The new year is a time to reinvent yourself. According to University of Pennsylvania research, only about 40% stick to their resolutions after six months. That’s great that you want to be a super model...
In my short time being involved in politics, I’ve noticed a surprising trend. Most people seem to refrain from identifying as being a feminist. Even my liberal and progressive colleagues will refrain...
Hello everyone, we hope you had a wonderful break and holiday season and we hope this new semester finds you all in good health. Formalities aside, with the coming of the new year, we ask you to make yet...
A lot has happened in the world these past few weeks. A Russian plane was bombed, killing everyone on board, Belgium has been put on lockdown, Paris was bombed and Syrian refugees landed in New Orleans....
I know I’m not alone when I say that I’ve had some difficult professors. Miscommunicated homework, miscalculated grades and near-impossible assignments have ravaged the schedules of most students.I...
I'm an OU student, and I was lucky enough to see the theatre program's production of Equus this past weekend. I've gotten to see a few of their plays before, but this was by far my favorite. I usually...
It’s no question that the creation of the new chief operating officer position and subsequent hiring of Scott Kunselman has created a good deal of conflict at Oakland University. I am not sure what...
In my 41 years as a professor on this campus (I retired in August, 2012), I expected only one thing of the upper administration, namely, that they play by the same rules that govern all employee groups...
Last week in one of my classes, the topic of OU’s new COO was brought up and it led to an interesting conversation. I, like most of the students I have talked with, had no idea about the recent hire. ...
On some issues we can no longer divide ourselves on one side or the other. With the issue of the environment, the facts are clearer than before. Yet still, the issue of the environment is divided among...
The fall semester of my sophomore year in 2014, I was walking to the restroom in Elliott Hall before my morning class. I held the door for a woman in a wheelchair because there was no automatic button...
As I read the text from my father, I thought to myself, “I don’t want to do this again today.”“10 dead, 20 wounded in a shooting at a college in Oregon,” the message said.I packed up my bag and...
