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Associate Professor of Management Dr. Michael Greiner

Professor Greiner on the loss of unemployment benefits

Tanner Trafelet, Contributor September 29, 2021

For millions of Americans who are out of work due to pandemic related reasons, Sept. 5 was a sort of doomsday. It was on this day that federal unemployment benefits ended. As stated by the Department of...

RAD seeks to empower women through teaching self-defense tactics and techniques. The OUPD offers the free program to any OU affiliate and the surrounding community.

OUPD’s Rape Aggression Defense class empowers women

Sarah Gudenau, Features Editor September 29, 2021

The Oakland University Police Department (OUPD) aims to empower women through its Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) program — a multiple-session class that teaches women realistic self-defense tactics and...

Gabrielle pictured with her loving parents, John and Anne-Marie.

Meghan and Harry’s experiences are all too familiar for interracial families

Gabrielle Abdelmessih, Editor-in-Chief September 29, 2021

On May 19th, 2018 my family and I among millions of other people around the world, watched a certain fairytale union between a British prince and his American bride: Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess...

Former OUSC President Adeline Perhogan and Vice President Annabella Jankowski.

Student Congress President, Vice President resign minutes before impeachment hearings

Jeff Thomas, Editor-in-Chief September 24, 2021

Oakland University Student Congress (OUSC) President Adeline Perhogan and Vice President Annabella Jankowski have both resigned prior to their impeachment hearings. Their resignation coincides with the...

Campus Editor and Columnist, Gabrielle Abdelmessih.

Introducing ‘A Grizzly’s Guide to a Healthier Y(OU)’ and debunking THAT Minaj tweet

Gabrielle Abdelmessih, Editor-in-Chief September 22, 2021

Salutations! My name is Gabrielle Abdelmessih. I am a junior majoring in biomedical Sciences and minoring in journalism with the goal of becoming a physician and effective communicator of factual information...

Madeleine strikes a pose outside Elliott Tower on the first day of classes.

People of OU: Figure skater, choreographer and PR student, Madeleine Gallagher

Lauren Reid, Content Editor September 22, 2021

She’s been Tinkerbell, Snow White and a plethora of other iconic Disney characters during her days on “Disney on Ice,” worked with Apple TV as a figure skater choreographer and lead skater, won Intermediate...

Doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine made available by OU. With 18% of the student body still not compliant with the vaccine mandate, what do we know about how the university is enforcing the mandate?

Vaccine mandate update: Procedures for enforcement, faculty concerns

Jeff Thomas, Editor-in-Chief September 22, 2021

A month after OU’s announcement that the vaccine mandate was being expanded from just residents to all students and personnel coming to campus for work and class, faculty and students still have unanswered...

Native American performer Kevin Locke addressing the crowd during his set at Sundays Peace Day Concert.

Peace Day Concert celebrates Indigenous culture, Land Acknowledgement Statement

Jeff Thomas, Editor-in-Chief September 22, 2021

Created by the United Nations in 1981, the International Day of Peace is observed around the world each year as a commitment to fostering a culture of peace. Last Sunday OU celebrated the holiday as the...

The Heartstrings Project headlining WXOUs 2021 Fall Main Stage concert.

WXOU brings 2021 Fall Main Stage to the Habitat

Tori Coker, Content Editor September 22, 2021

On Thursday, Sept. 16, WXOU brought their Fall Main Stage concert to The Habitat stage in the Oakland Center. The concert has become a staple tradition for the station over time. As a result of COVID-19,...

OU Creative Writing Professor Peter Markus. His new book When Our Fathers Return to Us as Birds details the death and dying of his father.

Professor Peter Markus talks love, grief, family in new collection of poetry

Jeff Thomas, Editor-in-Chief September 15, 2021

Creative Writing Professor and award winning author Peter Markus has released his first collection of poetry titled “When Our Fathers Return to Us as Birds.” The new book, published by Wayne State...

Noah Jensen pushes the ball upfield against Purdue Fort Wayne on Sept. 11, 2021.

Men’s soccer wins in commanding fashion against the Mastodons

Christian Tate, Sports Reporter September 15, 2021

The Oakland University men’s soccer team dominated with a 2-0 victory in their league opener against the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons, using a mix of both their offensive talent and stifling defensive...

Twenty years after 9/11, the campus community is sharing what they remember from that day.

20 years later: what OU remembers from Sept. 11, 2001

Jeff Thomas, Editor-in-Chief September 15, 2021

Now, 20 years after Sept. 11, 2001 — we have arrived at a point where a lot of OU students either weren’t alive or are too young to have any recollection of what it felt like that day. It was a deeply...

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