Early Wednesday morning, the Oakland University Police Department (OUPD) broadcast an emergency notification to the campus community that they were investigating a sexual assault that was reported Tuesday...
On Friday, Oct. 8, the campus community was sent a timely notice about an attempted sexual assault that was reported to the Oakland University Police Department (OUPD) earlier that day, and took place...
The Feminists of OU welcomed Detective Shona Collins from the Oakland University Police Department (OUPD) on Nov. 3 to lead a discussion about domestic violence and sexual assault. Collins shared her...
Alex Stevens, Political Columnist
• September 20, 2016
This past week, an article published by The Oakland Post drew important attention to the “red zone”— a period between Labor Day and Thanksgiving when students are more likely to become victims of...
The period between Labor Day and Thanksgiving can mean a lot of things: football, leaves changing, spooky movies, and Halloween.
But for college students, this “red zone” is dangerous.
The...
According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, one in five women and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted while in college. More than 90% of sexual assault victims do not report the crime to...
In response to the reported cases of sexual assault on campus last fall, many in the Oakland University community began questioning the ways in which cases were being handled. There were also concerns...
According to a 2014 statistic compilation by Business Insider, 19 percent of college students were survivors of attempted or completed sexual assault. That same year, nearly 60 American universities...
Nearly 200 cases of sexual assault that were mishandled are being investigated across the country by the Department of Education. 68 of those cases took place at K-12 schools. Five of the incidents took...
Oakland University Student Congress (OUSC) launched their “It’s On Us” campaign at the beginning of the school year. The goals of the campaign are to raise awareness, educate the Oakland community...
