it is understood in the context of religion: faith in a deity, many deities, or in something similarly supernatural. But it can be the faith in a person: reliability and tr...

]]> 1.1743885 Mon, 4 May 2009 17:43:41 -0400 <![CDATA[Online classes aiding laziness or ability in students]]> http://www.oucampus.org/online-classes-aiding-laziness-or-ability-in-students-1.1743871

By: Crystal Snyder



Online classes aiding laziness or  ability in students -Crystal Snyder Life is short and time only goes forward with no pause button available to take a break and think things through. Our economy strives to make more time free for more to be accompl...

]]> 1.1743871 Mon, 4 May 2009 17:42:21 -0400 <![CDATA[Weird news fascinates Kansans]]> http://www.oucampus.org/weird-news-fascinates-kansans-1.1743880

By: Cyrus Oliver II


Kansas has its fair share of weird stories.  Some, such as an elderly man who was bombarded with dozens of Moon Pies when exiting a dollar store, never make it on the front page.  Others, like the woman whose rear end became fused to a toilet se...

]]> 1.1743880 Mon, 4 May 2009 17:39:58 -0400 <![CDATA[Economy cuts back summer plans]]> http://www.oucampus.org/economy-cuts-back-summer-plans-1.1743879

By: Laura Reed

Students across the country are being hit hard by lack of jobs

The different fees and other expenses that students are paying makes saving money seem like a near impossible task. Students have countless expenses that they have to think about such as books, lab fees, tuition, grocery shopping, entertainment, accessori...

]]> 1.1743879 Mon, 4 May 2009 17:38:50 -0400 <![CDATA[Kathleen Sebelius makes her way to Washington]]> http://www.oucampus.org/kathleen-sebelius-makes-her-way-to-washington-1.1743875

By: William Allison


Former Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius was confirmed by the Senate last week as the Secretary of the Health and Human Services Department, filling a crucial cabinet post in the Obama administration. Sebelius has served as governor since 2002 and was ear...

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