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I love my choice to attend Ohio Northern University and I love our mascot as well. When I can do something to subtly show some school pride, I will most likely be interested. While sitting in classes or meetings, I was introduced to 4Ocean by listening to other students talk about it. 4Ocean makes bracelets made out of recycled materials like plastic, used for the string, and glass, used for the beads. The brand cleans one pound of trash out of the ocean for every bracelet they sell. They create special bracelets to benefit different creatures that live near or in the ocean. 4Ocean and their special bracelets are linked with another nonprofit group that focuses on conservation or helping that particular animal. 4Ocean is partnered with Polar Bear International and Carbonfund.org for the sale of the Polar Bear Bracelet. The price may seem a little expensive for such a small bracelet, but the brand seems responsible and has a mission and goals that I admire. So fellow Polar Bears, check out 4Ocean’s Polar Bear Bracelet if conservation is important to you and you like to show some
school pride! I have had mine for several months and I wear it almost every day.
This is a picture of the Polar Bear Bracelet from 4Ocean's website.
Wednesday, February 27 was National Polar Bear Day. This is a particularly important day for the
Ohio Northern University community because it celebrates our unique mascot. Not many colleges
have a polar bear as their mascot. One of the more high-profile schools that I can think of is
Bowdoin College. Bowdoin College is the home of transcendentalist writer Nathaniel Hawthorne
(thank you high school English courses for that tidbit of information). Bowdoin is a small school,
even smaller than ONU, located in Maine. I am sure students at Bowdoin have more than their
fair share of cold winter days in the Northeast so a polar bear is a fitting mascot for them.
One could argue that Ada, Ohio is not as frigid as Brunswick, Maine and that Bowdoin College is
more deserving of the polar bear mascot than Ohio Northern University. These are the current
weather conditions of both places.
Brunswick, Maine has a temperature of 26 degrees Fahrenheit with a wind chill of 22.
Currently the temperature in Ada, Ohio is 15 degrees and the wind chill makes it feel like -2.
Happy Spring Break to all Polar Bears, hope you are someplace warmer than the Tundra!
That is so cool that there is another school with a polar bear mascot! Also that a well known writer came out of it too is insteresting. I love national polar bear day it seems like a real holiday at ONU and that is exciting!
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