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OU ranks 7th in national campus safety study

OU ranks 7th in national campus safety study

Chloe Kukuk, Campus Editor January 24, 2024

According to AcademicInfluence.com’s recent campus safety rankings, Oakland University placed 7th nationally. It is the only school in Michigan listed in the top 15. The rankings are based on compliance...

Driver and pedestrian safety on campus following vehicle-pedestrian traffic crash

Driver and pedestrian safety on campus following vehicle-pedestrian traffic crash

Payton Bucki, Content Editor December 13, 2023

On Nov. 30, The Oakland University Police Department (OUPD) responded to a traffic crash involving a pedestrian and driver. The crash occurred on Meadow Brook Road in front of the Oakland Center. While...

Key details from OUPD’s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report

Key details from OUPD’s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report

Chloe Kukuk, Campus Editor October 11, 2023

The Oakland University Police Department (OUPD) recently distributed its 2022 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report to the student body, faculty and staff via email on Sept. 28. OU has garnered a reputation...

The alleged suspect's vehicle is a dark-colored SUV.

Indecent exposure incidents on campus: OUPD search for suspect

Autumn Okuszka, Editor-in-Chief September 14, 2023

The Oakland University Police Department (OUPD) is asking the campus community to be on the lookout for an individual driving a dark-colored SUV after three alleged indecent exposure incidents at the start...

Info on active shooter protocols following MSU shooting

Joe Zerilli, Campus Editor February 22, 2023

Oakland University students Emma Garrett and Red Douglas have worked in conjunction with the Oakland University Police Department (OUPD) as well as Student Congress (OUSC) to increase the awareness of...

Police Files 4/6/2022: Harassment, threat of extortion

Police Files 4/6/2022: Harassment, threat of extortion

Tori Coker, Content Editor April 6, 2022

Harassing Communications Around 3:00 a.m. on March 10, 2022, an Oakland University Police Department (OUPD) officer was following up on several reported disturbances inside Hamlin Hall when he spoke...

Police Files: 3/9/2022

Tori Coker, Content Editor March 9, 2022

Injured on the job Varner Hall has been the site of two recent occupational injury incidents — though the two incidents appear by all accounts to be unrelated to one another. At 9:30 a.m. on November...

The east elevator in Vandenberg Hall has had to be serviced recently. The campus has seen a series of elevator entrapments since the beginning of the year.

Repairs made to Vandenberg, OC following elevator entrapments

Tori Coker, Content Editor February 23, 2022

Following a string of elevator entrapment incidents throughout the month of January, repairs have been initiated in response to malfunctioning equipment in East Vandenberg Hall (VBH) and the Oakland Center...

Police Files 2/3/2022: Series of elevator entrapments across campus

Police Files 2/3/2022: Series of elevator entrapments across campus

Tori Coker, Content Editor February 3, 2022

In January there were a total of seven elevator entrapment incidents reported to the Oakland University Police Department (OUPD) around several locations on campus. The earliest report received by The...

Police Files: 1/26/2022

Tori Coker, Content Editor January 24, 2022

Assault/ Battery/Simple (Incl. Domestic and Police Officer) Around 11:42 pm on October 10, 2021, the Oakland University Police Department (OUPD) received a call from a woman saying that she had just...

Police Files: 1/19/2022

Tori Coker, Content Editor January 19, 2022

Operating Under the Influence of Alcohol / Liquor OWI Just after 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 18, an officer from the Oakland University Police Department (OUPD) was contacted by deputies from the Oakland...

A photo of the outside view of Oxford High School taken Tuesday following the tragic shooting that killed four students and left seven others injured.

Campus community responds to tragic school shooting in Oxford

Jeff Thomas, Editor-in-Chief December 1, 2021

Members of OU’s campus community have responded with an outpouring of support for those that were impacted by the unspeakable tragedy that took place yesterday at Oxford High School.  President Ora...

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