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Arianna Heyman, Features Editor

Arianna is currently pursuing a double major in Communication and Journalism. Her love for history and interest in current events was what inspired her to choose a career in journalism. She seeks opportunities to interview people with diverse stories and backgrounds. After graduation, Arianna aspires to become a broadcast reporter.

In her spare time Arianna enjoys traveling, going to concerts, following the Detroit Red Wings and Tigers, and spending time with her friends and family.

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Photo of Darcel Green

Cortina Pena, Darcel Green advocate for diversity in health care

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
March 22, 2023
Photo courtesy of Jakub Porzycki via Zuma Press.

ChatGPT is changing the future of education

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
March 15, 2023
OU students attend vigil on Thursday, Feb. 16 in honor of the tragedy that took place at Michigan State University.

MSU tragedy puts student safety in focus

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
February 22, 2023
How students are celebrating Valentine’s Day

How students are celebrating Valentine’s Day

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
February 15, 2023
Photo courtesy of Jacquelyn Martin via The Associated Press

Takeaways from the 2023 State of the Union address

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
February 13, 2023
Photo courtesy of NFL.com

Students share their Super Bowl plans

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
February 1, 2023
Students explore the diverse ecology of Ecuador. Photo courtesy of Oakland University News.

Environmental exploration in Ecuador

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
January 25, 2023
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy receives gavel. Photo courtesy of Win McNamee via Getty Images

Republicans officially take control of the U.S. House of Representatives

Arianna Heyman , Features Editor
January 18, 2023
The OU Counseling Center (OUCC) is offering free therapy sessions to OU students.

OU Counseling Center providing services to students in need

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
January 11, 2023
Photo courtesy of OU-AAUW on Twitter.

American Association of University Women empowers students

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
December 7, 2022
How students plan to celebrate Thanksgiving

How students plan to celebrate Thanksgiving

Arianna Heyman , Features Editor
November 23, 2022
Car crash scene at the I-75 exit to southbound Joselyn Road. Photo courtesy of FOX 2 Detroit

Armed car thieves force OU community to shelter-in-place and delay classes

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
November 15, 2022
Governor Gretchen Whitmer speaks at the Michigan Democratic election night party. Photo courtesy of Jacob Hamilton via MLive

2022 midterm election results: Whitmer re-elected, Proposal 3 passes and Democrats flip Michigan legislature

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
November 9, 2022
Photo courtesy of Jeenah Moon via Getty Images

The concerning rise of antisemitism on college campuses

Arianna Heyman , Features Editor
November 2, 2022
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican challenger Tudor Dixon shake hands before the final gubernatorial debate at Oakland University.

Whitmer and Dixon clash in final gubernatorial debate at OU

Gabrielle Abdelmessih and Arianna Heyman
October 26, 2022
National Hispanic Heritage month is recognized every year to celebrate Hispanic and Latinx cultures. The celebration extends from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 every year.

OU celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month with cultural events

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
October 10, 2022
Oct. 3 BOT meeting: Michigan Achievement Scholarship, Research and Innovation Center and east campus

Oct. 3 BOT meeting: Michigan Achievement Scholarship, Research and Innovation Center and east campus

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
October 6, 2022
Photo of menstrual products in the OUSC office. Products include, 10 dispensers and 20 boxes containing 10,000 menstrual pads and tampons.

After numerous delays, OU administration approves installation of feminine hygiene dispensers

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
September 28, 2022
A transformative opportunity: OUWB students and faculty reflect on Auschwitz study trip

A transformative opportunity: OUWB students and faculty reflect on Auschwitz study trip

Gabrielle Abdelmessih and Arianna Heyman
September 21, 2022
Photo of The Queen courtesy of Royal Collection Trust

Queen Elizabeth II, England’s longest reigning monarch, passes away

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
September 14, 2022
Photo courtesy of NASA

NASA’s James Webb telescope reveals astonishing photos of the universe

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
July 20, 2022
Photo courtesy of The Washington Post

OU alumnus and Washington Post photojournalist details coverage in Ukraine

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
June 15, 2022
Ahead of the primary election on August 7, representatives Stevens (left) and Levin (right) took to OUs campus for a debate.

OU hosts Andy Levin, Haley Stevens for primary debate

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
June 1, 2022
The GSC has welcomed Blake Bonkowski as their new coordinator.

Introducing new Gender and Sexuality Center coordinator Blake Bonkowski

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
May 18, 2022
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.

Meet Gabrielle Abdelmessih, The Post’s new editor-in-chief

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
May 5, 2022
Student Congress has partnered with other student leaders and administrators in Student Affairs to get free period products in bathrooms around campus.

OUSC, administration reach agreement for menstrual product distribution

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
April 13, 2022
Dance majors performed at their senior recital on April 5 and 6.

Seniors shine one last time at final dance recital

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
April 13, 2022
Former U.S. ambassadors David Fischer and John Rakolta Jr. visited OU on March 29 for a discussion about the Abraham Accords.

Former U.S. Ambassadors visit OU to discuss Abraham Accords

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
April 6, 2022
Alex Jones has been fined for his failure to show up at court for a defamation case filed by the families of the Sandy Hook school shooting victims. 

Alex Jones fined for failing to show up at court deposition

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
April 6, 2022
Congressional hearings began on March 21 to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Ketanji Brown Jackson to be confirmed to the Supreme Court

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
March 30, 2022
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New bioethics minor coming Fall 2022 semester

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
March 27, 2022
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill that ended the 6% sales tax on menstrual products on Nov. 4, 2021.

End taxation on menstruation

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
March 23, 2022
Professor Taras Oleksyk has asked OU’s administration to provide financial assistance for the universitys Ukranian students.

OU’s Ukrainian community ask administration for financial assistance

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
March 23, 2022
Shchubelka and her six-month-old baby on the bus to Prague

OU graduate student safe after fleeing from Ukraine

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
March 16, 2022
OU alumnus Robert Snell was voted Journalist of the Year by the Society of Professional Journalists in 2014, 2018 and 2020.

People of OU: alumnus Robert Snell, watchdog journalist then and now

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
March 16, 2022
The Gender and Sexuality Center will host a variety of events throughout March to celebrate Pride Month at OU.

Gender and Sexuality Center to host Pride Month events

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
March 9, 2022
Dr. Wilson with President of the Academy of Oncologic Physical Therapy Laura Sheridan. Dr. Wilson received two awards from the Academy.

Professor Wilson receives awards from American Physical Therapy Association

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
March 8, 2022
Students have mixed reactions to Oakland Universitys plan to maintain the indoor mask mandate.

OU community reacts to continued enforcement of mask mandate

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
February 23, 2022
Hillel of Metro Detroit students volunteered for bookstock.

Connecting with heritage through the Jewish Student Organization

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
February 23, 2022
Professor Cal Freeman will release his latest poetry book, “Poolside at the Dearborn Inn” on April 1, the start of National Poetry Month.

Professor Freeman to release novel for National Poetry Month

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
February 16, 2022
Protesters against vaccine mandates gathered to block the Ambassador Bridge. On Friday morning, demonstrators allowed a single lane to open.

Negotiations ongoing to end Ambassador Bridge protest

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
February 13, 2022
The American Civil Liberties Union formed in 1920 to provide legal aid for conscientious objectors of World War I.

ACLU — or ACLU for just a few?

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
February 9, 2022
Did Marvel’s ‘Hawkeye’ miss the mark?

Did Marvel’s ‘Hawkeye’ miss the mark?

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
February 9, 2022
Activist, writer and professor Shea Howell is preparing for her retirement from OU at the end of the winter semester.

People of OU: Professor Howell prepares for retirement

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
February 2, 2022
The National Science Foundation has allocated a scholarship for service grants to Oakland University for students in cybersecurity.

OU to receive National Science Foundation funding for cybersecurity research

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
January 31, 2022
Studies show that women are underrepresented in many areas of the engineering. The Society of Women Engineers at OU seeks to change that.

Society of Women Engineers is closing the gender gap

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
January 26, 2022
Enbridge reported a break of their oil pipeline near the city of Marshall in Calhoun County, Michigan on July 26, 2010.

Line 5, a threat below the surface

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
January 26, 2022
Founding Director of the Eye Research Center and Professor Dr. Al-Shabrawey has a goal to increase the visibility and recognition of Oakland University.

Dr. Al-Shabrawey’s vision for future of eye research at OU

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
January 19, 2022
BSNAOU members attended the 2021 Michigan Student Nurses Association Conference.

Black Student Nurses Association paves way for cultural competence

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
January 19, 2022
In an interview, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene compared House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s mask mandates for House members to the Holocaust.

Masking is not murder, stop comparing it to the Holocaust

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
January 12, 2022
The beginning of the winter semester is remote with the plan to return to in-person learning on Jan. 31. Students and faculty share their thoughts on the return of online learning for the first few weeks.

OU community’s thoughts on returning fully online

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
January 12, 2022
Both pro-abortion and anti-abortion protestors gathered outside the Supreme Court on Dec. 1. while justices listened to oral arguments on Mississippis 15-week abortion ban.

Roe v. Wade in doubt after Supreme Court oral arguments

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
December 8, 2021
NeW members at the most recent event on Dec. 2. The group met for dinner, built gingerbread houses and filled out holiday cards for children in the hospital.

Network of enlightened Women empowers students on campus

Arianna Heyman, Features Editor
December 8, 2021
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