By Lauren Roberts
l-roberts@onu.edu
Last Thursday night students, faculty and the public packed the Ohio Northern chapel to hear the inspirational message offered by football coach Herman Boone.
Coach Boone’s great success as a football coach and as a leader for equal rights was captured in the popular Disney film Remember the Titans.

By Leah Thompson
l-thompson.1@onu.edu
Balloons, Easter eggs and lots and lots of purple dominated the McIntosh Activities Room Jan. 20, during the Relay for Life Kickoff event.
Members of the Relay for Life committee were on hand to help students sign up for a night of walking, to be held May 1-2 on the tundra.
“It’s a really fun way to support a great cause,” Kyle Stinehart, junior molecular biology and management major, said. “You can’t find somebody who doesn’t know someone who has died of cancer.”

By Leah Thompson
l-thompson.1@onu.edu
Between juggling, making balloon animals and practicing skits, it really is a circus on Thursday nights for members of the Orange Noses chapel group. They may just be clowning around, but they’re serious about their mission: spreading God’s love.     
“Our mission is changing the world one smile at a time,” said member Chris Corrado, a senior marketing major, who began the chapel clowning group as a freshman.

By Lauren Roberts
l-roberts@onu.edu
On Wednesday, Jan. 14, Thomas Hunt shared his religious beliefs and experiences with the students who attended the Ohio Northern Faith Lift.
Thomas Hunt joined the ONU faculty in 2008 as chairperson of the music department. Before arriving at ONU, Hunt played the French horn in several European symphonies. In 1987 he returned to the United States and held teaching positions at Trinity College, Waldorf College and now at ONU.

By Dave Pavlansky
 
Since I’ve been at ONU, I’ve flown under one slogan: “To good friends and bad decisions.” On the surface, it appears to be cue to raise a glass and drain it, which I’ll admit is a function the phrase fills; but it can be taken a bit deeper than that.

By Robert Allen
 
I know many of my peers are already painfully aware. But, it may yet be a surprise for some of us that our future college degrees will not guarantee us a job.

by John Holodnak
J-Holodnak@onu.edu
Now that Barack Obama has won the presidential election, the Republican Party and its conservative base have to ask themselves how it can recover from what was a decisive defeat.  (I hate to identify with the Republican Party, but I have to vote for someone).  The consensus seems to be that Republicans must run to the center to have a chance at regaining power.  

by Luke Erfrod
l-erford@onu.edu
Ingredients:
1 tsp garlic
2 Tbsp olive oil
2 lbs boneless, skinless, chicken breast (about 4)
1 can diced tomatoes with jalapenos
1/2 of a sweet onion
1 green pepper
1 red pepper
1/3 cup tequila(optional)
2 cans chopped green chilies
1 small can of refried beans
Seasonings:
2 tsp dried cilantro
1.5 tsp chili powder
1.5 tsp cumin
2.5 Tbsp honey

Dear Editor:
After reading the article in the December 8th issue about faculty evaluations, I started to think about their value. I agree that evaluations are an important part of the college experience, but I do not see how the results are used to voice student opinions. I am so disheartened by the process of filling out student evaluations that I will never complete an evaluation again. I believe evaluations are a waste of time because student opinions are not taken into consideration.

By Adam Baird
a-baird.1@onu.edu
Oh, the complexities of life. Never have they been more intimately (or truthfully) explored on film than in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” a mythic, mesmerizing saga imbued with a sense of melancholy about the fleeting nature of life, love and happiness.

By Leah Thompson
l-thompson.1@onu.edu

While most ONU students and faculty will be battling wind, rain, and
snow in March, professors Terry Maris and Terry Keiser, and up to ten
students, will be staying warm in sunny Havana, Cuba for eleven weeks
during spring quarter.

Maris, professor of economics, and Keiser, chairman of the biology department,
coordinate ONU's Cuba Center. They are currently in the process of
selecting students to study abroad in Cuba this spring.

"This program is not tailored to any particular major; it's eclectic," Maris said.

By Alan Ohman
a-ohman@onu.edu
The Eagles of Death Metal, the side project of Queens of the Stone Age front man Josh Homme, has always been everything the Queens are not. Whereas the sound of the Queens is a bit deranged and macabre, the Eagles of Death Metal seem to just wanna have some fun. “Heart On,” the third release by the EoDM, keeps up the fun-loving tradition while also working in new directions.

By Amanda Williams
a-williams.3@onu.edu
History books and classes tell us about Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in Germany and the terrible deeds he committed during World War II. But the majority of people know very little about his life before he became Führer. The early part of Hitler’s life – the experiences and failures he had, and the choices he made – is the subject of “A.H. (Before he Changed History),” a play written by Israeli actor/writer/director Yagil Eliraz that will have its American premiere here at ONU’s Freed Center this Saturday.

By Robert Allen
r-allen.4@onu.edu
There has been a recent series of break-ins at Ohio Northern University. Two rooms were entered over Thanksgiving break and a third theft occured over Christmas break.
Both rooms were entered through the window, explains Justin Courtney, Director of Residence Life. Whether the windows were not locked or simply forced open is not clear. In one of the two instances, the resident was still on campus.  In both cases, personal items were stolen.

By Hailey Uhler
h-uhler@onu.edu
As the second show of the Children’s Series hosted by the Freed Center for the Performing Arts, “The Velveteen Rabbit” not only brings to life a favorite children’s story, but it also encourages literacy and has the potential to enrich children’s lives.

By Rose Emrich
r-emrich@onu.edu
The Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present “A.H. (Before he Changed History),” a one-man show about the life of Adolf Hitler. Beginning with Hitler’s early days and childhood, and ending with his death, the show will illustrate not the just the monster history knows, but the real man behind it.
Returning to the project are two ONU alumni, Bryan Beckwith and Lindsay Esser, who have been involved with the show since its Israeli director, Yagil Eliraz, decided to bring the show to America.

By Bethany Miller
b-miller.11@onu.edu
Ohio Northern University is taking measures to ensure that the current recession and potential university deficit won't affect students' ability to afford college.
Robert Ruble, vice president for Financial Affairs, said the university is working to keep any budget cuts from affecting students financially, especially those already facing financial difficulty.

By Rachelle Pavelko
r-pavelko@onu.edu
Elizabeth Betts is just one of many on Ohio Northern's campus willing to "StandUp For Kids."
StandUp For Kids is a branch of the national Don't Run Away program, and is currently in its first year in the Lima area. According to www.dontrunaway.org, in every classroom of thirty-five kids, seven of them will run away before they are eighteen. Programs such as Don't Run Away and StandUp For Kids are trying to combat those statistics.

* New food options in Ada (McDonald's, Viva Maria's, El Campo)
* The Inn opens its doors
* Northern on Main is remoldeled
* Klondike gets a makeover
* ONU announces a change to semesters for 2011

By Kaitlin Durbin
k-durbin@onu.edu
 
 
Walkways and grasslands are now healthier for students with the help of Goose Buster, a system designed to prompt geese to leave campus through a series of projected distressed geese calls.

By Rose Emrich
r-emrich@onu.edu

This year, the Ohio Northern Open Doors will host its third annual “Rubi Affair.”

“Rubi Affair” is a student run drag show that aims to raise awareness
and advance the goals of Open Doors. The student organization seeks to
strengthen the alliance between gay, lesbian, transgendered, and
bisexual individuals and other heterosexual individuals, called
“Allies.”

“We started this event to raise money for the AIDS
Resource Center in Lima” says Michalena Grosshans, the president of the
organization. “ And the money has been used to help start a support
group for AIDS and HIV patients in Lima.  The continued research and
finding [of] the cure for these diseases are something that this group,
and many others, are passionate about.  We’re hoping to be able to
really contribute a good amount this year.”

When asked how
the idea of a drag show came to them, Grosshans said “we were inspired
by the Rubi Girls, a group of drag queens from Dayton who have been
performing together since they were in college.  They do all of their
shows to benefit AIDS research.” 

By Hannah Shreffler
h-shreffler@onu.edu
Even from a young age, David Rouch, technology department chair, knew God had a plan for his life, that it was perfect and in order to be closer to God, he had to follow that plan.

By Hannah Shreffler
h-shreffler@onu.edu
When a student comes to ONU as a youth ministry major, most would assume they want a career working with youth in a church setting, but that isn’t always so.
Katie Feldhues, a junior youth ministry and sociology major, doesn’t intend on working in a church setting.
At one point Feldhues considered teaching, but realized she wanted to educate in a non-traditional setting by using her faith and gifts.

By Kaitlin Durbin
k-durbin@onu.edu
A variety of small Bible study groups offer students a more intimate setting as they take advantage of all religious opportunities on campus.
One such group led by Hailey Uhler, senior journalism major, is a small Bible study group comprised of four members, that meets every Wednesday at 8 p.m. to read passages. Choosing Bible passages that relate to their lives today, the girls take turns sharing and reflecting on what the words mean to each of them.