By Kathleen QuandtStaff InternCounty Executive L. Brooks Patterson has launched The Brooksie Way Half Marathon and 5K Race/Walk that will begin at Oakland University and end at historic Meadow Brook Hall...
By Masudur RahmanSenior ReporterEighty-year old Jack Kevorkian is campaigning as an independent without any party affiliations to get elected for U.S. Congress, but he's going about it in an unusual way:...
By Katie MeisenerContributing ReporterOakland University and Auburn Hills Police officers have joined forces in an effort to reduce automobile crashes at intersections surrounding Oakland University. S.A.F.E....
by Rory MccartySenior ReporterKids that are born with autism generally have a more difficult time socializing and fitting in groups. But Joey Travolta's film camp, which is being organized by OUCARES,...
By Rory McCartySenior ReporterSince Oakland University is a school where the vast majority of students are commuters, most students need to drive in order to get to class. But the ever climbing price of...
By Masudur Rahmanand Rory McCartySenior ReportersAfter 18 months of planning, the board of trustees officially approved the Oakland University administration's proposal for an OU medical school at a BOT...
By Lindsey WojcikEditor in ChiefWhen Dr. Robert Folberg was a teenager he began to lose vision in his left eye, and by the time he was 19 years old he had lost most of the useful vision in it."I could...
By PAUL GULLYSpecial Projects EditorTory Dantuma, the former Oakland University student accused of writing a threatening message on a bathroom wall at OU reached a plea agreement with prosecutors at a...
By LINDSEY WOJCIKEditor in ChiefA 21-year-old former Oakland University student was arrested Wednesday, July 23 by OUPD for writing a threatening message in a rest room of Van Wagoner House on April 15,...
By LINA AMENTStaff InternWhen thinking of a summer getaway, places like Hawaii, Florida and Alaska can come to mind. But aren't there any other options?Michigan offers many venues that are budget friendly...
By MASUDUR RAHMANSenior ReporterAt a special formal session on June 25, Oakland University's board of trustees unanimously voted to raise the tuition rate for 2008-09 by 6.29 percent for undergraduate...
By PAUL GULLYSpecial Projects EditorFollowing suit with Oakland County, Oakland University staff members now have the option of working a four-day work week.In an effort to reduce fuel consumption, the...