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June BOT meeting: Impact of national policy, 4.5% tuition increase and new Smart Manufacturing M.S.
Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor • July 9, 2025

Amidst recent uncertainties in higher education, on June 27, the Oakland University Board of Trustees (BOT) held a summer meeting to discuss...

Suzanne Spencer-Wood: A feminist time machine
Suzanne Spencer-Wood: A feminist time machine
Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor • July 9, 2025

A question about 19th-century ceramics can only turn into an hour-long rabbit hole on the sacredness of motherhood as perceived in American consumer...

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OU likely to face challenges with Medicaid as the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is signed
Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor • July 7, 2025

July Fourth could prove to be as decisive today as it was back in 1776. While nowhere close to a Declaration of Independence, the One Big Beautiful...

Campus Community Throws Pies at University VIPs
Campus Community Throws Pies at University VIPs
Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor • May 16, 2025

On May 12, the Oakland University community came together to throw pies at directors, provosts and managers. Far from mockery subjects, the pie...

Suzanne Spencer-Wood: A feminist time machine
Suzanne Spencer-Wood: A feminist time machine
Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor • July 9, 2025

A question about 19th-century ceramics can only turn into an hour-long rabbit hole on the sacredness of motherhood as perceived in American consumer...

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Corrido Censorship: The paradox of funding and criminalizing cartel stories
Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor • July 9, 2025

July first became a paradoxical Groundhog Day as Natanael Cano, one of the pioneers of the corrido tumbados genre — Mexican folk songs revamped...

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Czech please: Tales from a summer in Prague
Mallory Waligora, Content Editor • June 4, 2025

If you’re reading this now: I’ll be in Paris. My entire closet is on the floor. Three sundresses are packed into my suitcase, and everything...

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Freedom and heated seats: A love letter to my 2016 Chevy Equinox
Mallory Waligora, Content Editor • June 4, 2025

My car is broken. My beautiful 2016 Chevrolet Equinox is currently sitting in the garage, with her hood popped open. It’s like I’m looking...

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A boon from Benson Boone – ‘American Heart’ album serves to accompany life’s quiet moments
Marissa Getschman, Arts Editor • July 9, 2025

Love, heartbreak, nostalgia or sex… pick one. Benson Boone’s newest album is disjointed and all over the place. Rather than a cohesive...

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Lorde is risen again in new album ‘Virgin’
Marissa Getschman, Arts Editor • July 9, 2025

Lorde’s new album “Virgin” encompasses the hurt, comfort and nostalgia of youth. She reminisces about a time in her life that most university...

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Sanchez & Bezos Tie The Knot: Best Looks From Their Venetian Wedding
Sarah Wasielewski, Arts Reporter • July 9, 2025

With more glamour than a film premier and more celebrities than the Oscars, the Sanchez and Bezos wedding was one for the ages. Lauren Sanchez...

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Corrido Censorship: The paradox of funding and criminalizing cartel stories
Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor • July 9, 2025

July first became a paradoxical Groundhog Day as Natanael Cano, one of the pioneers of the corrido tumbados genre — Mexican folk songs revamped...

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U.S., Iran and Israel: Breaking down the ’12 Day War’
Sophia Curran, Political Editor • July 7, 2025

President Donald Trump orders airstrikes on three Iranian nuclear sites. The conflict between Israel and Iran began on June 13, when Israel...

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This Week in Law: SCOTUS rules on nationwide injunctions
Sophia Curran, Political Editor • July 2, 2025

On June 27, The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration, granting their request by partially pausing the rulings of three federal...

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Breaking down the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
Sophia Curran, Political Editor • July 2, 2025

After the House of Representatives voted to pass President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” it now faces the approval of the Senate....

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President Trump’s military parade garners mixed reactions
Sophia Curran, Political Editor • June 23, 2025

President Trump held the Army’s 250th anniversary with a military parade. Coinciding with the President’s 79th birthday and Flag Day,...

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The Post picks the NBA Finals – Thunder’s Dominance Tested by Pacers’ Underdog Resilience
Jimi Elling, Sports Reporter • June 11, 2025

The Thunder were considered heavy favorites going into the Finals, and they’ve played like it for almost the entirety of the series thus far...

Oakland’s offseason shakeup continues with Jones, Hoth and James in transfer portal
Oakland’s offseason shakeup continues with Jones, Hoth and James in transfer portal
Kurt Szymanski, Sports Editor • April 16, 2025

Oakland's offseason retooling just got a bit more urgent.  Three more Golden Grizzlies men's basketball players have entered the transfer...

Oakland University Athletics hosts 11th annual Black and Gold Awards
Reagan Reetz, Marketing Director • April 16, 2025

On the evening of April 14, Golden Grizzlies athletes gathered in the OU Credit Union O’rena to celebrate the annual Black and Gold Awards....

Men’s baseball can’t pull off big win over Michigan Wolverines in 10-inning loss
Men’s baseball can’t pull off big win over Michigan Wolverines in 10-inning loss
Evan Blanchard, Sports Reporter • April 16, 2025

To quote Morgan Wallen: “We got close, but close doesn’t cut it.” Last Thursday evening, the Oakland men’s baseball team traveled...

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A boon from Benson Boone – ‘American Heart’ album serves to accompany life’s quiet moments
Marissa Getschman, Arts Editor • July 9, 2025

Love, heartbreak, nostalgia or sex… pick one. Benson Boone’s newest album is disjointed and all over the place. Rather than a cohesive...

Photo courtesy of Republic Records
Lorde is risen again in new album ‘Virgin’
Marissa Getschman, Arts Editor • July 9, 2025

Lorde’s new album “Virgin” encompasses the hurt, comfort and nostalgia of youth. She reminisces about a time in her life that most university...

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How to Train Your live-action remake
Marissa Getschman, Arts Editor • June 18, 2025

Fan favorite films getting live-action remakes seems to be a modern day horror. They never live up to the original and invite new audiences in...

Letter to the Editor: A New Way Forward – An Open Letter to the Students of Oakland University
Letter to the Editor: A New Way Forward – An Open Letter to the Students of Oakland University
Marcus Johnson, Contributor • May 7, 2025

To the students of Oakland University, As I step into the role of Student Body President, I do so with a deep sense of honor and responsibility.  In...

Letter to the Editor: DEI is more than just an acronym.
Letter to the Editor: DEI is more than just an acronym.
Marcus Johnson, Contributor • February 14, 2025

As a Black man and a student leader at Oakland University, I am deeply disturbed by the ongoing demonization of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion...

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Letter to the Editor: OU’s upper administration is jeopardizing the university’s future
Jeffrey Thomas, Contributor • September 3, 2024

Hello, my name is Jeff Thomas. I graduated from OU in spring 2022. In my senior year as an undergrad, I served as editor-in-chief of Volume 47...

Letter to the Editor: President Pescovitz, please be OU's new Matilda Dodge Wilson
Letter to the Editor: President Pescovitz, please be OU’s new Matilda Dodge Wilson
Annette Gilson, Contributor • September 1, 2024

In an effort to deal with the “déjà vu all over again” feelings I too have been having over the past few weeks, I re-read the letter I...

Letter to the Editor: Why faculty contract negotiations matter
Letter to the Editor: Why faculty contract negotiations matter
Karen Miller, Contributor • August 31, 2024

Oakland was founded on a promise — that young people of southeastern Michigan, particularly those who would be their family’s first college...