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Elissa Slotkin fights for votes in Michigan Senate debate

Elissa Slotkin fights for votes in Michigan Senate debate

Mallory Waligora, Political Editor October 23, 2024

On Oct. 14, Elissa Slotkin and Mike Rogers met in Southfield, Michigan at WXYZ-TV to discuss key issues for the upcoming election on Nov. 5. During the debate, Slotkin highlighted her past work as a former...

Mike Rogers: Michigan Senate Debate

Mike Rogers: Michigan Senate Debate

Nicholas Kablak, Political Reporter October 23, 2024

Michigan Senate candidates Mike Rogers (R) and Elissa Slotkin (D), met for their final debate on Oct. 14. Rogers asserted his beliefs and stances in an attempt to appeal to Michiganders. The two candidates...

OU students react to vice presidential debate

OU students react to vice presidential debate

Nicholas Kablak, Political Reporter October 9, 2024

On Oct. 1, Oakland University hosted a watch party for the vice-presidential debate between J.D. Vance and Tim Walz. Students had mixed reactions with some preferring one candidate over the other, but...

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Vance and Walz face off in VP Debate

Mallory Waligora, Political Editor October 9, 2024

On Oct. 1, Senator JD Vance and Governor Tim Walz met in a CBS broadcast studio in New York for the first vice presidential debate of the election season. Both men are Midwest politicians seeking to connect...

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Trump and Harris face off in presidential debate

Mallory Waligora, Political Editor September 18, 2024

On Sept. 10, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump met face to face for the second presidential debate of the election year. Following President Biden’s poor performance in the...

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The fallout after the debate

Mallory Waligora, Political Editor July 10, 2024

On June 27, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump met in Atlanta, Ga. to have the first presidential debate for the upcoming election. The discussion ranged from topics about abortion to...

Candidates discuss their vision at the OUSC presidential debate

By Ali DeRees March 21, 2014

Bria Ellis, Annie Meinberg and Andre Mitchell, all presidential candidates for the Oakland University Student Congress, debated on Wednesday, March 19 in the Oakland Center. Each candidate is seeking election...

Mouthing Off: The great peanut butter debate

Mouthing Off: The great peanut butter debate

By Scott Wolchek November 19, 2013

I arrived at my apartment after a long day of work to find my friends harassing one of my roommates, Brandon Hartley, for eating crunchy peanut butter.They were saying that creamy was dreamy.They acted...

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