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Campus celebrates diversity with Pride Month

Campus celebrates diversity with Pride Month

Katie Valley, Content Editor March 6, 2019

Having pride about identity is in everywhere, and Oakland University’s Pride Month celebrations are about to begin to bring Pride to campus. The university-wide OU Pride Month celebrations begin March...

From left to right, Melanie Mayberry, D.D.S., Arati Kelekar, M.D. and Nelia Afonso, M.D., work together at the Clinical Skills Center on the interprofessional curriculum for OUWB and Detroit Mercy.

OUWB and UDM School of Dentistry team up for new interprofessional program

AuJenee Hirsch, Editor-in-Chief March 6, 2019

In the medical world, dentists and doctors seem as if they are on two opposite sides of the spectrum. But the way the medical field is changing, that may not necessarily be the case. Pretty soon, medical...

Murder Mystery event to offer Roaring ’20s and fairy-tale themes

Bridget Janis, Managing Editor February 27, 2019

Play the part in a murder mystery dinner with the Student Program Board (SPB) by helping solve a murder and enjoying a provided dinner on March 4 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. A murder mystery is a themed...

Professionals share the best kept career secrets

Professionals share the best kept career secrets

Dean Vaglia, Staff Reporter February 27, 2019

After being flung from the frying pan of senior year, new graduates can get lost in the working world’s fire. A panel of Oakland University alumni gathered Monday, Feb. 25 for the “You’ve Been...

East Carolina University professor to discuss effects of political humor

Dean Vaglia, Staff Reporter February 27, 2019

Political comedy: topical, edgy and quick to age—but how does it affect the discourse? The Center for Civic Engagement is bringing East Carolina University professor Dr. Jody C. Baumgartner to discuss...

School of Business Administrations business and accounting programs receive AACSB-International accreditation renewal

School of Business Administration’s business and accounting programs receive AACSB-International accreditation renewal

Katie Valley, Content Editor February 27, 2019

After a rigorous process, the School of Business Administration (SBA) received renewal of the prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International accreditation for its...

Creative writing professors to offer advice at Publishing Round Table

Alyssa Ochss February 27, 2019

Two members of the creative writing faculty, Susan McCarty and Allison Powell, are hosting a Publishing Round Table for creative writing majors to learn about the how to enter the publishing scene on Thursday,...

Police Files: Feb. 27, 2019

Police Files: Feb. 27, 2019

Ben Hume, Web Editor February 23, 2019

Late night on-campus sexual assault A female student came to the Oakland University Police Department to report that she had been assaulted while on the property of Oakland University on Friday, Nov....

Police Files: February 13, 2019

Police Files: February 13, 2019

Ben Hume, Web Editor February 13, 2019

Seizure in the MSC Officers were dispatched to the Math and Science Center for a report of a student who passed out and was having trouble breathing on Friday, Jan. 11 at approximately 1 p.m. Upon arrival,...

‘Don’t Mess With Oaktown’—DECA club qualifies for internationals as a team

Dean Vaglia, Staff Reporter February 13, 2019

Last year, Oakland University's chapter of the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) was able to have all members qualify for the organization’s International Career Development Conference (ICDC)....

Experts talk about the future of recreational marijuana since Prop. 1 passage

Experts talk about the future of recreational marijuana since Prop. 1 passage

Dean Vaglia, Staff Reporter February 12, 2019

In Nov. 2018, the Michigan electorate voted Proposal 1 into law, making marijuana legal for recreational use within the state. Three months have passed. Now what? In an attempt to clear up post-prop...

OUSCs Hair Expo celebrates natural hair

OUSC’s Hair Expo celebrates natural hair

Bridget Janis, Managing Editor February 11, 2019

To celebrate African American Celebration Month, Oakland University Student Congress (OUSC) put on a Hair Expo on Friday, Feb. 8 to highlight the importance of taking care of natural hair. “It was...

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