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SATIRE: How to AirBnb for your next road trip

SATIRE: How to AirBnb for your next road trip

Simon Albaugh, Social Media Editor June 29, 2017

Two words: road trip. It’s a make or break experience for college summers. When there’s a combination of adult-like freedom and a sudden realization that your parents are insufferable, the important...

SATIRE: Seven exotic summer destinations that are conveniently located near psych hospitals

Simon Albaugh, Social Media Editor May 11, 2017

Are you feeling extreme emotional distress? Failing-oriented feelings of paranoia? Major-related identity dysphoria? If one or more of the above is a direct result of finals stress, then maybe you...

SATIRE: Advice Column: Ask Simon to solve your nonexistent problems

Simon Albaugh, Staff Reporter April 18, 2017

Last week, I opened my email to those who want to ask me for advice. Some people took me up on it. But like, I write satire, people. You guys should have known it was a joke. But still, people sent...

SATIRE: Toddlers taught community engagement in an unconventional way

Simon Albaugh, Staff Reporter April 18, 2017

Toddlers are in for a hazy situation as students who want to smoke are protesting the police crack-down on campus cigarette use in a recent stream of radical smoking. The Oakland University Police...

Oakland Post editors get picked to test the new zipline from the Elliott Tower

SATIRE: Zipline highways to be installed at Elliott Tower

Faith Brody, Life Editor April 18, 2017

One dream-come-true has taken a drastic turn. “Ever since it was built, I’ve wanted to climb Elliott Tower,” said Simon Snozzle, senior accounting major. Snozzle was climbing Elliott Tower...

Sarah now has a bill of $2,998.27 to pay. This is why you dont break up with perfect people.

SATIRE: How to be the winner of the relationship after you’ve been dumped

Simon Albaugh, Staff Reporter April 11, 2017

Everybody’s been dumped. Everybody’s dumped someone – I’m looking at you, SARAH. But most importantly, everyone’s been a sore loser after the whole ordeal is over. Well, I’m telling you...

SATIRE: A gentle reminder that finals are coming soon

Simon Albaugh, Staff Reporter April 11, 2017

Think of yourself standing under a waterfall. The water is slowly rushing over you, and the energy is flowing from nature into you. It’s only when you completely let yourself become one with the water...

Stephen Armica screams in excitement of the blank white wall art.

SATIRE – New section: Academic Essay of the Week

Simon Albaugh, Staff Reporter April 4, 2017

This week, we will be introducing a new section to The Oakland Post that features academic essays from the humanities departments, for reasons we’ll admit later. This week’s winner is Stephen Armica,...

SATIRE: An end to the fighting between The Post and WXOU

Simon Albaugh, Staff Reporter April 4, 2017

Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. I’m here to send a laurel of peace to our neighbors at WXOU. I don’t care if you have better stuff than we do anymore. And, hopefully, you guys at the radio...

The Kresge Library, open 24 hours a day, is a great place to crash if you have the proper tools.

SATIRE: Living in the library rent-free

Simon Albaugh, Staff Reporter March 28, 2017

I don’t know if you’re familiar with this, but when you’ve got a hammock and your student ID, there’s a special time at night when nobody cares where you sleep. I’ve been living in the Kresge...

2016 Lavender Graduates with guest speaker and Oakland University alum, Joshua Miller.

Lavender Graduation celebrates LGBTQIA+ and ally students

Amy Swanson, Staff Reporter March 28, 2017

Come honor the achievements of graduating LGBTQIA+ and ally students at the fifth annual Lavender Graduation Celebration on April 2. Held at 1 p.m. in 110 O’Dowd Hall, the event is meant to reward...

What in life editor application? Stephen Armica, an interesting guy, gets psyched to turn in his cover letter to The Oakland Post.

SATIRE: The only application we’ve received for life editor

Simon Albaugh, Staff Reporter March 21, 2017

Come on, guys. We offer up a great job with good pay and fun work and we get one application. One. Now I know you guys can be busy sometimes, and that’s fine too. But when we get nothing but an application...

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