By Brad Slazinski Contributing Reporter On December 1, the city of Rochester opened its third annual downtown light show at 7 p.m. The light show celebrates the spirit of the Holidays. The lights span four blocks on Main Street and adorn the storefronts along the way. It usually takes two months to [...]
By Tom Murphy Jr. In order to balance the delicate situation of being father and coach, Carlton Valentine instituted the “24 hour rule.” Valentine, the men’s head basketball coach at Lansing Sexton is the father of senior forward Drew Valentine who recently committed to Oakland University. “It’s kind of tricky sometimes,” said Carlton. His son [...]
The Oakland Post newsroom weighs in on the possible bailout for Detroit's Big Three.
For years, Thanksgiving has symbolically protected Americans from the onslaught of consumerism brought on by Christmas like an ever-weakening levee in a mighty rainstorm.This year, the levee tragically broke as a mob of frenzied “Black Friday” shoppers smashed through a Long Island Wal-Mart’s doors, trampling 34 year-old employee Jdimytai Damour to death and injuring four [...]
Student disability organization works with OU to make campus and housing more handicap accessible.
By Colleen MillerCopy Editor There’s an electronic hum among some faculty at Oakland University. The buzz is about how long it is taking to get software approved by the administration. Andrea Eis, chairperson of the art and art history department, said she is working on ordering new software and will be moving ahead faster than [...]
On Nov. 17 a white Ford E-250 was reported missing from Chartwells’ food storage in the loading dock of the Oakland Center. On Nov. 19, OUPD were contacted by Detroit Police Department auto recovery that the vehicle had been found undamaged and unoccupied. OUPD was dispatched to Hamlin Hall where a student had turned [...]
By Masudur RahmanSenior Reporter Photo Credit: MASUDUR RAHMAN/ The Oakland Post Barely a year since its founding, a new student organization is working towards making Oakland University more accessible for students with physical disabilities. Students Toward Understanding Disabilities is doing this with the help of the OU administration and housing. OU students Brian Wigman and [...]
By Masudur RahmanSenior Reporter At first glance, it looks like a lot of paper origami cranes of different sizes and colors put together. But beneath the surface they represent something deeper. Senior student Nancy Stover-Pontois said the art piece she created, titled “A Thousand Cranes,” stems from Japanese culture and is actually an effort to [...]
Detroit Red Wings alumni join a community to honor the life of a young man in a memorial hockey game.
