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By Taylor Stoudt Transcript Reporter At 9:30 p.m. on Friday, March 29, students working as lifeguards at the Meek Aquatics and Recreation Center received an email from Aquatic Director Michael Kroll informing then of the cut in hours at Meek and Edwards Gymnasium. For some students, this was less than three days’ notice that...
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By Taylor Stoudt Transcript Reporter The fact that sexual violence is something that impacts everybody is one of the many important messages that Take Back the Night (TBTN) aims to convey. TBTN is an international event and is annually hosted at Ohio Wesleyan by the Women’s House (WoHo). The campaign is organized to focus...
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by Elizabeth Childers Managing Editor “Once upon a time, in the summer, Greta ran away. She was barefoot and she just went outside, took her scooter, and without telling anybody, and without wearing a helmet, she just went away. And we called the police and we found her on (Euclid). It had a lot...
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By Emily Feldmesser Transcript Correspondent Women’s Week, an annual Ohio Wesleyan institution, concluded Saturday evening after a week filled with events celebrating and advocating women’s issues. Senior Megan Cook said Women’s Week and the companion activities are completely dedicated to many different issues that relate to women. Cook said Women’s Week has been held...
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By Caleb Dorfman Transcript Correspondent Melanie Henderson will become the newest addition to the Ohio Wesleyan psychology department this fall, and is ready to teach several different psychology courses. Henderson’s expertise is in personality psychology, “specifically personality and social contexts, or how personality and situational factors interact to influence thoughts, feelings, and behaviors,” she...
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By Rachel Vinciguerra Transcript Correspondent Almost one academic year after the creation of the Beeghly Family Special Collections Reading Room, staff say students are making use of the unique sources in Ohio Wesleyan’s archives. The renovation project to create the Special Collections Reading Room was created by a donation from the Beeghly family and...
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By Hannah Urano Transcript Correspondent Handfuls of powdered paint could be seen flying through the air on the Thomson Hall lawn last Saturday afternoon, blanketing students in colorful pigment. The smell of Indian food and Indian music were the background to students’ laughter at the inaugural Holi celebration at Ohio Wesleyan. Members of SANGAM,...
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By Sadie Slager Transcript Correspondent After donating many unwanted items last year, Sustainability OWU is preparing for its second May Move Out event. The event aims to reduce the amount of waste at the end of the school year as students move out of university housing. Sustainability OWU, the main campus group promoting a...
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By Cecilia Smith Transcript Correspondent The Interfaith House (IF), the Newman Catholic Community (Newman) and “a dedicated group of vegetarians” collaborated to host a free vegan dinner for students this Easter Sunday. The dinner, held at IF, featured mashed sweet potatoes, deviled potatoes, “Tree Rice,” a salad and lemon asparagus risotto. Students dyed eggs,...
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By Sara Jane Sheehan, Cecilia Smith and Morgan Christie Transcript Correspondents Women dressed in pink, red and black lined the Jemison Auditorium in Sanborn on Friday and Saturday night for performances of “The Vagina Monologues.” The production ushered in Women’s Week and commemorated the 15th anniversary of the international V-Day movement to stop violence...
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