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OUCARES gives new perspective

Katlynn Emaus January 24, 2016

I cannot remember a time I wasn’t swimming. There is a running joke that I learned to swim before I learned to walk. So when a teammate asked me if I was interested in volunteering for OUCARES—a program...

Frozen: A firsthand account of surviving the wait for Disney World

Frozen: A firsthand account of surviving the wait for Disney World

Sarah Lawrence January 20, 2016

In preparation for the Student Program Board's spring break trip to Walt Disney World, 97 students lined up outside of the Oakland center to purchase their ticket to the happiest place on earth. Due to...

Political Focus: The Flint water crisis

Melissa Deatsch January 18, 2016

What’s the issue?In April, 2014, Michigan switched the water supply in Flint from Lake Huron water treated by the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department to Flint River Water treated at the Flint water...

David Thewlis voices Michael Stone and Jennifer Jason Leigh voices Lisa in the animated stop-motion film, ANOMALISA, by Paramount Pictures

“Anomalisa” co-directors talk about making an animated movie feel human

Scott Davis January 17, 2016

The Academy Award nominated animated film, Anomalisa, hits select theaters this week.  The directors discussed the process behind making one of the most unique movies of the year.Anomalisa tells the story...

AVENTURA, FL - JANUARY 07: Director Michael Bay, Co-author of 13 Hours Mark Oz Geist, Co-author of 13 Hours John Tig Tiegen and Kris Tanto Paronto attends the Miami Fan Screening of the Pramount Pictures film 13 Hours at the AMC Aventura on January 7, 2016 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by John Parra/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)

Turning a harrowing “13 Hours” into a movie

Scott Davis January 14, 2016

Part of the real security team that helped defend the American Diplomatic compound in Benghazi talked to reporters about the making of the film based on their experience.Michael Bay’s new film 13 Hours:...

Get Carved Out

Get Carved Out

Rachel Williams January 11, 2016

Carved Out sets up at the Pike Room in the Crofoot on Jan. 9.  During soundcheck, lead vocalist and guitarist, Aaron Rush requests for his guitar to be ‘thunderous.’  The crowd has already been treated...

Political Focus: Obama’s plan for gun control

Melissa Deatsch January 11, 2016

What’s the issue?President Obama said gun violence will be his main focus during his last year of presidency. On Jan. 5, the president announced his plans for executive actions throughout 2016 to try...

Ann Arbor kid looks to take the cake on Food Network competition

Scott Davis January 1, 2016

11 year-old Ann Arbor native, Jane Haviland, puts her baking skills to the test in the upcoming season of Kids Baking Championship on Food Network.This upcoming season of Kids Baking Championship debuts...

Unwanted is the first book in a self-published trilogy titled The Unwanted Chronicles, written by Oakland University undergraduate Matthew Muns.

Review: “Unwanted”

Dani Cojocari December 31, 2015

"Unwanted" is the first book in a self-published trilogy titled "The Unwanted Chronicles," written by Oakland University undergraduate Matthew Muns.

Friends and Family support Matthew Muns, a junior at Oakland University, by attending his official book release and signing on Sunday, Dec. 20.

Unwanted is a book you want on your bookshelf

Dani Cojocari December 31, 2015

Friends and Family support Matthew Muns, a junior at Oakland University, by attending his official book release and signing on Sunday, Dec. 20.

Ten days in Puerto Rico: A firsthand account of the swimming and diving training trip

Katlynn Emaus December 29, 2015

5 a.m.: My alarm goes off. I grab my travel bag, my purse and my equipment bag for training. I make the trek to the O’rena (I’m pretty sure I resembled a traveling mule trying to carry all my luggage...

Left to right: Steve Carell plays Mark Baum and Ryan Gosling plays Jared Vennett in The Big Short from Paramount Pictures and Regency Enterprises

Review: Adam McKay comes up big with “The Big Short”

Scott Davis December 23, 2015

From the director of comedy blockbusters like Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy and Step Brothers, The Big Short is one of the most unique moviegoing experiences of the year.Based off the book of the...

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