Student Senate Candidates announced
- Candidates for this year's Student Senate election were announced today after Ohio University officials took time to verify that they qualified.
- The deadline to apply was Monday. Official campaigning starts March 24 and students will vote April 17.
- The following students applied for executive positions on the following tickets:
- “Action” ticket:
- Zainab Kandeh for president
- No vice president
- Rose Troyer for treasurer
- “One” ticket:
- Jordan Ballinger for president
- Alexandra George for vice president
- Carter Phillips for treasurer
- “Restart” ticket:
- Megan Marzec for president
- Caitlyn McDaniel for vice president
- Jolana Watson for treasurer
Baker Peace Conference
- OU kicked off its two-day, annual Baker Peace conference on Thursday night with Professor Sir Hew Strachan of Oxford University serving as the keynote speaker.
- The theme of this year’s conference is “The Great War: A Centennial of the First World War," according to a news release.
- There will be panel discussions from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday in the Walter Hall Rotunda about the outbreak of war and social change.
Oldest fossil evidence of modern snakes found
- OU scientists found the oldest evidence of modern, venomous snakes, according to a university news release.
- The fossils are proof that “elapid snakes,” such as the cobras, kraits and and sea snakes were in Africa as early as 25 million years ago, according to the release.
