As crisis plagues the people of Israel and Palestine, three organizations at Ohio University are shedding light on issues regarding the countries’ conflicts. Those organizations are Bobcats for Israel, J-Street and Students for Justice in Palestine.
On Oct. 15, Dr. Justin McDaniel spoke in E.W. Scripps Hall to an audience of undergraduate, graduate students, and professors during his lecture “Indianization Redux: New Hinduism in Thailand”.
It is 9:20 PM on Thursday on South Green. The sounds of electric guitar and clashing cymbals echo out from the large open doors of old Nelson. Inside are rows of college-students moving in time to the music. However, this is not a concert, but rather a part of 180, a faith based experience apart of Campus Crusade for Christ.
Ohio University students gathered Thursday in Walter Hall to learn about the development of the Christian missions movement and the history of spiritual awakening on college campuses in the United States and Europe. Sean Cooper, a staff member of an organization named The Traveling Team, led the discussion.
Plans to construct a mosque near Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan, New York, have caused intense controversy in throughout the United States in recent months. Opinions on the plans vary and Americans everywhere are butting heads on this the issue.
As students across the country make the transition from home to college, they often bring one essential item to help them ease the process: faith. Ohio University offers several outlets for these students to stay active in their religions, such as the Newman Community, Young Life and many others.
The class of 98 students sits alert as one of their fellow classmates takes the stage. He walks up to the front of the room and, with a smile, begins. While his joke lasts only 30 seconds or so, it receives hearty laughs and encouraging claps from his peers. With this jovial start to the two-hour class period, the students take out their notebooks and prepare to listen.
