Please Don't Show This To My Therapist

At the beginning of this semester, I wrote a blog about all the fun I had last spring and how I was hoping this semester could live up to it. While this spring was filled with a whirlwind of emotions, I still managed to have some fun times in the 45810. Here are some of the memorable moments that I won't be forgetting about anytime soon! The first weekend back to campus the women's soccer team held our annual “fancy party,” which is our form of formal. No dates, just teammates. It was honestly so fun getting to see everyone all dressed up and hanging out with just the team because we don’t get to do that very often. Even though I have a ton of other dresses in my closet, I went out dress shopping because I have an unhealthy shopping addiction. While shopping, I told myself I wasn’t buying another black dress. I tried on every dress in the freaking mall and what did I walk out with? A black dress. Oh well! My closet was THE place to go for girls who didn’t want to go out and buy...

Last week during our final week of sprin g training each class got to lead a practice. We each had a specific day we would be running training. The freshmen ran Tuesday’s training, the sophomores ran Wednesday and the juniors and fifth years finished off the week running training on Thursday. I was so excited to get to create the practice plan and I personally think the sophomores had the best training out of everyone else. It’s safe to say we really got into it. We created and printed out replicas of the papers our coach uses and even organized the drills the same way he does. However, the drills we ran were nothing like the ones he ran during the season. Instead, we played fun games the entire time. We started out with probably the best game of the entire training. It doesn’t really have a name so we just called it the communication game. And let me tell you, it was nothing short of one of the funniest things I have ever seen. Everyone partners up and while one partner is blindfolde...

     Just seven days ago I wrote about the incredible impact 21-year-old midfielder Cole Palmer is having on Chelsea Football Club. He’s scored 23 goals with 13 assists in just 38 appearances, he’s the first Chelsea player to be in the running for the Golden Boot since Didier Drogba won it in 2010, he’s the heart and soul of this team. With a continued run in the FA Cup and strong showings in league play, all was looking well with Palmer on the field. Yet, within merely a week of composing my previous article, the hopes of every Chelsea fan have once more been scrambled.       Let’s begin on Saturday. It’s the semi-finals of the FA Cup, 80,902 screaming fans packed the stands, the lights of the historic Wembley Stadium shining down on what has been a highly anticipated match between Premier League powerhouse Manchester City and Premier League joke Chelsea Football Club. Being at the semi-finals is a concept no one saw coming for Chelsea. It wasn’t an ...

     For a few years now Chelsea Football Club has been, in nicer terms, a complete and utter disappointment. They’ve been a disaster, like a dumpster fire bad. Ever since the ownership crisis in 2022 left the club in the hands of a greedy man who knows nothing about the sport, Chelsea has fallen on a swift demise. Failing to qualify for the Champions League, spending a record €435.5 million ($4.65 million) on underperforming players, manager changes every month and being unable to crack into the top 10 of the Premier League Table. Not to mention the full roster worth of players on injured reserve just on a rotation. You name the problem, Chelsea has it covered. For a while, it seemed like life was never going to get better.      Enter Cole Palmer. The 21-year-old midfielder is, as Foreigner would say, as cold as ice. Since transferring from Manchester City on Sept. 1, 2023, Palmer has carried the Chelsea franchise on his back. He’s scored 23 goals with 13 ...

          On Saturday, April 20th, the Ohio Northern Women’s Soccer team will be taking a trip up to Findlay, Ohio to face The University of Findlay in their Spring exhibition game. Findlay is led by a new head coach and former ONU assistant coach Sierra Perry while second-year head coach Ben Tierney leads the Bears.       Findlay, 11-5-4 overall, made a strong run in G-MAC conference play last season, tying the No. 1 team in the nation, Ashland University, twice to secure a spot in the conference tournament. Ohio Northern, 10-9-1 overall, made an incredible run in their conference play, securing a No. 4 seed and upsetting rivals Otterbein University to make it to the conference tournament finals for the ninth season in a row. Both teams faced a tough ending to their Fall seasons, Findlay falling to Northwood University in the conference semi-final and ONU taking a crushing 2-1 defeat to John Carroll University in the conference finals....

          The week of Feb. 26th through March 3rd is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week and while I haven’t ever been diagnosed with an eating disorder myself I believe that bringing awareness to this cause is extremely important. National Eating Disorder Awareness Week (NEDAW) is an annual campaign targeted at educating the public about eating disorders and providing hope for friends, families and those struggling with a disorder themselves. I have watched as many of my teammates, friends and loved ones have struggled with disordered eating and it’s something no one should ever have to go through.      Being a female athlete, however, eating disorders are unfortunately not hard to come by. 42% of female athletes have been diagnosed with an eating disorder while 70% have engaged in behaviors that can lead to a disorder. Actions such as restricting their eating or overworking their bodies are prime examples. Athletes in sports that focus ...