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C-SPAN brings national political process to ONU

Other stops in Dayton, Independence, Columbus, Westerville and Cleveland
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, September 14, 2016

C-SPAN came to ONU on Wednesday.

Its Campaign 2016 Bus, touring Ohio Sept. 14-16, stopped for 90 minutes here to provide visitors with programming and resources that show the American political process.

At least one Ada High School class toured the bus in addition to many ONU students. It was estimated that over 120 persons visited the bus during its 90-minute Ada visit.

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Re-dedication of Ada's caboose at 9 a.m. Saturday

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, September 14, 2016

The Pride of Ada, Pennsylvania Railroad caboose 47779, will be recognized in a re-dedication ribbon cutting at 9 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 17, as a kick-off to the Ada Harvest and Herb Festival.

Dave Retterer, Ada mayor, will speak about the complete renovation of the
caboose, which occurred this summer.

There will be a display of the caboose during the festival. The Ada railroad depot will also be open to the public during the festival.

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"Out of Darkness" Walk held here Sept. 24

Take a stand against suicide by walking for this cause
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, September 14, 2016

An "Out of Darkness" Walk for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention will be held on the campus of Ohio Northern University on Saturday, Sept. 24 from 12-4 p.m..

This community walk is meant to be a time to remember those we have lost and to work to end the stigma surrounding mental health, according to Ann Johnson,
Assistant Professor of Psychology at ONU.

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Bulldog sports roundup

Volleyball team beats Perry in straight sets; golfers compete in quad match
Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, September 14, 2016

By Cort Reynolds

ADA - The Ada volleyball team defeated visiting Perry in  three straight sets Monday evening.

The 25-10, 25-13, 25-22 win ended a four-match losing skid and upped the Ada record to 4-5.

Junior Melina Woods led Ada with 17 kills, three digs, three blocks and two aces. Senior Haley Wyss contributed seven kills and five aces with three digs.

"Melina did a great job," said Ada head coach Melissa Gossard. "Our serving was really good."

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ONU men's soccer team ranked 9th nationally

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, September 14, 2016

By Tim Glon

The Ohio Northern men's soccer team moved up seven spots to No. 9 nationally in the second weekly d3soccer.com poll on Tuesday.

The Polar Bears (6-0-0 overall) received 638 points in the poll, 204 more points that last week, when they were ranked No. 16.

Northern has now been nationally-ranked for six consecutive years and 10 times in the last 11 seasons.

Amherst remained in the top spot in the rankings with 987 points and 14 first place votes, followed by Kenyon in second with 937 points and one first place vote and Rowan (N.J.) in third with 918 points and the remaining four first place votes.

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Polar Bear volleyball team defeats Denison

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, September 14, 2016

By Tim Glon

Senior Ashley Borchers had a double-double with 10 kills and 30 assists and hit .444 to lead the Ohio Northern volleyball team to a 30-28, 25-14, 25-17 victory over Denison on Tuesday night at the ONU Sports Center.

The Polar Bears improve to 7-1 on the season, while the Big Red falls to 2-7.

Northern started the match slowly and trailed 28-27 in Set 1 before scoring the final three points to win the opener 30-28.

In the second set, Northern used an early 5-0 run to take a commanding 13-6 lead.

ONU went to the bench in the third set and scored four straight points to go up 19-13.

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