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Kindness Week comes to campus

Jordan Jewell, Staff Intern February 6, 2018

Kindness Week is a yearly event at Oakland University put on by the Center for Student Activities. Between Feb. 5 and Feb. 9 student organizations will be putting on activities for students that encourage...

Michigan universities work together toward more state funding

Simon Albaugh, Social Media Editor February 5, 2018

Michigan universities have come together on one of the most pressing issues to a healthy, functioning public university system: state appropriations. Universities depend on the Michigan government to...

OU goes back to the ‘20s for this year’s Meadow Brook Ball

OU goes back to the ‘20s for this year’s Meadow Brook Ball

Jessica Leydet, Social Media Editor January 30, 2018

This year’s Meadow Brook Ball, “An Evening at Gatsby’s,” gave guests the chance to fully immerse themselves into the lavish lifestyle of the 1920s, a time when “a little party never killed nobody.”...

The rise of tuition and college competition

The rise of tuition and college competition

Simon Albaugh, Social Media Editor January 30, 2018

Since 2002, Oakland University’s tuition has more than doubled, when accounting for rising levels of inflation. But this doesn't seem to be contained by the rate of falling state appropriation funds,...

Examining the “Science of Hope”

Examining the “Science of Hope”

Ariel Themm, Staff Reporter January 30, 2018

Research has found toxic stress typically developed through constant stressors from childhood can lead to an early death. “Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope” further explores...

Go Red Week previews heart-health initiatives to come

Go Red Week previews heart-health initiatives to come

Laurel Kraus, Managing Editor January 30, 2018

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in American women with over 250 thousand deaths attributed to it in 2013 according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While Oakland University...

Soundings Series: Dr. Barbara Oakley discusses the power of learning

Soundings Series: Dr. Barbara Oakley discusses the power of learning

Katarina Kovac, Campus Editor January 30, 2018

The popular Soundings Series presented by The Oakland University Research Office on Jan. 24 featured Dr. Barbara Oakley, a best-selling author and co-creator of “Learning How to Learn,” co-teacher...

Engineering and Computer Science Day returns to OU

Engineering and Computer Science Day returns to OU

Ariel Themm, Staff Reporter January 30, 2018

The annual Engineering and Computer Science Day returned to Oakland University on Saturday, Jan. 27. From 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., prospective students were given information on the programs OU has to offer...

Student Org Spotlight: Boxing Club

Jordan Jewell, Staff Intern January 30, 2018

Unless you’re one of the few people that truly enjoy running, getting your cardio in can be a real pain. You get sweaty, your playlist isn’t right, your shins start throbbing, you quit after half a...

OU students celebrate “Actively Empowering Yourself”

OU students celebrate “Actively Empowering Yourself”

Ariel Themm, Staff Reporter January 23, 2018

On Jan. 22, student organizations Actively Moving Forward  (AMF) and L.O.V.E. Naturally combined efforts to host Actively Empowering Yourself, one of the many events on campus honoring African-American...

The Bolivian Revolution comes to OU

The Bolivian Revolution comes to OU

Mary Siring, Staff Reporter January 23, 2018

An Oakland University history professor brought mid-1900s Bolivia to the Oakland Center in the latest History Comes Alive lecture. “This is our first installment of the lecture series for 2018,”...

A Look Inside the Pawley Lean Institute

Jordan Jewell, Staff Intern January 23, 2018

 The Pawley Lean Institute, located in Pawley Hall, works to provide students with a working knowledge of Lean—A strategy that eliminates waste from the production process and makes workers more efficient....

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