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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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Parker & Parker Quartet to perform Sunday

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Thursday, March 30, 2017

The Parker& Parker Quartet will perform at 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 2 in the Presser Hall. The concert, which is free and open to the public, is part of the ONU Music Department’s Jazz Concert Series.

 

The group consists of Gene Parker, instructor of Jazz Studies at Ohio Northern University, on saxophone; and, all from New York City, Bill Carrothers on piano; Ray Parker on bass; and George Schuller on drums.

 

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ONU president and first lady experience India in global expansion effort

During the trip, DiBiasio spoke with faculty from several Indian educational institutions, including Banaras Hindu University, one of the largest residential universities in Asia.
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Part of Ohio Northern University’s vision for its future is to branch out globally and introduce new parts of the world to opportunities at ONU. On the other side of the world, ONU has recently planted some seeds for the future in Varanasi, India.

In January, ONU President Dan DiBiasio and First Lady Chris Burns-DiBiasio accompanied David Berger, mayor of Lima, Ohio, on a trip to Varanasi, India, to begin cultivating a potential new sister-city relationship between Lima and Varanasi.

Both the DiBiasios and James and Karen Harder, Bluffton University, took Berger up on an invitation to attend as educational counterparts for the Lima area.

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Pianist Polina Bespalko’s concert rescheduled for Friday

Posted by Monty Siekerman on Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Pianist Polina Bespalko will present a concert at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 31 in the Presser Hall. Bespalko will perform pieces from Bach, Liszt, Schubert and Tchaikovsky. The concert is free and open to the public. The concert was originally scheduled for March 13 but was postponed due to weather.

 

Bespalko began her performance career at the age of eight. Throughout her years at the Moscow Central Music school she appeared regularly in the most prestigious venues in Russia. Bespalko made her American debut in 1998 as an honored member of the Russian-U.S. Cultural Music Exchange. 

 

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