FROM BLUFFTON ICON - During her inaugural address as Bluffton University’s 10th president, Dr. Jane Wood pondered a fact that many people in Yoder Recital Hall likely didn’t realize.
This year’s incoming freshmen, the class of 2022, were born in the year 2000. They have lived in a century and a world that has never known life without the internet or Google.
“So the question before us, in many ways, becomes, what does it mean to have a university education when students can hold in their hands a smartphone, which can access more information and produce more facts than our counterparts in the Middle Ages could have ever imagined?” asked Dr. Wood.
DELPHOS - The visiting Ada girls soccer team lost to Delphos Jefferson 5-1 Wednesday evening in a Northwest Conference match.
Jefferson senior midfielder Maddie McConnahea scored four goals to lead the Wildcats to victory.
The Lady Bulldogs drop to 3-9 overall and 1-4 in the Northwest Conference with the road defeat. DJ improves to 6-7 and 4-2 in league action with the win.
Jefferson led 1-0 at intermission after a breakaway goal by McConnahea.
"We had a fairly evenly-matched first half," said Ada head coach Doug Poling. "
McConnahea netted two quick goals early in the second half on similar plays to build a 3-0 lead.
The Ohio Northern men's soccer team dropped a tight-knit 1-0 conference affair to OAC foe Baldwin Wallace Saturday evening in Berea.
The loss snaps a seven-match win streak and moves the Polar Bears to 8-3-1 overall and to 1-1-0 in Ohio Athletic Conference play. Meanwhile, the Yellow Jackets improve to 6-5-1 on the season with a similar 1-1-0 mark in league action.
The Ohio Northern women's soccer program picked up its eighth successive win Wednesday evening as the Polar Bears toppled the visiting Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets 5-1 in Ohio Athletic Conference play at Kerscher Stadium.
The victory moves Northern to 8-2-0 overall and 2-0-0 in the OAC this season. Meanwhile, Baldwin Wallace falls to 6-4-1 on the season, including a 0-2-0 mark in league play.
