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Students watch, react to State of the Union

By Sarah Wojcik January 26, 2011

President Barack Obama's State of the Union address was delivered to the American people Tuesday at 9 p.m. and many Oakland University students, professors and even alumni showed up to enjoy refreshments...

Suicides prompt supporters to speak up

By Ali Armstrong October 5, 2010

In the past three weeks, five gay teens have committed suicide. It's an unfortunate trend among gay teens that has people outraged.Thirteen-year-old Seth Walsh, 13-year-old Asher Brown and 18-year-old...

Students gather food, clothes for Pakistan flood relief effort

By Jake Thielen September 24, 2010

The flooding in Pakistan has affected millions of people, but has received less media coverage than other recent disasters like the earthquake in Haiti and Hurricane Katrina.One Oakland University student...

Credit card debt surpassed by student loans

By Rhiannon Zielinski September 24, 2010

For the first time in the United States, student loan debt has surpassed credit card debt. According to Finaid.org, total student loan debt reached $850 billion outstanding in June, and in July the Federal...

Fed funding frozen: Judge halts stem cell

By Katie Jacob August 31, 2010

Last week a District Court judge issued a temporary injunction halting federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, throwing the Obama administration, the research community at large and millions of...

Senate debates financial reform

By Katie Jacob May 17, 2010

In the wake of a devastating financial crisis that left the economy close to collapse, the Senate began debate on new financial legislation last week that will put an end to risky business practices on...

Racism a potential problem on 2010 Census

By Mike Sandula March 30, 2010

New to this year's Census is the addition of "Negro" under the race classification."I don't know what black person identifies themself as a Negro," said Juquatta Brewer, a junior studying psychology. "No...

Obama signs controversial health care bill

By Dan Simons March 25, 2010

After over a year of fierce debate between lawmakers, pundits and citizens, the House of Representatives adopted President Obama's health care reform bill Sunday night.The final vote of 219 yeas and 212...

Thousands mourn Canadian cop

By Kay Nguyen March 16, 2010

Thousands gathered Friday, March 12 in Wingham, Ontario to mourn the death of Vu Pham, an Ontario Provincial Police constable who was shot while on duty by a suspect in a pickup truck he pulled over.A...

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