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Public relations major approved for fall 2018

Trevor Tyle, Staff Reporter

October 17, 2017

Students at Oakland University have the option to choose between more than 130 undergraduate degrees for their major. Beginning in the Fall 2018 semester, students will have another field of study to choose from: public relations. On Oct. 6, received news that its proposal for a new Bachelor of Arts...

left to right: Annabelle Wilson (Social Media Manager for PRAd), Jake Rapanotti (Vice President of PRAd), and Dr. Chiaoning Su
courtesy of Dr. Chiaoning Su

Public relations major approved for fall 2018
Oakland University selected by NHL to participate in feasibility study

Skylar Tolfree, Sports Editor

October 17, 2017

The National Hockey League (NHL) announced that Oakland University has been selected as the second school to participate in its feasibility study project. The announcement was made on Monday, Oct. 16 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. The study will include five universities throughout the country....

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Oakland University selected by NHL to participate in feasibility study
Retired Rochester Adams High School Instructor Teaches German To Refugees

Mary Siring, Staff Reporter

October 17, 2017

Janie Barner, a retired Rochester Adams High School German instructor, visited Oakland University's Gold Rooms to share her experience teaching German to refugees. “There are so many people who assist with the refugees,” said Anja Wieden, an assistant professor of German at OU and the opening...

Janie Barner talks about her students and how she taught them German.
Elyse Gregory

Retired Rochester Adams High School Instructor Teaches German To Refugees
Canned food drive on campus for hurricane relief

Kade Messner, Staff Intern

October 17, 2017

After Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico three weeks ago, the Oakland University Spanish Club and Hispanic American Leadership Organization organized a canned food drive. The clubs are partnering with the Center for Multicultural Initiatives, International Allies and other multicultural clubs to pro...

Canned food drive on campus for hurricane relief
Board of Trustees hears president’s report, discusses research

Laurel Kraus and Shelby Tankersley, Life Editor and Editor-in-Chief

October 17, 2017

The Oakland University Board of Trustees met on Oct. 16 in Banquet Room A of the Oakland Center to discuss campus matters such as the treasurer's report, research initiatives, and honoring a former student. Several students as well as staff and faculty sat in on the public meeting. Aside from approving...

President Pescovitz reports on her first 100 days in office, and the Board highlights new research initiatives for the future, and honors a student liaison.
Mary Mitchell

Board of Trustees hears president’s report, discusses research

Campus

Dave Coulier of “Full House” fame is coming to OU

Shelby Tankersley, Editor-in-Chief
October 18, 2017

The Student Life and Lecture Board is bringing Dave Coulier from "Full House" and "Fuller House" to campus on Monday, Nov. 6. Best known for his role as Uncle Joey on "Full House," Coulier has also appeared on shows like "America's Funniest Home Videos" and "How I Met Your Mother" as well as movies like Lifetime's "The Family Holiday" and Disney's "The 13th Year." Because Coulier is a Michigan...

The 30th Annual Maurice Brown Poetry Reading

Connor McNeely, Campus Editor
October 17, 2017

On Oct. 24 Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Lorna Goodison will be reading works of her literature at the 30th annual reading at Oakland University. “The poet laureate is a tradition that started in Brittain that’s a way to honor the foremost poet alive and working in a certain realm or country,” said Katie Hartsock, assistant professor of English at Oakland University, who studied under Goodison a...

Sports

Getting to know OU athletes

Darcy Dulapa, Staff Reporter

October 17, 2017

Basketball’s Christopher Palombizio: Christopher Palombizio is his name, and basketball is his game. Palombizio rotates between small forward and power forward. This is his 16th year playing the game he loves....

The Blitz

Katie LaDuke, Staff Reporter

October 17, 2017

Women’s Golf: Oakland University women’s golf finished in fourth place shooting a 932 (+68) at the two-day Shirley Spork EMU Invitational at the Eagle Crest Golf Club. After day one, Veronica Haque tied for eighth with ...

Club sports highlight: Women’s rugby

Sadie Layher, Staff Intern

October 17, 2017

Rugby is a complicated but fun sport to play and is starting to gain popularity in the U.S. As Oakland University women's rugby club president, Holly Russell describes it, “it is a complicated little sport of its own."...

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Life

One disease, two brothers and a bone marrow transplant

Laurel Kraus, Life Editor

It was a day in January 2017 when Nick Adamson called his older brother, Joseph Adamson, to deliver impossible news: The 22-year-old newlywed had been diagnosed with Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm (BPDCN), a rare form of leukemia. “I...

The New York Comic Con experience

Cheyanne Kramer, Managing Editor

Conventions are expensive. So when I have the opportunity to go to a convention at a reduced cost, I take it. A few friends and I got free passes to New York Comic Con, and had a way to stay in Brooklyn for free. So off we went for a two-night trip...

The Golden Grizzly 24-hour filmmaking challenge

Katerina Mihailidis, Staff Reporter

For the fourth consecutive year, the Department of Cinema Studies, in collaboration with the Alumni Engagement Committee, organized the 24-hour filmmaking challenge to get more students involved in the activities of homecoming weekend. The filmmaking...

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Opinion

Vogue Forces of Fashion

Katarina Kovac, Staff Intern

October 17, 2017

On Thursday, Oct. 12, Vogue held its first-ever Forces of Fashion event at Milk Studios in New York City. Fashion fans shelled out $3,000 to get a seat at the conference....

Review of “Blah Zay Splah” by Twin Falls

Mina Fuqua, Copy Editor

October 17, 2017

When listening to genres like surf punk, I expect songs to create an easygoing, carefree and upbeat vibe. Fortunately, “Blah Zay Splah” by local band Twin Falls meets ...

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Satire

SATIRE: A day in the life of an Oakland Post satire writer

Stephen Armica, Satirist

October 17, 2017

I know you have all been wondering, “What’s a day in the life of an Oakland Post satire writer like?” And while I can’t stop you from wishing you were me, I can help...

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