The Oakland Post

University announces plans to lift campus-wide indoor mask mandate

Jeff Thomas, Editor-in-Chief • March 11, 2022

This afternoon the university announced that effective Sunday, March 20, the campus-wide indoor mask mandate will be lifted. From that point forward, masks will only be required in classrooms, laboratories,...

OU Perspective: Should masks remain mandatory?

Joe Zerilli, Campus Editor • March 9, 2022

After Oakland County lifted the mask mandates for schools on Feb. 28, questions were raised whether Oakland University would follow suit. During the OU Senate meeting on Feb. 17, discussions have begun...

Majority of students surveyed support ending campus mask mandate

Jeff Thomas, Editor-in-Chief • March 4, 2022

Results are in for Oakland University Student Congress (OUSC) and The Oakland Post’s co-sponsored Oakland University mask mandate student survey, and 57.5% of respondents have voted in favor of lifting...

University discusses lifting mask mandate before end of winter semester

Jeff Thomas, Editor-in-Chief • February 22, 2022

During last Thursday’s OU Senate meeting, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Britt Rios-Ellis and other members of OU leadership engaged in a discussion about potentially lifting...

Masking is not murder, stop comparing it to the Holocaust

Arianna Heyman, Editor-in-Chief • January 12, 2022

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, American society has borne witness to the strangest displays of human behavior in reaction to this virus. When government officials advised citizens to wear a mask and...