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The Oakland Post

Rochester, MI


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Volunteer opportunities around campus for Winter 2025
Noah Francis, Features Editor • January 15, 2025

As everyone starts to settle into the 2025 winter semester, welcome the new year by giving back to the community. From donating clothing and...

Collaboration and identity at Winter GrizzFest
Collaboration and identity at Winter GrizzFest
Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor • January 15, 2025

The winter celebration of GrizzFest welcomed students back to Oakland University during the first week of the year, anticipating more collaborations...

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Getting back on track during the winter semester
Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor • January 15, 2025

As a new semester begins, the Academic Success Center (ASC) hosted the virtual workshop, Back on Track, to help students navigate academic challenges...

Faculty awarded at Research, Innovation and Engagement Town Hall
Faculty awarded at Research, Innovation and Engagement Town Hall
Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor • December 11, 2024

Increases in research grants, equipment upgrades and new funding programs were among the celebrated advances at the Research, Innovation and...

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The Detroit Lions: Making History
Daniela Cesario, Features Reporter • January 15, 2025

The 2024-2025 NFL season has been nothing short of remarkable for the Detroit Lions. After years of rebuilding, the Lions have surged to the...

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OU Alum Battling Brain Tumor: Self-advocacy in the face of uncertainty
Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor • January 15, 2025

Megan Semeraz, Oakland University alum, reporter and digital marketing specialist explores local coffee shops and parks with George — a Labrador-great...

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Students predict the up and coming trends of 2025
Daniela Cesario, Features Reporter • January 15, 2025

As we step into 2025, a wave of exciting new trends is sweeping across music, fashion and style, shaping the way we express ourselves in an increasingly...

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Meet OU’s most eligible bachelors
Mallory Waligora, Political Editor • December 11, 2024

As December passes, “cuffing season” is in full swing. Do you want a winter romance? Imagine holding hands in mittens, cozying up by the...

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2025’s most anticipated films are truly ‘Wicked’
Morgan Warneke, Content Editor • January 15, 2025

2025 is proving itself to be an exciting year for film lovers. Looking at what's to come, viewers can predict an influx of reboots, animated...

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Stop! I have seen this show before!: The cultural impact of Squid Game 2
Chelsea Bossert, Arts Editor • January 15, 2025

The year is 2021, the first season of “Squid Game” — a South Korean action-thriller show — had been released in the fall to much fanfare....

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Mixed messages flood Ethel Cain’s newest EP ‘Perverts’
Chelsea Bossert, Arts Editor • January 15, 2025

Hayden Anhedönia, a.k.a. Ethel Cain, has had a brush with fame and virality over the past few years. One of her first debut singles, “Crush,”...

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The hottest movies of 2024
Mallory Waligora, Political Editor • December 11, 2024

“Wicked” The success of “Wicked" is undeniable. The movie has earned over $360 million at the box office and counting, not to mention...

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Mike Johnson elected as Speaker of the House in close vote
Mallory Waligora, Political Editor • January 15, 2025

On Jan. 3, U.S. Congressman Mike Johnson (R-LA) was officially elected to serve as Speaker of the House. Johnson was first elected on Oct. 25,...

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Republican factionalism: H-1B visas and immigration
Nicholas Kablak, Political Reporter • January 15, 2025

The Republican Party in the United States is split on an essential issue that concerns visas, labor and immigration. The technology industry...

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Donald Trump Jr. visits Greenland
Mallory Waligora, Political Editor • January 15, 2025

On Jan. 7, Donald Trump Jr. landed in Greenland on behalf of his father, President-elect Donald Trump. During his first presidency in 2019, Trump...

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Manifest Destiny: Trump’s territorial ambitions
Nicholas Kablak, Political Reporter • January 15, 2025

In recent weeks, Donald Trump has floated ideas of using the United States' powerful economic and military leverage to gain new territories....

Oakland men's basketball splits season series with Wright State
Oakland men’s basketball splits season series with Wright State
Evan Blanchard, Sports Reporter • January 15, 2025

Last Thursday, Jan. 9, the Oakland men's basketball team took to the road to face the Wright State (WSU) Raiders in Fairborn, Ohio. The Golden...

Skorupski shines, but Oakland falls short to IU Indy Jaguars
Skorupski shines, but Oakland falls short to IU Indy Jaguars
Kurt Szymanski, Sports Editor • January 15, 2025

On Wednesday, Jan. 8, the Oakland Golden Grizzlies women's basketball team dropped a tough match against the IU Indy Jaguars at the OU Credit...

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Oakland earns much-needed convincing win over Northern Kentucky on the road
Kurt Szymanski, Sports Editor • January 15, 2025

On Saturday, the Oakland Golden Grizzlies men’s basketball team secured an impressive 68-53 road win over the Northern Kentucky Norse at Truist...

Golden Grizzlies overpowered by No. 23 Arkansas on the road
Kurt Szymanski, Sports Editor • December 30, 2024

In their final non-conference game of the season on Monday, the Oakland Golden Grizzlies men’s basketball team couldn’t measure up to the...

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Stop! I have seen this show before!: The cultural impact of Squid Game 2
Chelsea Bossert, Arts Editor • January 15, 2025

The year is 2021, the first season of “Squid Game” — a South Korean action-thriller show — had been released in the fall to much fanfare....

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Mixed messages flood Ethel Cain’s newest EP ‘Perverts’
Chelsea Bossert, Arts Editor • January 15, 2025

Hayden Anhedönia, a.k.a. Ethel Cain, has had a brush with fame and virality over the past few years. One of her first debut singles, “Crush,”...

2025: What's in and what's out
2025: What’s in and what’s out
Morgan Warneke, Content Editor • December 11, 2024

As we approach the end of the year, it’s the perfect time to reflect on what we want more of — and less of — in 2025. Think of this as...

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Kendrick Lamar’s surprise release ‘GNX’ cements him as a West Coast legend
Chelsea Bossert, Arts Editor • November 27, 2024

Kendrick Lamar is the greatest rapper of all time, at least that is what he is telling us.  The 37-year-old rapper from Compton, Cali. has...

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Letter to the editor: A Farewell Letter: Sharing My Story and Finding Love for OU
Mena Hannakachl, Contributor • April 24, 2024

At 18, I arrived at Oakland University (OU) as a freshman in the Fall of 2020–amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. As a nontraditional student, being...

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Letter to the editor: What Beaver?
Andrea Knutson, Contributor • February 21, 2024

Recently the Oakland University community was informed that a beaver had moved into the campus’s biological preserve and made itself at home....

Letter to the editor: Mental health worth four sessions?
Letter to the editor: Mental health worth four sessions?
Alex Verzillo, Contributor • December 13, 2023

Free counseling at OU has experienced a progressive decline throughout the years, bringing the number of free sessions provided to students down...

Letter to the editor: Understaffed. Underfunded. Overdue.
Letter to the editor: Understaffed. Underfunded. Overdue.
Ian Allen, Contributor • December 6, 2023

In the fall of 2021, I went through one of the lowest periods of my life. I had just gone through the breakup of an unhealthy relationship, I...