Multicultural organizations planned rally in response to racial incidents on campus.
University Senate delayed a vote on a mechanical engineering proposal, passed a student-led fossil fuel divestment policy and approved major governance changes at its last official meeting of the year.
Four new Student Government officials and 35 student senators took an oath promising to do their best to serve their school, their community and their constituents at the inauguration ceremony on March 31.
A proposal to change Otterbein’s alcohol policy was passed without any opposing voice votes by University Senate on Mar. 3.
The candidates for the only contested race in the Otterbein University Student Government campaign week summarized their campaigns and answered questions at an event in the Campus Center on March 8.
The Center for Community Engagement has sponsored a student organization which will provide food for students on campus as well as volunteering opportunities.
In a motion, the Board of Trustees approved a four percent increase to room and board, a new technology fee and an increase in tuition for the Masters in Science in Nursing program by three percent.
Otterbein's residence halls are being changed to fulfill student needs.
I am issuing this reprint in response to the multiple errors that were printed in this article from our Winter 2015 issue.
The Odyssey has come to Otterbein. No, not the ancient tale that was forced upon on us in high school, but rather the student-written online news source.
The Otterbein University Department of Music held their ‘One World, One Voice’ performance this past Sunday night in the Riley Auditorium.
Proposals that amount to an overhaul of the Department of Sociology and changes to the Department of Biology and Earth Science were approved by the curriculum committee.
The Otterbein Communication Department held a debate Wednesday as to whether the university should allow students to have licensed firearms on campus. This debate was the third in the new series of ‘Otterbein Debates,’ a concept brought to life by the faculty and staff in the communication department.
The first lacrosse game of the season is a home game on February 24, 2016 at 7 p.m. against Ohio Wesleyan.
Ed Brookover is the campaign manager for Ben Carson, former neurosurgeon and current Republican Presidential candidate. Brookover is also a 1976 graduate of Otterbein who was active in the campus political field and a devoted convert to the political science department.
An event meant to connect faculty to members of Greek Life was not well attended by faculty.
During its first meeting of the calendar year, Otterbein University’s Student Government Assembly (SGA) missed the minimum attendance level required to vote on items of business. At the previous meeting, several items of business had been scheduled for a vote, including the alcohol policy developed by an ad hoc committee last semester.
Otterbein360 was there, check out the Storify!
According to Heidi Ballard, an associate professor in the school of Sociology and Anthropology, locking away a mentally ill person in the United States costs around 75,000 dollars a year on the federal prison system.
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