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Stop with Kony
By Justin ColmanPeople seem to be affixed to this trend of stopping Joseph Kony, a Ugandan military figure that has been out of the scene for about seven years and want someone to stop him.
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.
Sounds like the 15 minutes of fame are running out
By Brian FigurskiNo names will be used specifically here, but feel free to reference The Oakland Post’s “Suspended student disputes disciplinary action” article and scroll through the sprawling 150-plus irate comments to find the target.
A moat? Why is Oakland University building a moat?
By Brian FigurskiThere are a lot of things on campus that need to be tended to with funding — parking lot problems, new building, finding a funny Mouthing Off writer, digging a moat, so on and so forth.
VIDEO: What would you do with $21 million?
By Brian FigurskiWe ask OU students what they would do with $21 million dollars.
Your ticket for a kind of brighter-ish future
By Brian FigurskiSince the OUSC has extended the deadline for candidacy, I take this offer as an open invitation to throw my hat in the political game and plot to democratically overthrow the student government!
Know your sport: The Super Bowl for dummies
By Brian FigurskiIt’s that time of year again – sitting around with loved ones, stuffing your palette with regrettable choices and screaming obscenities and commanding death to others. Nope, not Christmas part zwei. It’s Super Bowl season!
Abandon ship or abandon all hope
By Brian FigurskiMan overboard! It’s all the rage these days, like dubstep or planking. It’s so booming that even the captain of the ship is jumping for joy, or for his own greedy safety. Last week, the cruise liner Costa Concordia toppled over near the coast of Tuscany, Italy. Amid the panic of riders, Captain Francesco Schettino decided to resort to throwing himself overboard instead of doing the noble duty of assisting the passengers to safety.
VIDEO: Braving the Detroit auto show
By Brian FigurskiThis year, fellow multimedia reporter Jordan Reed and I braved the mild Michigan snowfall and its incompetent drivers to the Cobo Center, where they all gather to pick their next car to drive insipidly slow at the first sign of wintry wrath.