BY EMMY LUCAS For The OU News Bureau Lent, the Catholic holiday of sacrifice has made its way into the millennium. Followers of the Catholic religion and other faiths have now added social media platforms such as Facebook to the list of temptations they shelve for the duration of the holiday of fasting that lasts [...]
Oakland University has adapted to students’ needs, expanding intellectual horizons to offer nontraditional courses that stretch beyond core subjects and allow students to explore other areas of interest. OU News Bureau reporter Audrey Ryskamp caught up with Professor Dean Purcell to learn about a class called Sensation & Perception (PSY 311). What department is the [...]
Oakland University has adapted to students’ needs, expanding intellectual horizons to offer nontraditional courses that stretch beyond core subjects and allow students to explore other areas of interest. OU News Bureau reporter Kyle Keith caught up with Phyllis White, special lecturer, to learn about a class called Song and Songwriting (MUS225). How popular is the [...]
Battling a feline who won’t use the litter box is a familiar, vexing problem to owners. BY JENNY JARONESKI OU News Bureau The problem began shortly after Christie Capriotti took pity and adopted two elderly cats destined to be euthanized. She found urine on her kitchen counter. Then smelled it on a living room wall [...]
BY RAYMOND ANDRE OU News Bureau Funeral processions retain their popularity as a traditional means to bid farewell to a loved one even as more cars clog the roads. While a national organization sees shifts in the custom, some Oakland County funeral directors say it’s just as prevalent as ever. Jessica Koth, public relations manager [...]
BY EVAN DENEAU OU News Bureau When the jobless become the homeless, they show up at the South Oakland Shelter and The Baldwin Center for help. For support, Oakland University students are there to help. These are two of the many shelters in metro Detroit that have seen a rise in first-time homeless from the [...]
BY MEGAN ROCHON OU News Bureau Local specialty food markets are increasing in popularity because they stand apart from the average grocery store, but they all have one thing in common — Michigan-made products. Ann Arbor-based Busch’s Fresh Food Market and Troy-based Nino Salvaggio International Marketplace both define themselves as fresh food markets. Both stores, [...]
BY WILL GIBBS OU News Bureau Tracy’s Corner Café in Warren at first seems like an unassuming coffee shop. But head downstairs and you’ll be greeted by images of superheroes, zombies and many other fantastic creatures. These creations are the product of more talented artists than you could shake a pencil at. Their work includes [...]
BY RAYMOND ANDRE OU News Bureau Oakland University has at least 12 religious student organizations, but until January, there was not a single campus group to represent secular students. Jaimie Wall, a 23-year-old psychology major, is the president of the Atheists at O.U. Wall said the idea for the Atheists at O.U. arose from conversations [...]
