Olivia's Opinions

Maybe I don't know all the facts (but when do I ever?), maybe I'm completely out of line; I don't know, but I'm going to talk about the NFL and kneeling for the National Anthem. Some things I've heard include: " Unfortunately I must support the right, but not the wisdom of NFL players to protest in the manner they have chosen." Unfortunately? It is their right. At first it started out as a protest against social injustice, but now it has just turned into an ugly war or people's opinions and beliefs. This all could have blown over, but someone had to make a big deal about a select few people choosing to take part in this. It has gotten way out of hand and big companies, like Anheuser Busch, are threatening to take away the funding of different football teams that have chosen to kneel. This is a stupid problem that can easily be fixed if people would just SHUT UP and GET OVER IT!!!  " this is disrepectful to veteran and the military" How? T...

Do you ever make up life stories or situational stories about people in a public place? I do it quite often and it is the most interesting, fun, creative thing to do and if you're with friends they might actually believe you know the people you are talking about. My friend and I were at Olive Garden one day and across the dining room there was a couple sitting at one of those tiny booths that only fit 2 people. The man, mid 20s, we called John (super generic, I know) the woman, early 20s, we called Sarah (again, generic.) Sarah and John were sitting at the table, not really paying attention to one another; just kind sitting, looking around, playing on their phones and stuff. They were either on their first date and both really nervous or they had been dating so long that they ran out of things to talk about without having to refer to a Facebook post. My story went with the 2nd guess. They had been dating for 1 1/2-2 years and were both board with the relationship. The salad came, t...

Emotional Support Animals (ESA) have become very popular in the past few years. Just to clarify, an ESA's is a designated animal that  a medical professional has determined provides benefit for an individual with a  disability. They can be used by people that suffer from a physical, psychiatric, or intellectual disability.  Americans that suffer from emotional or mental disability can qualify for an Emotional Support Animal (ESA). To get the qualification, the individual involved must have an emotional or mental disability that is certified by a mental health professional such as a psychiatrist, or any other mental health expert. Notice how it says you must have a disability that is certified and recognized by a MENTAL health professional. So, you can't just go to your family doctor and say "I'm sad" and have him write a letter (which is part of the process of getting an ESA) and magically your pet is allowed in every building, on every airplane, and is unable t...

Yesterday, a friend and I attended the ONU Homecoming football game against Otterbein. It was an awesome experience that everyone should have! Watching ONU win gave me even more pride that I'm attending this school. I live tweeted the event with the #ONUHomecoming17. You can see all the tweets about the game  here . This weekend was homecoming weekend at ONU, there were sports events and a dance and all kinds of activity tents, but you wouldn't know that looking at ONU's Facebook and Twitter. I went to ONU's Facebook page looking for any information on homecoming weekend. What did I find? a big, fat NOTHING. Only if you search specific event and organization pages would you find any information that homecoming was even going on. Maybe I was just looking in the wrong place, but if the first page that comes up when you search Ohio Northern University on Facebook doesn't have information about what is going on currently on campus, how many people are going to dig ...