Editor’s Note: The Oakland Post received a lot of response from last week’s guest perspective from professor Fritz McDonald on the campus smoking policy. The following letters are just a portion of what we received.
OU should recognize the seriousness of cancer and the other diseases caused by smoking and ban smoking throughout the entire Oakland University campus, not just a distance away from buildings.
One year ago, Corey Jackson, a 19-year-old sophomore who lived in the residence halls, committed suicide on campus.
With the death of Steve Jobs last week, we have all been remembering him as a great innovator. He brought us true smartphones, Pixar, the Graphical User Interface, the personal computer, created the tablet market, revolutionized how we listen to music and the list goes on. Steve Jobs was able to amass a cult like following of Mac users, but these are not the people that he truly led into the next era of history.
In order for the GSC to create the most accepting and safe of an atmosphere as possible, we need a full-time coordinator who can fulfill all the demands of both the administration and students.
Anyone with a creative incentive towards life knows the difficulty of dry spells that follow our explosive bouts of art. So as I see it, when it comes to writing as a form of art in the context of blogging, same story.
Memories of 9/11 have captured conversations worldwide for the last 10 years and the Oakland University community has spent the last week reflecting on that day’s events in the wake of the 10th anniversary.
While college brings new opportunities, friends and independence, it also brings sleep deprivation. And while most of us cannot seem to schedule in sleep, we often turn to caffeine. As a die hard Starbucks addict, I am ashamed to admit that I will travel through rain, sleet, snow, even Hur- ricane Irene, to get my [...]
I cast my vote for the 2008 presidential election as an absentee. That year, I voted for Nader and both Michigan ballot initiatives (medical marijuana and stem-cell research). I must be the liberal scum that’s threatening “American values” (“U.S. values,” more accurately, if you wish to respect Canada and Mexico — which I do).
In our state’s constitution, along with the majority of other states in the union, every fiscal year our deficit must be balanced, as to avoid creating a debt. Simply put, the state cannot spend more money than is brought in through taxes and other revenues. This explains why much of the funding for public schools and other programs have been cut — not because they are unnecessary or unworthy of funding, but because Michigan does not have the money.
