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Varner Halls Lab Theatre  to welcome the student led production In Pieces from Sept 2-4.

‘In Pieces’ — a student-led production

Bella Javier, Arts Editor September 2, 2022

Young love is a universal narrative — one that junior musical theater major Cayla Stus is bringing to the Varner Lab Theatre from Sept. 2-4 with Joey Contreras’s latest musical, “In Pieces.” This...

OU and BHSH System announce nursing school scholarship

OU and BHSH System announce nursing school scholarship

Gabrielle Abdelmessih, Editor-in-Chief August 18, 2022

On Aug. 18, Oakland University (OU) announced that they are partnering with Beaumont Health Spectrum Health (BHSH) System to create the BHSH Beaumont Health Nurse Scholar program. The $20 million investment,...

Members of OUWBs Class of 2026 recite the Oath of Geneva during the schools 2022 white coat ceremony.

OUWB welcomes Class of 2026 with white coat ceremony

Gabrielle Abdelmessih, Editor-in-Chief August 10, 2022

On Aug. 1, the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine (OUWB) welcomed the Class of 2026 to the beginning of their medical school journey with a white coat ceremony. The afternoon ceremony...

Bridgerton, the popular Regency-era meets Gossip Girl Netflix series, is going to follow the story of Penelope Featherington and Colin for Season 3.

‘Romancing Mr. Bridgerton’ – A Romantic Review

D'Juanna Lester, Arts Reporter August 10, 2022

Bridgerton fans: Season 3 is officially going to be “Polin’s” season! The popular Regency-era meets Gossip Girl Netflix series is going to follow the story of Penelope Featherington and Colin Bridgerton...

Aug. 8 BOT meeting: economic engagement, enrollment, DEI updates

Aug. 8 BOT meeting: economic engagement, enrollment, DEI updates

D'Juanna Lester, Arts Reporter August 10, 2022

On Aug. 8, Oakland University’s Board of Trustees held their final summer meeting at 2 p.m. The BOT meeting began with the President’s report given by President Ora Pescovitz. This included a recognition...

Five GOP candidates fiercely took to the podium to make their mark in the last debate before the Aug. 2 primary.

GOP gubernatorial debate takes place at OU

Gabrielle Abdelmessih, Editor-in-Chief July 21, 2022

Political commentator Tudor Dixon, real estate broker Ryan Kelly, businessman Kevin Rinke, chiropractor Garrett Soldano and pastor Ralph Rebandt exchanged views on water quality, gun control, abortion,...

Austin Butler gives a camp yet authentic performance in Elvis

‘Elvis’ is Baz Luhrmann’s camp fever dream

Olivia Chiappelli, Arts Editor July 20, 2022

It only feels right that I take on the task of reviewing Baz Luhrmann’s new “Elvis” movie, given the fact that I have been aggressively pushing the Austin Butler agenda since well before I even saw...

Dr. Thomas Raffel, Ph.D., runs a laboratory on campus centered on disease ecology.

Laboratory Highlight: Dr. Raffel’s focus on disease ecology

Gabrielle Gappy, Science & Technology Editor July 20, 2022

Dr. Thomas Raffel, Ph.D., runs a laboratory on campus centered on disease ecology. His largest focus involves the relationship between temperature and infectious disease in cold blooded animals. Dr. Raffel...

Emilio Romano during a game against the Kansas City Royals at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan on September 26, 2021.

Premed student and bat boy has ‘best seat in the ballpark’

Gabrielle Abdelmessih, Editor-in-Chief July 20, 2022

Entering the home stretch of his undergraduate studies at Oakland University (OU), senior in the biomedical science degree program, bat boy for visiting teams and Comerica Park clubhouse attendant Emilio...

BOT unanimously approves 3.9% tuition increase, $273.5M budget

BOT unanimously approves 3.9% tuition increase, $273.5M budget

Tori Coker, Content Editor July 2, 2022

Oakland University’s Board of Trustees (BOT) unanimously approved a tuition increase of 3.9% for Fall 2022 during a special meeting on Friday, July 1. James Hargett, the university’s interim vice...

Gabrielle Abdelmessih is the editor-in-chief of The Oakland Post for the 2022-2023 academic year. She is a senior majoring in biomedical sciences and minoring in journalism.

Letter from the editor: Gen Z is done with just “thoughts and prayers”

Gabrielle Abdelmessih, Editor-in-Chief June 15, 2022

Feb. 16, 2018 I was a junior in high school, taking an AP Biology quiz. At that moment, mitosis and meiosis were the only things on my mind. Suddenly, sirens started blaring. The fire alarms were going...

Course Highlight: HC 2080 – Science and the Late Cold War

Rachel Yim, Science & Technology Reporter June 15, 2022

From science courses to art and global perspective courses, the Honors College provides its students with a variety of classes to choose from. This fall, the Honors College will present a course named...

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