ORU Board of Trustees Chair Mart Green announced Jan. 11 in an email to faculty and staff that the Presidential Search Committee has selected a finalist for university president.

Open dorms is not a closed issue at ORU.

Three months after the original proposal, two rounds of revisions and one concerted effort to increase residence hall interactions, Student Life and the General Assembly continue to work on amending the current open dorm policy.

On Dec. 3, four young men took the seats of those before them 35 years ago in GC 5114.

“Once you are here, you are on jury duty,” the judge, better known as Dr. Winston Frost, said, looking to his right at the mock jury made up of students. “This is a semester’s worth of work,” he said.

The four men seated before him were serving as prosecuting and defense attorneys in a mock trial for the Trial Advocacy class. The event served not only as their class final exam, but also as practice for the spring semester when ORU will begin participating in the Intercollegiate Mock Trial Competition. They are looking for new members.

Bathrooms. You can’t avoid them. They are a necessity. The need for the bathroom is already established. However, the bathroom’s location, scent, atmosphere, cleanliness and occupant behavior vary.

In order to gain a better understanding of bathroom culture, let’s explore our own bathroom environments right here at ORU.