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Fundraiser planned for medical expenses

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Delta Sigma Phi will hold a fundraiser for Matt Thomson's family. Matt is a brother of the local fraternity chapter. His mother, Tonya Adkins, died from breast cancer. Proceeds will help the family with medical expenses.

The benefit dinner will be held from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. on Friday at the fraternity house, 6 University Parkway. Cost is $5.

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The floor shook!

Because the ONU Gospel Ensemble doesn't stand still
Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, April 3, 2017

By Monty Siekerman
The floor shook!

The 30th annual ONU Gospel Ensemble got off to a rousing start in McIntosh Center ballroom on Sunday afternoon when Danielle Gardner led family members in several foot stomping, hand clapping songs of praise. And, she gave a sermonette.

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She is a cousin of Adriane Thompson-Bradshaw, the organizer and director of the ONU choir for the past 30 years. Danielle, Adriane, and several other family members sang praises to God before a standing room only crowd, and the audience joined in.

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ONU to host Armed Forces court of appeals, open to public

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, April 1, 2017

United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces will hear oral arguments at Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5 at the law college. This is the court’s first time holding session at an Ohio law school.

The case will be held before a five-judge panel consisting of Judges Charles E. Erdmann, Scott W. Stucky, Margaret A. Ryan, Kevin A. Ohlson and John E. Sparks Jr.

 

This event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited to the first 200 attendees. Seating will be first come, first served.

 

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Escape room, all the rage in theatre now

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Saturday, April 1, 2017

The play has ended. Its star, a beautiful actress named Vivian, graces the stage for her final bow. An adoring audience erupts in raucous applause at the sight of her. Suddenly, she jolts forward and stumbles to her knees. There is a gasp from the crowd as she falls lifelessly to the stage. The evening has come to an awful and abrupt halt. But the challenge has just begun.

This was the scene that played out before a number of Ohio Northern University students participating in “The Final Bow,” an interactive escape-room activity presented by ONU’s Theta Alpha Phi chapter on campus.

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Torture expert spoke at ONU

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Friday, March 31, 2017

An internationally recognized expert on human rights, Juan E. Mendez, spoke at ONU on Friday. Here, he meets with Prof. Nusta Carranza Ko of the history, politics and justice department prior to his presentation. Mendez discussed torture in the world today.

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Saxophone recital scheduled

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, March 30, 2017

A saxophone recital will be held at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 1 in Presser Hall at Ohio Northern University. The concert is free and open to the public.

Saxophonist Andrew Rathbun and pianist Jeremy Siskind will collaborate to reimagine Debussy's Preludes. Siskind and Rathbun debuted this program by commission at the Gilmore Keyboard Festival in 2016 and have also featured the works on a tour of Colombia.

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