Brown Jug Closes

By ohwesleyang (07/12/2008 03:42 AM)

After serving the Delaware and Ohio Wesleyan University communities for more than 60 years, the Brown Jug restaurant has closed its doors.

Although the community is sad to lose this landmark, its replacement is coming shortly. After a light remodeling, Hoggy's restaurant will open in the popular location. OWU

Out of State Student Comparisons

By ohwesleyang (07/12/2008 03:28 AM)
Tags: college students, state importers

Does Ohio Export its best students? According to the Cincinnati Enquirer the answer is yes. Nearly 47 percent of the Cincinnati area's top seniors - as defined by their high schools - have committed to colleges outside the state, while 53 percent are staying in Ohio, according to an informal Enqui

Young People For

By ohwesleyang (07/06/2008 02:58 AM)
Tags: fellowship, young people for, application

In case you are not familiar with this great opportunity for a wonderful leadership fellowship with Young People for...here it is.

Young People For (YP4) is a leadership development program focusing on identifying, engaging and empowering young progressive leaders to effect positive change on their campuses and

New Leader, New Journey

By ohwesleyang (07/03/2008 11:20 AM)
Tags: exciting, new president, transformation

The Ohio Wesleyan campus community extended a warm welcome to president Rock Jones as he joined Ohio Wesleyan July 1.

Here is an excerpt from his letter to the Wesleyan community:

"While the heritage of Ohio Wesleyan is great, the future is even brighter. Today we embark together on a new journey. This journey

Surprising Insights from the Social Sciences

By ohwesleyang (07/02/2008 1:39 PM)
Tags: fundraising, experiment

Given the racial make-up of our alumni body, here is something relevant (not to be taken seriously) to the selection of the Alumni Relations search.

BLONDES MAY OR may not have more fun, but it does look like they raise more money. An analyzed data from an experiment that recruited

Six decades of Civic Youth

By ohwesleyang (07/02/2008 12:35 AM)

For Larissa Anderson, the Ithaca Youth Bureau brings back many fond memories of summers swimming at Cass Park and working outside in the sun with children half her age. Since she was 14, Anderson has been a part of the Ithaca Youth Bureau. Her first job was acting as a junior counselor at Cass Park.

Does Ethical Behavior Pay?

By ohwesleyang (06/29/2008 10:44 AM)
Tags: ethics, consumer behavior, social responsibility

For corporations, social responsibility has become a big business. Companies spend billions of dollars doing good works—everything from boosting diversity in their ranks to developing eco-friendly technology—and then trumpeting those efforts to the public.

But does it pay off?

The Wall Street Journal

Want To Get Your Way? Just Use "Because"

By ohwesleyang (06/29/2008 09:53 AM)
Tags: psychology study, because

I recently came across the results of an interesting study conducted by Ellen Langer and her colleagues. She got total strangers waiting in line to use a copy machine to let her go ahead of them by making several requests. The research  team decided to test the power of the word "because.

Another Inappropriate Announcement by the Chaplain's Office

By ohwesleyang (06/27/2008 10:47 AM)

Anyone reading the Ohio Wesleyan catalog and its brochures will notice the starting point of the institution's mission: “the University is forever to be conducted on the most liberal principles...and designed for the benefit of our citizens in general.”

In pursuit of th

Big Paycheck or Service? Students Are Put to Test

By ohwesleyang (06/27/2008 10:18 AM)
Tags: social service, washington monthly, activism, dilemmas

Ohio Wesleyan is all about being a well-rounded individual and helping out the greater world, but college is mad expensive and cashing in with high-paying jobs after graduation is not only tempting, but necessary for a lot of debt-saddled new alums. This college ambition has not go