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Bookstores offer alternatives to lower textbook costs

By Jamie Gasper

With web searching and price comparison, students may find large savings on textbooks. Various places, including the OU bookstore, are now offering money-saving alternatives for students, such as rental options and e-textbooks. The rental option offers up to a 50 percent savings from buying books; when the rental period is over, however, there is no [...]

Campus construction projects conclude; more begin

By Nichole Seguin

Construction, as if it is not already prominent enough all over the state of Michigan, will still be affecting students on campus going into fall semester at a lesser magnitude than anticipated.

OU announces partnership with DSO

By Annie Stodola

Starting in September, a new partnership between the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Oakland University’s Music Preparatory Division will offer students the opportunity to study with professional musicians in world-class facilities. Oakland University has had DSO musicians as faculty for a number of years, including French horn player Corbin Wagner and clarinetist Doug Cornelsen. The new [...]

OUCARES hosts short film camp in Pawley Hall

By Jake Thielen

For two weeks in late August, a group of students had the chance to learn the secrets of film from a Hollywood director. The OUCARES short film camp took place from Aug. 16-27 in Oakland University’s Pawley Hall. The camp, in its fifth year, is led by actor and director Joey Travolta and is geared [...]

Police Files

By Jen Bucciarelli

Police Files from Aug. 8 through Aug. 30.

Campus Briefs

By Jen Bucciarelli, Kaitlyn Chornoby

AltaGracia apparel line hits universities locally and nationally; OU offers tours via mobile phone for student convenience; Board of trustees approves four grants for health-related projects.

Welcome Week kicks off

By Jen Bucciarelli, Ryan Hegedus

Welcome Week kicks off today, September 1 and run through Friday September 10. All students are encouraged to participate in the activities, as admission for most events will be free.

Academic Skills Center offers new hours, programs

By Janine Semperger

ASC has new hours for students to take advantage of free tutoring, SI sessions, and an Early Alert Program for struggling students.

Undergraduate tuition to rise 5.76%

By Kay Nguyen

Following a 9 percent tuition increase last summer, students will be seeing another hike in tuition this school year because of the projected amount of state appropriations Oakland University will be receiving.

International Dance Classes at OU

By Jen Bucciarelli

To an onlooker, soft folk music and a handful of smiling dancers can make for an inviting atmosphere, one that welcomes you into the room. What visitors may not realize is that dance at the International Dance Class, normally held in room 126 of the Oakland Center on Thursday evenings, “is not a spectator sport,” [...]

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