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You think you just fell out of a coconut tree? Harris hits the election trail

Mallory Waligora, Political Editor August 14, 2024

President Joe Biden officially dropped his reelection bid in a whirlwind month of the presidential race. In his place, Biden endorsed current Vice President Kamala Harris. With just under 100 days until...

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Changing of the guard: A new era in UK politics

Mallory Waligora, Political Editor July 17, 2024

The U.K. general election took place on July 4, 2024. While in the US, the most heated debate was whether ketchup belongs on a hot dog. Of the 650 total seats in Parliament, 411 were won by the Labour...

OUSC 2023 vice presidential debate overview

Joe Zerilli, Campus Editor April 3, 2023

Presidential slates met one last time before voting as vice president candidates and presidential candidates debated against each other for Oakland University Student Congress (OUSC) office. Moderated...

OUSC 2023 presidential debate overview

Joe Zerilli, Campus Editor April 3, 2023

Presidential slates met one last time before voting as vice presidential and presidential candidates debated against each other for election to Oakland University's Student Congress (OUSC) office. Moderated...

OUSC election: Meet the candidates

Payton Bucki, Content Editor March 22, 2023

Election season is underway at Oakland University as many hopeful students have begun their respective campaigns for positions in the OU Student Congress. Read on to learn more about the candidates running...

How STEM influences elections

How STEM influences elections

Gabrielle Gappy, Science & Technology Editor October 26, 2022

Many science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) students often have one thing on their mind while in school: STEM. With the intense, all encompassing nature of STEM courses, it may be difficult...

Where Whitmer and Dixon stand on climate change

Where Whitmer and Dixon stand on climate change

Rachel Yim, Science & Technology Reporter October 26, 2022

The earth is warming much more quickly than scientists had predicted, according to a report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published last year. This could lead to permafrost...

Oakland University student turning in an absentee ballot in person before the election. Oakland University was recognized as a voter-friendly campus.

OU recognized as a ‘Voter Friendly Campus’ for back-to-back election cycle

Rachel Yim, Science & Technology Reporter March 27, 2021

For a second straight election cycle, Oakland University has been recognized as a “Voter Friendly Campus” by the Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project (CVP) and NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators...

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OUSC announces 2021-2022 candidates

Michael Pearce, Editor-In-Chief March 1, 2021

A new student body president and vice president will be named soon, as Oakland University Student Congress (OUSC) elections are open and debates are in the near future.   Last year, students elected...

OUSC constitutional revisions cause unrest between RHA and OUSC

OUSC constitutional revisions cause unrest between RHA and OUSC

By Kaylee Kean March 25, 2014

Tonight elections for the next Oakland University Student Congress president will close.Voting to approve or strike down the latest OUSC constitutional amendments will end as well.Some of these amendments...

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