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IU Editorial Style Guide, Letter O

off campus

Hyphenate as an adjective before the noun; otherwise, leave as two words.

Barb has an off-campus job.
but: Barb works off campus.

office names

See addresses and capitalization.

Opera Theater

The IU Opera Theater uses the -er spelling of the word theatre.

See also theatre.

orientation

This term is not capitalized.