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Cross country: ONU team 10th an All-Ohio

By Andrew Korba

The Ohio Northern women's cross country team finished 10th of 21 teams at the All-Ohio Championships hosted by Cedarville on Friday.

Northern had 314 points in the 21 team field.

Oberlin finished first with 54 points, No. 31 Case Western was second with 66 and Mount Union was third with 70.

Oberlin's Molly Martorella won the meet in 22:13.96.

Sophomore Kara Sosinski led the Polar Bears across the finish line, completing the 6,000-meter course in 24:38.39, which placed her 39th.

Junior Brittany Lang finished 61st in 25:19.66 and junior Catie Huber finished 66th, crossing the finish line in 25:46.91.

ONU to present "The Giver" on Oct. 11

Ohio Northern University’s Freed Center for the Performing Arts will present a Literature to Life performance of the “The Giver” by Lois Lowery on Friday, Oct. 11, at 7:30 p.m.

Newly adapted by Elise Thoron, associate artistic director, this piece features 60 minutes of solo performance by actress Liz Parker focusing on the relationship between the young Jonas and his mentor, the Giver.

Pettit hosts "Ethics, Professionalism, Substance Abuse" program Oct. 18

The Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law will host a CLE on “Ethics, Professionalism and Substance Abuse” in the large moot courtroom on Friday, Oct. 18, at 1 p.m. The CLE will include three lectures from top professionals tackling different viewpoints on the topic.

Dr. Manoranjan D’Souza, ONU assistant professor of pharmacology, will open the session with “Substance Abuse: Drugs of Abuse.” D’Souza’s research focuses on identifying neural mechanisms underlying drug dependence. At Ohio Northern University, D’Souza also is involved in teaching neuropharmacology to fourth- and fifth-year pharmacy students.

ONU will induct four into Athletic Hall of Fame

Four members of the Ohio Northern University athletic family will be inducted into the University’s Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday, Oct. 18, as part of ONU’s Homecoming weekend.

They will be inducted that Friday during a banquet in Ohio Northern’s McIntosh Center and introduced Saturday, Oct. 19, before the ONU football game at Dial-Roberson Stadium.

Ohio Northern to present Kremlin Chamber Orchestra

Ohio Northern University’s Department of Music presents the Kremlin Chamber Orchestra on Thursday, Oct. 10, at 8 p.m.

The concert will take place in the Snyder Recital Hall in Presser Hall and is free and open to the public.

Founded in 1991, the orchestra, comprised of some of Russia’s finest young string players, has carved a niche for itself under the creative baton of its founder and music director Misha Rachlevsky.

Nearly half of the more than 1,600 concerts the orchestra has performed to date have taken place in Moscow; the rest were played on tours in 24 countries in Europe, North and South America, and the Far East.

ONU's Keiser Distinguished Lectureship in Life Sciences to discuss "Battling Hidden Hunger"

Ohio Northern University will host a lecture titled “Battling Hidden Hunger” by Dr. Sharon A. Norton, director of development for the Mathile Institute for the Advancement of Human Nutrition, in the Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at 7:30 p.m. This lecture is free and open to the public.

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