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Awe-inspiring mysteries of flight and art combined

Now on exhibit at Elzay Gallery
Posted by Fred Steiner on Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Flight of Obscurity XV, a sculpture installation by Nathaniel Foley, is now on view in the Elzay Gallery of Art from Jan. 16 until Feb. 23. Gallery hours are 1–4:30 p.m. daily while classes are in session.

An artist talk is schedule for Thursday., Jan. 25, at 5:30 p.m. in the Elzay Gallery.

Nathaniel Foley received his MFA in sculpture from Miami University, and is currently teaching at Tiffin University and Owens Community College. Having grown up in a family of pilots, he was inspired by the imagery of flight and airplane model-building from an early age, and often utilizes the techniques of aviation construction in his sculpture.

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Meanwhile in southeast Asia

ONU law students study under sunny skies
Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, January 12, 2018

ONU Professor Kevin Hill teaches a law and culture course during the law school January term.

While in Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand,  students meet with Buddhist monks at the university in Battambang, visit the Bayon temple in Angkor Thom, and meet with defense counsel and prosecutors at the Genocide Court in Phnom Penh.

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ONU law students study in Southeast Asia

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, January 12, 2018

Prof. Kevin Hill teaches a law and culture course during the law school January term. While in Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand, they meet with Buddhist monks at the university in Battambang, visit the Bayon temple in Angkor Thom, and meet with defense counsel and prosecutors at the Genocide Court in Phnom Penh.

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Mock trial at ONU this weekend

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, January 12, 2018

A total of 15 teams of undergraduate college students from various schools in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan are scheduled to participate in a mock trial competition at ONU on Saturday andSunday. The students will try a criminal case involving a charge of attempted murder.

Each team must prepare for both prosecution and defense. Many of the students plan to attend law college following graduation. They were given the cases in August and have been preparing since then.

 

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It was 50 years ago today

When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., came to Ada
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, January 11, 2018

By Monty Siekerman
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speech at Ohio Northern University on Jan. 11, 1968. A copy of his 50-minute speech can be heard at the website Onu.edu/MLK. Other material about his visit to ONU is at that website, as well.

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Celebrating 90 years of music at ONU and Presser Hall

If the building could sing its performance would cover the musical landscape
Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, January 11, 2018

Theodore Presser had taught at Northern during its first year, and he maintained cordial relations with President Henry Solomon Lehr. After leaving teaching, Presser entered the field of music publishing and founded the firm which still bears his name.

In 1925, Presser's will provided funds for music buildings on 10 campuses, including Ohio Northern's. In ONU’s case, this gift amounted to around $100,000 (equal to $1.5 million in today’s dollars due to inflation).

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