By KATHLEEN QUANDT Staff Intern So, you want to get off the couch and get a little exercise, but you’re wondering how you’re going to afford a membership to the gym? For students at Oakland University, the Rec Center fee is included with tuition, so there’s no extra fee to worry about. My favorite low-cost [...]
By TIM RATH Web Editor The advertising department at Oakland University is fond of touting the professional experience of its faculty. Perhaps Pat Caputo should be on its billboards. The lecturer of JRN 314, Sports Reporting, has been a fixture in the pages of The Oakland Press since 1986 when he began covering the Detroit [...]
By TIM RATH Web Editor Heads up: If you are looking to find a job in this country besides flipping burgers, you need to know how to write. Fear not, even if you’re not necessarily Pablo Neruda, there is help on campus to develop your skills so that they are good enough to find a [...]
By SEAN GARNER Senior Reporter As I was searching for one single word to sum up my crestfallen disposition following my beloved Golden Grizzlies’ 66-64 letdown against North Dakota State in the finals of the Summit League Championships, I found no shortage of possibilities. Heartbreaking. Agonizing. Deflating. Unfortunate. Sickening. While all of these adjectives were, [...]
By BROOKE HUG Photo Editor It’s that time of year again, when the trees are pollinating, flowers are blooming and the grass is growing. It is “Spring Fever” for most of us who look forward to this season after a long, cold winter. But for some of us it means allergy season, we need to [...]
By WIBKE RICHTER Staff Intern Entering a Michigan grocery store, the first things that catch your eye are shiny and colorful fruits sitting orderly next to each other on the shelves. Outside it is cold and last night it snowed another inch but inside the store is a tropical paradise waiting for the customers to [...]
By SARAH LANG Leads Ads Manager By accident I have become obsessed with sunsets. I am constantly taking pictures of them every chance I get. It’s gotten so bad that some of my friends make jokes at me because we are constantly stopping in our tracks so I can take pictures. Sometimes it’s hard to [...]
By COLLEEN J. MILLER Managing Editor Oakland University has submitted requests to the state for several projects they hope will be funded by the economic recovery package. While a combined biomass and wind energy plant was No. 3 on OU’s wish list, the state appears to have bumped it to No. 1. The project, which [...]
By THOMAS ROWLAND Multimedia Editor On Wednesday, President Obama signed a congressional spending bill in the amount of $410 billion dollars. The bill contains approximately 8,000 earmarks for congressional pet projects totally near $8 billion,according to CNN. This on Obama’s 50th day in office. I have been critical of Obama in the past, and will [...]
By KAY NGUYEN Staff Reporter Brad Jeffers commutes from one of Michigan’s fastest growing major municipalities: Macomb Township. The senior journalism major has a great interest in sports and enjoys writing about and playing them. “Babe Ruth used to vacation in Macomb,” said Jeffers, offering an interesting fact. During his 35 to 40 minute commute, [...]
