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Oakland University students join state-wide rally in Lansing against higher tuition. Photo courtesy of The Oakland Post archives

A brief history of student activism efforts on OU’s campus

Mallory Waligora, Political Editor November 15, 2023

Oakland University has a rich history of young adult political activism. Students are young and have new ideas, and most importantly, they believe they can change the world.  The one thing that has...

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Looking Back: Campus reactions to the Vietnam War

Cheyanne Kramer, Web Editor November 15, 2016

On Jan. 24, 1969, just four days after President Richard Nixon was inaugurated, an Oakland University newspaper called The Oakland Observer ran a story entitled “The Nixon Ascendancy and the State of...

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