The calluses built up day by day. The sun grew hotter upon our backs, sweat dripping from our brows as we watched the people around us smile and thank us, shedding tears of happiness. It’s these moments...
The government shut down. But it’s not the end of the world.Specifically, all “non-essential” government services are suspended until this whole mess gets sorted out. An article on The Guardian by...
Georgia Tech is now offering a Master of Computer Science degree, available as a series of “Massive Open Online Classes,” for a total of $6,600, according to an article on Slate.com.A traditional master’s...
The forbidden country of Cuba has always been looked at from a negative perspective. My experience in Cuba is a little different than most people would imagine. My father left Cuba at the age of 13 to...
A recent article on NPR’s website tells of adjunct instructor Margaret Mary Vojtko from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. After working 25 years in education, Vojtko was “destitute and nearly homeless,”...
Suicide. It tends to be a topic that a lot of people avoid. I am not one of those people. It’s not like I’m studying clinical psychology either. I am simply a normal student, whose life just happens...
While I was watching the Men’s soccer game on Friday, I witnessed a pretty amusing exchange between an event staff member and an unreasonable student arguing over the new smoking policy. Here goes my...
Twelve years have passed since Sept. 11, 2001, in which 2,996 people lost their lives, more than 6,000 people were injured and an entire nation was shocked.The resulting Operation Enduring Freedom left...
As we return to school this fall, Student Congress is in full swing. We have a very exciting semester lined up for students. All summer, myself along with the rest of the executive board, have worked extremely...
Welcome to the 2013-2014 Oakland University academic year.Oakland University is a public university spread across a 1,444-acre estate, with approximately 20,000 students. Of those students, approximately...
Would you rather be a big fish in a little pond or a small fish in a big pond? It’s a question that one can’t really answer unless they have experienced both. My high school was the latter. A massive...
Parking at OU can be a painful experience. In the poll from our previous issue, 75 percent of our respondents said this year will be a bad year for campus parking. Another 10.7 percent said they’d even...
