Ohio Northern University - Northern Yearbook (Ada, OH)

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People, Places, And Things. Students love to travel to different places. They dream of trips to Paris and Hawaii. They plan to live and work in New York or California. They spend spring break down in Florida and Christmas break at home. Yet, for nine months out of the year the place to be is Ada, Ohio. Ada, whose only skyline is a water tower, a grain elevator and the chapel steeple, is the home of Ohio Northern University. How can a small rural town that can only offer one movie theater, one fast food restaurant, and two bars as night life activity, keep drawing students back year after year? Why is Ada the place to be? It could be the beauty of the campus in the spring. It could be the famous Wilson football factory. Or maybe it is the combination of the flat lands and the Ada Harvest and Herb Festival. Ada is nothing like Columbus or Cleveland and may not be a tourist attraction but this small town is the perfect setting for Ohio Northern University, The academic buildings, the dorm rooms. King Horn Center, a frat house or the tundra, all are settings in which students will live and learn and places that will be engraved in their memories forever. 5

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A thing that stands out above all the rest of Ada — the water toner. A sign that symbolizes more than a university — it’s a student’s home away from home. University founded Wes Weir, Shawn O’Connor. John Counts, Dave Britton, Dave Poe, Adam Hoff, and Ken Gay, all brothers of Sigma Pi, wait to play mud volleyball. People Places, And Things The Northern tires to cover everything under the sun of Ada, Ohio. There is always something going on. It’s the things around us, the things we see everyday, the things that keep us busy and happy that the students want to remember the most. Every year a few things change at Northern and improvements are made such as the TGIF Club and the remodeling of the bookstore but many things and events have also remained the same and have become traditions. What would the year be like without Homecoming and Tunes on the Tundra? Some things are symbols for much deeper meaning. The seal of Ohio Northern and the polar bear will always represent school spirit, academic excellence and four years of college life. Greek letters and crests show outwardly the pride for being a member but they also symbolize a feeling of brotherhood that is like a second family. A trophy or title won by a sports team symbolizes the hard work, dedication, and team work of each individual member. The Northern covers all the things of ONU — the sports events, activities, organizations — but it also tries to look beyond the things and capture the true meaning of things at Ohio Northern University.