The campus Barnes & Noble Bookstore is an important aspect for Oakland University students — it’s where students can buy apparel and rent or buy books for classes. Barnes & Noble first gained...
The Swim Club was given 60 days to find a way to repair its pool without using the university’s money on Jan. 8, 1992.
According to Robert McGarry, then vice president of finance and administrations,...
As O’Dowd Hall was being built, there were a series of strikes from carpenters and electricians delaying the completion, which was set to be in June of 1980. As fall rolled around, Oakland University...
The barn theater used to be home for many student performances, mostly from the Student Enterprise Theater, until it was burned down in a fire on Aug. 17, 1987. It also was used as a meeting place for...
Some students can take their abilities for granted — the ability to walk easily to class and fully understand the professor is something people never really think about as lucky. In 1991, Oakland University...
Projectors are used in virtually every classroom as a tool to help teach students. However, thieves 18 years ago did not see them as a tool, but instead saw them as a quick cash grab.
Four projectors...
God Comes to OU September, 1988
A 19 year old Rochester Hills man was arrested on campus in August 1988, after allegedly assaulting a police officer. That man had no identification and refused to tell...
An Oakland University Student Congress president resigned from his position after being caught attempting to shoplift at the university bookstore in September 1982.
Zachary Shallow, the then Student...
With the sudden snowstorm that we had last week, it seems that Oakland University is soon going to be absolutely covered in the cold, white fluff for the next few months.
While it can be fun to build...
There were 175 residents evacuated from Van Wagoner House on Feb. 20, 1979 for the second time in a week after a shower curtain was set on fire on the building’s sixth floor.
This was the second fire...
Espionage, execution and the promise of a sweet payday. When people talk about heists, they often imagine the target being a bank somewhere, or some rich snob who deserves a comeuppance. What they don't...
A previous employee of Oakland University’s Graham Health Center (GHC) was sentenced in April 1996 for four counts of embezzlement from the medical center.
In the summer of 1995, an internal audit...