Bike Share bikes becoming an endangered species
By editorsStarted three years ago by members of the Oakland University Student Congress, a division of Student Affairs, University Housing and Campus Recreation in 2009, the Bike Share program has had problems with bike mortality rates.
Finding music in life’s challenge
By Sarah BlanchetteLeo Bautista, a freshman at Oakland University, has been writing and recording his own music since his early teens.
Downtown shop offers unique gifts for every person, style
By Chris LauritsenOn their way home after purchasing a piece of art work titled “Catching Fireflies” from the 1999 Ann Arbor Art Fair, Steve McCrumb mentioned to his wife April what a cool name for a art gallery would be.
Local briefs
By Natalie PopovskiMaple syrup breakfast and environmental education; Butterfly exhibit comes to Troy; Mom to mom sale; St. Patricks Day at the library
Sporting Blitz
By Timothy PontzerMen’s basketball accept bid for post-season tournament; Oakland softball swept in series at Southern Utah; OU athletes grab Summit League monthly awards
Academic recruiters focus on Wayne County
By Sarah HuntonIn the near future, President Gary Russi hopes Oakland University will be home to over 25,000 students, according to Academic Advisor Michael Brennan.
Last week’s letter to the editor was hurtful, inaccurate towards all student athletes
By JULIANNE BOYLEThis is a response to the letter to the editor about athlete conduct at an eating awareness event. While I respect the intentions of the letter to the editor, I felt hurt and offended as a student athlete.
Black girls rock the OC
By Madeline LoshawBlack Girls Rock, an event hosted by Students Advocating for Gender Awareness, Black Student Union, Students Toward Understanding Disabilities and the Gender and Sexuality Center, awarded students, faculty and staff for being successful members of the female African American community at Oakland University.
The 21st century learning solution
By Dylan DulbergShe hears the dull hum of a monitor. The click-clack of the sea of keyboards enveloping her, accompanied with the occasional ‘ding’ of the student beside her receiving a Facebook chat message. Looking around, she sees the dimly-lit, illuminated faces of her peers, eyes locked on the light before them, drawing them in. A loud bell interrupts her hypnosis. Class is over. This is the future of education. And the future is now.
Proving everybody wrong
By Damien DennisMen’s hockey team hopes this year’s success will set the standard
Protests support student’s suspension
By Jordan GonzalezA feminist group on campus, Students Advocating for Gender Awareness, and history fraternity, Phi Alpha Theta, have collaborated to protest what they said is an “inaccurate representation of the facts from the media.”
Grizzlies accept CollegeInsider.com tournament invitation
By Kevin RomanchikFor the fourth consecutive year, the Oakland University men's basketball team (17-15) will be playing in the post season with the accepted bid to play in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament.
Photo of the week
By Dylan DulbergPOETRY SLAM // Poet Panama Soweta, part of The Dynamic Duo, participates in the poetry slam on March 5 in the Oakland Center banquet rooms. In addition to The Dynamic Duo, there were a few walk up partipants.
Meadow Brook Hall receives national landmark recognition
By Justin ColmanThis past Monday, Meadow Brook Hall was recognized by the National Park Service as a national landmark. Meadow Brook Hall, considered one of the finest Tudor Revival houses in the U.S., was named a national landmark because of its outstanding, grand-scale architecture and the design of the building.
Victim of an Irish Holi-daze
By Brian FigurskiFor over a thousand years, Irish families used March 17, an Irish holiday steeped in religion, to participate in the banned activities brought on by Lent — drinking, dancing and eating. Over the past 100-some years, St. Patrick’s Day has become a blur of bad decisions brought on by a compound of neon green libations and curdling concoctions of liquor.
Where are all of the bright pink bicycles?
By Brian FigurskiI remember when I got my first bicycle. Jet black Mongoose, 18 gears, sweet neon lighting bolts attached to my spokes. When I felt like making a racket, I even stuck a holographic Charizard Pokémon card near my back tire. I was so excited when I pulled up to that first day of senior year in high school.