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Cam Post when 3-4 with three runs scored in Oaklands 14-4 blowout victory over Rochester University on March 16.

Oakland baseball dominates Rochester University thanks to offensive explosion

Brock Heilig, Sports Editor March 21, 2022

The Oakland baseball team defeated Rochester University, 14-4, on Wednesday afternoon at the Oakland baseball field. The Grizzlies got on top early and never looked back, putting the game well out of...

Soon-to-be-retired University Housing Director Jim Zentmeyer.

University Housing Director Jim Zentmeyer retiring April 1

Jeff Thomas, Editor-in-Chief March 17, 2022

Longtime Director of University Housing Jim Zentmeyer is set to retire on April 1, ending his 36-year career in higher education.  Per OU Director of Media Relations Brian Bierley, Zentmeyer says he’s...

Battle of the Bands returned to the Habitat after a two year hiatus last week.

The Return of the Battle of the Bands

Alexander Gustanski, Senior Reporter March 16, 2022

The Battle of the Bands competition, hosted by the Student Program Board (SPB), returned to the Oakland Center this past Wednesday.  Five bands, spanning vastly different styles, duked it out for the...

Madison Jones hit a home run in game two of the Oakland softball teams series against Northern Kentucky.

Softball sweeps series against Northern Kentucky to begin conference play

Payton Bucki, Content Editor March 16, 2022

The Oakland University Golden Grizzlies softball team went 3-0 in a three-game series to the Northern Kentucky University Norse on March 10-11 at the Frank Ignatius Grein Softball Field in Highland Heights,...

OUWB recently conducted fundraising projects to provide products and support to communities in Haiti and Pakistan.

OUWB student organizations’ fundraising projects garner support for Haiti and Pakistan

Rachel Yim, Science & Technology Reporter March 16, 2022

Two student organizations at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine recently conducted fundraising projects to provide essential products and support the communities in Haiti and Pakistan. Marisa...

Shchubelka and her six-month-old baby on the bus to Prague

OU graduate student safe after fleeing from Ukraine

Arianna Heyman, Editor-in-Chief March 16, 2022

When Oakland University graduate student Khrystyna Shchubelka traveled to Ukraine on Jan. 5 with her husband and child, she never could have imagined that she would be forced to flee the country so soon...

The Gay Straight Alliances 17th annual Drag Show is set for March 31.

GSA presents 17th annual Drag Show on March 31

Grace Lovins, Senior Reporter March 16, 2022

OU’s Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) will be hosting their 17th annual Drag Show on March 31 in the Oakland Center Ballrooms. The show will feature performances from OU students and GSA members as well as...

Mens soccer falls to Davenport in spring season home opener

Men’s soccer falls to Davenport in spring season home opener

Reece Taylor, Sports Reporter March 15, 2022

The Oakland University Golden Grizzlies men’s soccer team lost to the Davenport University Panthers 3-2 in a their first home game of the spring season at the UWM Sports Complex on Saturday, March 12...

The recently-reinflated Grizz Dome athletics facility. Repairs to the exterior of the dome are nearly complete. Interior structural damage is still be assessed.

Grizz Dome update: Facility reinflated, interior structural damage being assessed

Jeff Thomas, Editor-in-Chief March 14, 2022

The Grizz Dome was able to be reinflated last week. At this stage exterior repairs are almost entirely complete and the extent of damages to the interior of the structure are being assessed. The university...

OU has announced its plan to lift the campus-wide indoor mask mandate on March 20.

University announces plans to lift campus-wide indoor mask mandate

Jeff Thomas, Editor-in-Chief March 11, 2022

This afternoon the university announced that effective Sunday, March 20, the campus-wide indoor mask mandate will be lifted. From that point forward, masks will only be required in classrooms, laboratories,...

Editor-in-Chief of The Oakland Post Jeff Thomas.

Letter from the editor: Two years of grief and COVID-19

Jeff Thomas, Editor-in-Chief March 10, 2022

This week marks the two-year anniversary of COVID-19 shutting down the United States and forever changing our lives. It also marks two years since I lost a dear friend of mine. I’m here with this letter...

Gender and Sexuality Center to host Pride Month events

Gender and Sexuality Center to host Pride Month events

Arianna Heyman, Editor-in-Chief March 9, 2022

March is Pride Month at Oakland University and the Gender and Sexuality Center (GSC) will be hosting numerous events to celebrate the LGBTQIA community.  “I think it's important to have a Pride Month...

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