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Cocktails and costumes at Meadow Brook's Bewitching Hour

Cocktails and costumes at Meadow Brook’s Bewitching Hour

Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor November 6, 2025

After kids and families left Meadow Brook Hall’s trick-or-treating event, adults put on their spookiest costumes to attend the Bewitching Hour at the estate. Cocktails and a ghostly atmosphere took over...

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The design of monstrosity in del Toro’s Frankenstein

Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor November 5, 2025

With almost 25 years in the making, filmmaker Guillermo del Toro released his reinterpretation of Frankenstein on October 17, 2025, bestowing the creature with a foul conception story that takes Mary Shelley’s...

Mission Kindness spreads Halloween spirit with BOO bags

Mission Kindness spreads Halloween spirit with BOO bags

Maryam Somo, Campus Reporter November 5, 2025

During a month filled with scares and spooky fun, Mission Kindness brought a touch of warmth to Oakland University with its BOO Bag event. On Oct. 28, students gathered in the Lake Erie Room of the Oakland...

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Top 10 Halloween costumes

Ruby Hernandez, Campus Reporter October 29, 2025

Halloween 2025 is shaping up to be as much about pop culture and internet virality as it is about spooky makeup and haunted houses. If you’re prepping for campus parties, Haunted Hallways or Lab-o-ween,...

Spirits high at OU Golden Key’s 'Witch-U-Doing?' craft event

Spirits high at OU Golden Key’s ‘Witch-U-Doing?’ craft event

Cael Tanner, Features Editor October 29, 2025

Oakland University students took a break from classwork and midterms to make colorful potions and decorate masquerade masks during the Golden Key International Honor Society’s "Witch-U-Doing?" event...

Spook-tacular Halloween celebration for international students

Ruby Hernandez, Campus Reporter October 29, 2025

The Creating American-International Relationships (CAIR) program and the International Students and Scholars Office (ISSO) from the Global Engagement Office hosted their annual Halloween Party on Oct....

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Posties’ favorite horror movie recommendations 

Maryam Somo, Campus Reporter October 29, 2025

It’s that time of year again, when we seek to invoke a little terror in ourselves through film and here at the Oakland Post, we’re no different. A horror movie is “a movie in which very frightening...

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Golden film recommendations: Classics for cozy Halloween

Maria Magnoli and Marissa Getschman October 22, 2025

The leaves are red, the pumpkins are carved and the parties are planned. Halloween is just around the corner, and the time has come to break out the classics. No spooky season is complete without a Halloween...

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What you should be watching on Netflix

Morgan Warneke, Content Editor October 16, 2024

It’s no secret that streaming services have dominated television. Every time you open Netflix, you’re bombarded with what shows and movies are trending, what’s just been added and what they recommend...

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Short Halloween classics for both readers and non-readers

Chloe Kukuk, Campus Editor October 18, 2023

As the leaves continue to change colors, readers everywhere are settling in for the best season for books — autumn. More specifically, as the calendar creeps past mid-October and Halloween looms overhead,...

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OU students share their favorite Halloween songs

Autumn Okuszka, Editor-in-Chief October 19, 2022

Just as Halloween movies can get students into the spooky spirit, so can Halloween songs. “Ghostbusters,” “Monster Mash” and “A Nightmare On My Street” are just some of the most popular tracks...

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OU students share their favorite fall activities

Autumn Okuszka, Editor-in-Chief September 21, 2022

With fall approaching, there are many activities that Oakland University students love to do to ring in the season, from watching the leaves change colors — to cider mill season being in full swing. Established...

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