By KATHLEEN QUANDTStaff Intern Being the voice of student opinions to the Oakland University board of trustees is the job of student liaisons to the board. Tawnee Milko and Samir Hanna are both current OU student liaisons. Milko will continue to serve as liaison next year, but Hanna is finishing up his two-year term this [...]
By Colleen J. MillerManaging Editor Oakland University Police Department closed the second floor of Hannah Hall Friday morning to conduct a simulated response to having an active shooter on campus. Officers responded to a planned phone call into the police dispatch reporting “shots fired” and were in the building within minutes, suited up [...]
By KAY NGUYENStaff Reporter Monday, March 23, a jury of Oakland University students “convicted” Dominic DeGrazia of criminal sexual conduct. The setting was not a courtroom, however, but the Oakland Center Gold Rooms. The crime was not real and there were no real victims or perpetrators. An event to commemorate Woman’s History Month, the mock [...]
By MACKENZIE ROGERStaff Reporter Hundreds of people gathered in the Oakland Center Banquet Rooms on Friday night for the second annual Middle Eastern Festival. The Festival was planned and hosted by the Lebanese Club of Oakland University, Arab American Student Organization and the Chaldean American Student Organization. It featured a variety of dance and song [...]
Prof heads to Congress to appeal for science funding Dr. Rasul Chaudhry, a professor of biological sciences at Oakland University, is in Washington, D.C. to talk to politicians to lobby for more funding for National Science Foundation. Chaudhry said he and some other scientists around the U.S. will talk to the Science Appropriation Committee March [...]
On March 13, OUPD responded to a report of minors drinking alcohol in an undisclosed dormitory. Upon contact from the officers, each of the three minors refused to take a preliminary breath test. At least two of the suspects received citations for being a minor in possession of alcohol. On March 14, OUPD pulled over [...]
• “WXOU 43rd Birthday Bash” — Wednesday, March 25, 6 -10 p.m., Oakland Center Gold Rooms. Concert with Triple Crown, Manna & Quail, Citizen Smile and Oscillating Fan Club. • “Foreign Policy Discussion Forum” — Thursday, March 26, noon – 1:30 p.m., OC Fireside Lounge. Political science professors Paul Kubicek and Alan Epstein will discuss [...]
By VIRGINIA MANNContributing Reporter The semester is nearing its end, and many students are thinking about putting their resumes together to apply for jobs and internships. To help, Oakland University’s Career Services department presented tips at the “Write (Right) Resumes” presentation on Thursday, March 19 in the Oakland Center’s Lake Michigan Room. The main thing [...]
Voting days: Monday, March 23 – Wednesday, March 25Vote on: www.oakland.edu/voteouResults announced: Thursday, March 27 The candidates: 1. President: Janelle ArbuckleVice president: Nick McCormickArbuckle: junior, political science and international relations majorMcCormick: freshman, communications and writing and rhetoric majorArbuckle: currently serving as OUSC’s public relations agentMcCormick: OUSC legislator, Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity member, orientation group leaderPlatform: [...]
Many bathrooms in campus buildings are not handicap-accessible, some students say. Click here to access a video accompaniment to this article.
