Crystal Amberlyn

How could I pass the opportunity to write about Halloween? When you are 20 years old, it is a little odd to dress up and go trick-or-treating. Although this is true, it is still possible to dress up and have fun!  Every year, the department of art and design at Ohio Northern University holds a student and faculty Halloween party. Organizations AIGA, the professional association for design, and Kappa Pi, the art and design honorary fraternity, help put on the party. Preparation for the party begins in the classroom. Professor Brit Rowe assigns first-year graphic design majors to design a spooky poster for the event. After the completion of the assignment, one design is chosen and hung throughout the Wilson art building. When the day finally comes, it is time to party! Of course, costumes are a necessity. This year, I dressed up as a moth. I also walked with a lamp to refer to the moth and lamp memes. Also, you cannot have a party without food or activities! Everyon...

My brother and I have never seen eye to eye. In all honesty, he has always been a big pain. I would have never imagined writing about my big brother but after learning more about him and what he does, I have come to find pride in calling him family. First, I will not disclose my brother’s name nor where he works due to his position. What I will disclose is what his position is and what he does with this position. So, what does my brother do? My brother is a drug enforcement detective for a county police station. I have always seen characters in TV shows who are detectives, but I have never heard of their existence in real life. As his title implies, he is a detective who specializes in drug enforcement. This means he works to catch and penalize people who buy and/or sell drugs illegally.   How he does this is quite interesting. First, the department gets a lead. A lead is information about who and where someone may be buying or selling. Detectives will then go...

As much as we would like to think otherwise, money is a necessity in today’s world, and it is generally understood people must work to make money. Therefore, work has a value, and this can include both money value and personal value. When working as an employee for a company, there little to no complications with getting paid. You are paid for the work you do or the hours you have worked. I have found it is when you are asked to work outside of your job things become complicated with payment.  This can happen with anyone in any field, but I have experienced this a lot as an artist and graphic designer. Through my experience, there are two complications with payment when working for someone outside of your work. The first and most common is the client or customer expects to pay little to nothing for your work . The second complication is the client or customer is unorganized in how and when they pay you . This can be very frustrating for the one doing the work because as I s...

Temple of Tolerance, Wapakoneta, Ohio. In college, not having to go to class is a blessing. Therefore, breaks are always starred or highlighted in one’s calendar.  October 8 th and 9 th was Ohio Northern University’s fall break. Many students took the opportunity to go home and relax and/or take a trip. Things are a different for me since I live in the same town as the University. Clearly, I did not sit around and do nothing over fall break. So, what did I do? Believe it or not, there are some interesting things to do not too far from the small town of Ada, Ohio.  My first fall break adventure was spontaneous. I had the day to myself, so why not do something I enjoy. Therefore, I went shopping in Findlay, Ohio. Of course, I did not need anything, but I love looking for things I might want and possibly buy them. I stopped at Gabe’s, Bath and Body Works and my favorite store, T.J. Maxx. As I left the city with my loot, a sign caught my attention. I have gone to Findl...

What is a better way to give college students an exciting study break and bring together the campus community than a zoo experience? Plus, it is entirely free! On October 2, 2018, the Ohio Northern University Student Planning Committee (SPC) and Ada Friends presented Zoo to ONU. Through my experience, I can verify the event was a lot of fun and a huge success! This year’s Zoo to ONU event featured a bounce house, basketball connect four, a caricature artist and of course, animals from the Toledo Zoo. Toledo Zoo zookeepers provided carrots for visitors to feed the kangaroos, sheep and goats as well as a camel, alpaca, steer and mini zebu. Not only did the animals get fed, they got a lot of attention! Once the students and children got their fill of the furry friends, the students ran to get their portraits drawn by the caricature artist, and the children exhausted their energy jumping in the bounce house and shooting basketballs. When the event was over, students, famili...