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24 Hours in Kresge Library

By Brian Figurski October 10, 2011

Now that Kresge Library is open 24 hours on weekdays, I decided I should embrace the college atmosphere and live in the library for an entire day. No breaks, just pure Hell.2:49 PM. It has begun. Editor-in-Chief...

TOP 10

By Steve Wiseman October 5, 2011

10. Michele Bachmann shows up with Sarah Palin hair.9. Herman Cain brings pizza to his starving college students.8. Rick Perry convinces the Board of Trustees to overturn the campus gun ban.7. Candidates...

Fans: worse than fumbled plays

By Brian Figurski September 21, 2011

I can’t believe what I’m seeing these past two weeks. My favorite sports team to berate and hate is making my leisurely activities very difficult, and I don’t know how I can function without absolute...

Bummed-out Birthday *

By Brian Figurski September 14, 2011

Just recently I celebrated a birthday, and besides the normal melancholy ghost that follows me each year my hairline recedes, it got me wondering, what’s the point of celebrating?Birthdays are supposedly...

Dancin’ in the Hurricane Rains

By Brian Figurski September 7, 2011

Come on, Irene. I swear what I mean. In this moment, you mean everything.I can't help but hum this happy tune each time I've turned on the TV to hear about the latest natural disaster, named aptly after...

Expert Tip: No Bathroom Eating

By Brian Figurski August 31, 2011

Hello, freshmen and returning students to Oakland University! Did you miss me over your summer vacation? Probably not since most of you do not know who I am. Those who are familiar with me usually drink...

Anthony case is an American media melee

By Brian Figurski July 23, 2011

The American judicial system has reached a new low, and we can thank the media for fueling that.On July 5, 25-year-old Casey Anthony, indicted on charges of first-degree murder of her 3-year-old daughter,...

A fate worse than death

By Brian Figurski June 21, 2011

Unless your name has an uncanny rhyme to yo momma been squattin', you haven't been hiding for nearly a decade and have had regular access to internet, television, and other modern commodities.I am going...

Not your average Oscar Mayer weiner

By Brian Figurski June 20, 2011

Finally! The cosmos could not have aligned at a better moment. Being a humor 'writer', I am so excited I can douse this page with genital jokes and it fits in perfectly with the times. After all, bathroom...

Sequester me from summer sequels

By John Doe April 12, 2011

Summer is back again, Grizzlies, and I couldn't be more ecstatic!Warm days and cool nights — the perfect summer for me to spend inside the Rochester Emagine theater getting plastered on $9 Long Island...

Horrid disease hits campus community

By John Doe April 7, 2011

An unfortunate scourge has sprung its roots and reared its indifferent head on our sleepy Rochester campus.It strikes its victims not physically, like most afflictions, but emotionally, rendering them...

Hey, NFL — I’m really mad at you

By Kay Nguyen March 29, 2011

Every morning, I get up at 6 o'clock, scratch myself and go upstairs to watch the news and eat my cereal.My roommates — who are all huge critics of athletes, yet never seem to do anything remotely athletic...

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