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Creative clubs to get involved in this fall

Maria Magnoli, Arts Reporter September 10, 2025

Welcome back Grizzlies! Whether a first year or returner to Oakland University, this is bound to be the best year yet. This fall is an era dedicated to new beginnings, hard work and meeting new people....

Social @ the Circle: WXOU hosts Welcome Week block party

Mallory Waligora, Content Editor September 10, 2025

On Sept. 4, WXOU held its annual Social @ the Circle – a block party that encourages on-campus students to participate in Welcome Week festivities. The event was stationed at the “circle” on campus...

SPB Hosts Annual Carnival: Cartoon Mania

SPB Hosts Annual Carnival: Cartoon Mania

Marissa Getschman, Arts Editor September 10, 2025

Among the most anticipated events each year, SPB’s welcome week carnival took place on Friday, September 5th from 5 - 9pm. Students flocked to parking lot 37 near Squirrel road after classes to enjoy...

600 students attend the CMI Welcome Back BBQ

600 students attend the CMI Welcome Back BBQ

Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor September 10, 2025

Neither rain nor wind stopped approximately 600 students from kicking off the Fall semester with music and burgers at the CMI Welcome Back BBQ. Under the Oakland Center’s pavilion, the Center for Multicultural...

RLA ‘Bond Fire’ connects first-year and returning students

Chelsea Bossert, Editor-in-Chief September 10, 2025

Students during move-in weekend were treated to a variety of activities that helped acclimate them to Oakland University. Some of these events included Live Band Karaoke and a Housing Barbecue. Yet, the...

Golden Grizzlies’ Food Pantry Relocates after Summer Flood

Golden Grizzlies’ Food Pantry Relocates after Summer Flood

Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor September 10, 2025

Seven years after its inauguration, the Golden Grizzlies’ Food Pantry moved locations after a flood over the summer. With no available garments and backstock food on the shelves, the pantry’s team...

OUPD installs speed bumps near P1 to enhance safe driving

Chelsea Bossert, Editor-in-Chief September 10, 2025

Speeding is a prevalent issue on campus, especially on Meadow Brook Road near lot P1. The posted limit is 15 MPH, yet it is a common occurrence for drivers to exceed the speed limit and blow past students...

OUSC Kicks Off the Semester with ‘Eats and Beats’

Sarah Wasielewski, Arts Reporter September 10, 2025

On the last day before classes started, Oakland University Student Congress (OUSC) hosted their annual Eats and Beats under Elliott Tower. Running from 6-9 p.m. on Tuesday evening, the event provided an...

Sports after high school: only for D1 babies?

James Elling, Sports Editor September 10, 2025

Taking part in the beautiful thing we call “sport” is one of the most impactful yet enjoyable forms of personal development known to mankind. Sports boost physical and emotional health, and they...

Bright beginnings: Students celebrate academic year’s start at New Student Welcome

Cael Tanner, Features Editor September 10, 2025

Warm, sunny weather heralded the start of the Fall 2025 semester at the annual OU New Student Welcome, held Sept. 2 at the Elliott Tower. Incoming freshmen, transfer, graduate and international students...

New Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost on Campus

New Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost on Campus

Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor August 20, 2025

Every week since late May, a new face on campus has become more recognizable to the Oakland University community — Amy Thompson. As the new Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost,...

Immigration policies increase fear and stress among the campus community

Immigration policies increase fear and stress among the campus community

Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor July 23, 2025

Volatile immigration policies during the Trump administration have oscillated over the summer, with one of the few constants being the growing concern of some Oakland University members whose communities,...

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