Oakland University restyles dining choices BY RUTH FREEMAN OU News Bureau With more people watching what they eat, Oakland University is trying to provide options for students interested in good nutrition. Students looking for a bite these days have more places to choose from on campus than they did 10 years ago when Burger King [...]
Fans of classic movies keep Hollywood’s finest films alive BY RACHEL RITZENTHALER OU News Bureau As the decades go by and classic movies become older, there are those who won’t let them disappear. At a few theaters and in cinema classes, these lovers of Hollywood’s best devote their time to helping younger generations appreciate movies [...]
TROY FRISBY OU News Bureau When Brenna Larsen couldn’t find a part-time job at a physical therapy clinic, she turned to the library for help. A reference librarian at the Rochester Hills Public Library showed her how to search for books on writing résumés while teaching how to narrow a search on the Oakland University [...]
BY MIKE ESPEJO OU News Bureau Your maple trees are sick, but they’re not dying. Across Oakland County, maple trees of Oakland County look like they’ve caught the plague. In lieu of vibrant fall colors, leaves are covered with black and brown spots, and prematurely fall to the ground. The culprit: fungi. Called tar spot, [...]
(See video at bottom) BY MARK COWAN JR. OU News Bureau Whitetail deer roam the campus of Oakland University. Staff and students alike have documented their boldness. “They have become extremely well adapted to a suburban environment,” says Keith Berven, associate professor with the OU Department of Biological Sciences. “They eat pretty much everything humans [...]
MAYURI MUNOT OU News Bureau Oakland University is joining the ranks of universities that are aggressively attacking the problem of finding jobs for students. With unemployment in Michigan at 10.9 percent, OU’s career services is embracing technology, adopting social media and expanding marketing to help graduates find what they came here for — work. “We [...]