Hitting their stride
After a disappointing 3-21 record to start the 2012 season, the Oakland University baseball team is back on the right track.
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Turning the season around
Even with the early season stumbles, the Golden Grizzlies softball team isn’t short of any confidence. The team’s 2011 season record of 17-29 and conference record of 8-15 aided in their fall to eighth place in the Summit League preseason poll.
Swimming and Diving gears up for NCAA, Olympic trials
Three hundred seventy-nine. That was the point differential the Oakland University Men and Women’s swimming and diving team had in their advantage to claim their 13th Summit League Championship, which took place Feb. 16 to 18.
Swimming and Diving gears up for NCAA, Olympic trials
Three hundred seventy-nine. That was the point differential the Oakland University Men and Women’s swimming and diving team had in their advantage to claim their 13th Summit League Championship, which took place Feb. 16 to 18.
Moving upward
Last summer, the doctors told the father of senior and varsity Softball player Kylie Schalz that his daughter would never walk again.
Humm: I am living my dream
Taylor Humm is indecisive. Many Division I college athletes choose one sport to focus on, but Humm couldn’t make that choice.
Division 1 hockey team splits weekend series against rival Davenport
The rivalry between the Division 1 Oakland Hockey team and the Davenport University Hockey team is summarized by one thing; the coveted trophy duck. The trophy has fueled the rivalry between the two teams for six seasons. “There is a sculpture duck we stole from Davenport and they stole it back,” Senior Captain Jordan Macdonald [...]
Ecker improves game, breaks record
Senior Liz Ecker never thought her name would dot the pages of the Oakland University women’s golf record book, but now she will graduate as one of the greatest women’s golfers in OU history.
Music student zealous about conducting choirs
At Troy High School, Bridget Dennis, a senior majoring in vocal education, discovered her real passion and future career in music education through an independent study class with her choir director, in which she taught a choir a song and conducted it at a concert.
New clean energy resource center opens on campus
The campus celebrated the grand opening of the OU Clean Energy Research center on Thursday, March 31. The goal of the new center is to provide a place for students and faculty to develop clean energy alternatives. Plans for this center, located under the School of Engineering and Computer Science (SECS) as well as in the Shotwell-Gustafson Pavilion, have been in place for years but did not take action until it received proper funding.
Dance team returns to Disney
They can be seen courtside at every Oakland University basketball game, but the OU dance team does more than just perform a routine at halftime.
Students to be featured at 10th Festival of Writers Showcase
On April 12, the department of writing and rhetoric will host the 10th Festival of Writers Showcase in Banquet Rooms A and B of the Oakland Center from 12-3 p.m. The Festival of Writers is hosted at the end of every semester to allow writing students a chance to showcase their work.
Students gather at the capitol
The 14th annual OU Day At The Capitol took place Tuesday March 18. This event is hosted every year to provide an easy way for Oakland University students, faculty, and staff to travel to Lansing (the Capitol Building) and meet with their state representatives to express their concerns.
The gentlest martial art
Oakland University’s judo club has been active for eight years, and the current team consists of 15 members. Morgan Imlay, the club’s president, said the team is looking to expand and add more members.
Women’s rugby club gets underway
Oakland University will soon add another team to its growing roster of club sports. The OU women’s rugby team is currently recruiting members for its first season.
Grizz Express to convert into ‘grab-n-go convenience store’
Students walking through the Oakland Center may have noticed the empty-windowed room across from the cafeteria.
‘Not For Sale’ event to explore human trafficking, sex slavery
According to the International Justice Mission, between 600,000 and 800,000 people are victimized by human trafficking every year. Inspired by this information, OU student congress will be hosting Not for Sale, an event to raise awareness of sex trafficking and to inform students how they can help put an end to it.
Gymnastics vaults to club status at OU
A search for gymnastics on the Oakland University website reveals no results. This is about to change as Oakland will soon have its first gymnastics club. Madeline Mazzeo, a sophomore majoring in Spanish and history, and Tiffany Turner, a freshman elementary education major, are both former competitive gymnasts who miss the sport and want to give Oakland students an opportunity to participate in gymnastics.
