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Looking Back: Computer registration

Cheyanne Kramer, Managing Editor February 13, 2018

Today, we all have portable computers. Whether it be a laptop, tablet or phone, many of us have technology right at our fingertips. The hardest part of course registration is waking up on time to get in...

Looking Back: The Meadow Brook Ball

Cheyanne Kramer, Managing Editor January 30, 2018

The rumor many of us have heard is that the very first Meadow Brook Ball was for the first class of graduates, where Matilda Dodge Wilson graciously gave all in attendance the cost of their class rings...

Looking Back: Wallace’s book store

Cheyanne Kramer, Managing Editor January 23, 2018

In 2001, the basement of the Oakland Center had a different inhabitant: a bookstore known as Wallace’s. This bookstore used to be a franchise known by former Kentucky governor Wallace Wilkinson. However,...

Looking Back: On the Sabbath...

Looking Back: On the Sabbath…

Cheyanne Kramer, Managing Editor December 5, 2017

In 1978, the debate on religious freedom was brought close to home. Oakland University Public Safety Sergeant John Simmons was suspended after he refused to work on a Saturday. Simmons was a Seventh Day...

Looking Back: Great Lakes Crossing

Looking Back: Great Lakes Crossing

Cheyanne Kramer, Managing Editor November 28, 2017

Many of us are familiar with the nine districts that make up the Great Lakes Crossing outlet mall just miles from campus, whether it be from the Black Friday sales or from the fire across the street from...

Looking Back: The Sex Issue(s)

Cheyanne Kramer, Managing Editor November 14, 2017

College newspapers are meant to challenge what is expected from a news organization. But, most people don’t expect to be confronted with a cover story featuring a female student taking her top off. Well,...

Looking Back: Dancing through OUSC financial woes

Cheyanne Kramer, Managing Editor November 7, 2017

No one was allowed to have fun in 2005, it seems. No dancing on campus In 2005, Oakland University inplemented a dancing ban. Much like the famous flick “Footloose,” this prevented dances from happening...

Hauntings through History: Looking Back on Halloween

Cheyanne Kramer, Managing Editor October 31, 2017

According to “Today I Found Out,” the concept of the modern-day practice of trick-or-treating began sometime in the 1920s and has been an American tradition ever since. Oakland University  is no...

Looking Back: Jane Briggs-Bunting

Looking Back: Jane Briggs-Bunting

Katarina Kovac, Campus Editor October 23, 2017

Jane Briggs-Bunting, a former advisor of The Oakland Post, and The Oakland Sail, and former director of the journalism program at Oakland University, has often stood firm in defense of the First Amendment. “I...

Looking Back: Corey Jackson

Looking Back: Corey Jackson

Cheyanne Kramer, Managing Editor October 23, 2017

Seven years ago, Corey Jackson died by suicide. He was an Oakland University sophomore who lived on campus. He was an active member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He had come out as gay, and his...

Looking Back: The Oakland Observer

Looking Back: The Oakland Observer

Cheyanne Kramer, Managing Editor October 23, 2017

The independent student newspaper, which is now called The Oakland Post, has existed since 1959. In that time, the Oakland University student newspaper has become known for covering campus sports and student...

Looking Back at Focus: Oakland

Looking Back at Focus: Oakland

Shelby Tankersley, Editor-In-Chief October 23, 2017

Sometimes, working at the student newspaper can mirror the ridiculousness of a soap opera. Depending on how mature the editors are, things like gossip and backstabbing can reign over the staff and make...

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