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Changing life plans at the Criminal Justice Club

Adrian Jimenez Morales, Campus Editor March 27, 2024

On March 20 in the Lake Michigan Room, the Criminal Justice Club (CJC) invited postgraduate Michigan State University (MSU) students and faculty as well as a Michigan state police trooper to offer insight...

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Michigan Senate approves gun safety package: Students react

Tori Coker, Content Editor March 20, 2023

In the wake of Michigan’s first mass shooting of 2023 some 64 miles away on Michigan State University’s campus, the gun safety package recently proposed by state lawmakers and approved by the Michigan...

Letter from the editor: To The State News, thank you for your compassion

Letter from the editor: To The State News, thank you for your compassion

Gabrielle Abdelmessih, Editor-in-Chief February 20, 2023

This is not the first letter from the editor I’ve written that addresses the epidemic that is gun violence in the United States. What a damn shame. Our nation is failing us.  Now we are experiencing...

Posties predict the 2022 University of Michigan v. Michigan State football game

October 26, 2022

The University of Michigan (U-M) Wolverines and Michigan State Spartans (MSU) will take to the Big House field on Saturday, Oct. 29 to battle it out in the rivalry's annual matchup. Ahead of the game,...

MSU won the Peach Bowl  back in December 2021, defeating the Pittsburgh Panthers 31-21.

Spartans rally back to defeat Pittsburgh Panthers in Peach Bowl

Joseph Popis, Sports Reporter January 12, 2022

The “keep chopping'' mentality Michigan State Head Coach Mel Tucker has instilled into his team came to fruition once again in the season's final game for the Spartans. The Spartans rallied back from...

Michigan State University defeated The University of Michigan last Saturday 10/30 in a highly anticipated game, 37-33.

MSU’s Kenneth Walker III dismantles rival U-M in 37-33 victory

Joseph Popis, Sports Reporter November 3, 2021

Over 70,000 fans attended the highly anticipated rivalry game of Michigan vs. Michigan State in East Lansing. This year's matchup was one of the most entertaining games in recent memory. In the end, the...

Oakland University President George Hynd joins in on the coin toss decision before the beginning of the game.

Oakland 35 MSU 0: Golden Grizzlies defeat Spartans in club football homecoming game

AuJenee Hirsch, Editor-in-Chief September 25, 2016

Oakland University Football Club (3-0) beat Michigan State Club Football 35-0 in the homecoming game on Saturday, Sept. 24. The Golden Grizzlies had something to prove against the Spartans since they...

Men’s soccer loses to MSU in brutally close match

Sam Schlenner, Sports Editor September 20, 2016

After leading off league play with a close win against Northern Kentucky on Saturday night, Oakland men’s soccer (1-4-0, 1-0 in the Horizon League) lost 1-0 to Michigan State (4-1-0) the night of Wednesday,...

Looking Back: A history of The Oakland Post

Cheyanne Kramer, Web Editor August 30, 2016

1959 was a huge year across the world. Fidel Castro became the Prime Minister in Cuba. “Bonanza” premiered on NBC as the first weekly television show to air completely in color. Mattel launched its...

Chris Palombizio (right), assistant coach Drew Valentine's first recruit, signed with the Oakland men's basketball team in November. 

Unplanned encounter lands Palombizio at Oakland University

Kristen Davis January 10, 2016

What does it mean to be in the right place at the right time?For Chris Palombizio, it means a chance to play Division I college basketball at Oakland University.And for Drew Valentine, it means a chance...

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