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Padraic McMeel named interim Athletics Director

Padraic McMeel named interim Athletics Director

Katie LaDuke, Managing Editor January 10, 2018

Jeff Konya, Oakland University’s former Athletics Director, announced he will be the new Director of Athletics at Northeastern University in Boston, Mass. on Wednesday, Jan. 10. The announcement came...

BREAKING: Jeff Konya leaves Oakland

BREAKING: Jeff Konya leaves Oakland

Skylar Tolfree, Sports Editor January 9, 2018

Jeff Konya will be stepping down from his $210,000-a-year role as athletic director at Oakland University and is headed to Northeastern University, according to Boston 25 News. Konya has been at Oakland...

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Explosion on border of Auburn Hills and Orion Township

Cheyanne Kramer, Managing Editor November 21, 2017

An exploding gasline has shut down Brown Rd. in Auburn Hills near Great Lakes Crossing. The fire can be seen from Oakland University. A WXYZ reporter described the sound as a jet engine, which can also...

Isaiah Brock and Alexander Valdivia met in Fort Lee, Virginia while stationed together in 2012. Valdivia visited Brock on Sunday, March 19 to see him play in the second round of the NIT.

Isaiah Brock has returned to Men’s Basketball?

Skylar Tolfree, Sports Editor October 12, 2017

Army veteran Isaiah Brock rejoined practice with the Golden Grizzlies men’s basketball team Thursday, according to a post by The Detroit News. Brock served several deployments in Afghanistan and Kuwait,...

Club Football makes history

Skylar Tolfree, Sports Editor September 19, 2017

September 16, 2017 is a day that will go down in history at Oakland University. The Oakland University Club Football team finally played its first-ever home opener on the university’s campus against...

Football Club moves to main campus

Football Club moves to main campus

Skylar Tolfree, Sports Editor September 5, 2017

It was announced on July 21 that the Oakland University Club Football team will finally make its mark and move to Oakland’s main campus. This is the first time in the history of the university that...

Isaiah Brock steps down from Oakland University men’s basketball

Katie LaDuke, Managing Editor August 10, 2017

On Wednesday, Aug. 9, Oakland University's Athletics Director Jeff Konya confirmed with The Detroit News that Isaiah Brock would be leaving Oakland University men's basketball after just one season. The...

Coach Greg Kampe is happy to be alive and well

Skylar Tolfree, Sports Editor August 10, 2017

News broke early Wednesday afternoon that Oakland University's Men's Basketball Head Coach Greg Kampe had  almost died in the month of July. Kampe, 61, suffered from sepsis due to an infected kidney...

Board of Trustees welcomes the School of Music, Theatre and Dance

Board of Trustees welcomes the School of Music, Theatre and Dance

Sadie Layher, Staff Intern August 7, 2017

Oakland University President Ora Hirsch Pescovitz participated in her first Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday, August 7.  In the spirit of her vision to have pride in the school, she started the...

Konya gets contract extended into 2022

Katie LaDuke, Managing Editor August 1, 2017

Oakland University's Director of Athletics Jeff Konya,  signed a five-year contract on June 27. Konya joined  Oakland Athletics in 2014 after spending time with Northeastern State, Memphis and Bucknell....

Former Oakland basketball player Bellin injured in Brussels bombings

Sam Schlenner March 22, 2016

Among the injured of Tuesday's Brussels bombings was former Oakland men's basketball player Sebastian "Seb" Bellin.CNN published quotes from Bellin's wife Sara saying that Sebastian's lower body was severely...

Suspect apprehended in strong armed robbery case

December 8, 2015

Rochester Hills resident Howard Trammell has been arrested for the strong armed robbery that occurred last week on the night of Tuesday, Dec. 1 in the Ann V. Nicholson apartment parking lot.The victim...

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