Dearest readers,This week a faculty member writes in:Assuming faculty can play along, where in the world is the source text for Disney’s Dumbo? Helen Aberson was the author. Harold Pearl may have been...
During his term as President, George W. Bush signed into law the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.The act means health care providers would have to provide the same level of coverage for those...
There is the old saying “the squeaky wheel gets the oil,” so this week I bring you this query: WHY DOES THIS SOUND LIKE I’M YELLING?Ahem. It sounds like you are yelling, dear, because according...
Dearest readers,This week there was the luxury of choosing between several intriguing queries—if yours is not featured here, fear not! Your time will come. M writes in with “What is the animal to...
You’re being watched.As much as it might sound like paranoid fantasy or conjecture, you’re being watched and there’s not much being done to stop it.This past summer Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee...
As students, we have all seen Oakland University grow immensely. This has been the first year that enrollment has hit 20,000, and campus life is flourishing because of it. Due to the increase of students...
Greetings, Ylvis dearest Grizzlies:There were a few that heeded my call into the wild for the hardest questions around. You have yet to even cause me to have even the slightest of palpitations as I...
Many companies in the Oakland-Macomb area take on interns and help them hone their skills while paying them a modest stipend for their efforts.Internships can be a great way to get references, hands-on...
Let me introduce myself: I am a librarian. I wear no glasses, I do no shushing, and I don’t have enough hair for a bun, but I do admit a rabid fondness for good cardigan sweaters. I am one of a devoted...
Trigger warning: suicide, mental health stigmaThree years ago on October 19th, a young man named Corey Jackson killed himself on this campus. In some ways, Corey’s suicide fell into a context of other...
We don’t mean to alarm you, but the government shutdown has been in effect for two weeks now. Plus now there’s a debt ceiling crisis.We’re a nation of 313.9 million people, and we’re letting a...
Open enrollment for health coverage started Oct. 1, in accordance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care act, despite a looming government shutdown and a debt ceiling crisis.If you don’t have...
