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OCTOBER THE OAKCPCNIt-IDOST 21 OAKLAND UNIVERSITY'S INDEPiNDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER -- 2015 — I OUR WEEKS SERVICE. TEDX SERIES. METRO SERIES. Student orgs give Final profile before Run down back to community conference hits campus on the rivalry PAGE 8 PAGE 15 PAGE 19 ontheweb After months of anticipation, Smokey Paws will be prowling campus this Friday between 10:30 am. and 1:30 p.m, five days thisweek a week. October 2 1 , 2015 // Volume 41. Issue 8 Read more at www.oaklandpostonline.com. POLL OF THE WEEK Halloween is creeping up now, what are your plans? a My risque costume is ready for the parties! 11:1 A lonely night of drinking and eating candy:! B Trick-or-treating, it's free food technically I'LL BE WITH YOU ALL NIGHT LONG Vote at www.oaklandpostonline.com LAST WEEK'S POLL Midterms are upon us already! How do you feel abaout it? A) Everything hurts and I'm dying :1 10 votes B)I'm a rare individual who's actually prepared! PHOTO (M- WEEK 2 votes CI My books are still wrapped in plastic... GRIZZLIES STUMBLE, BUT NEVER FALL ,7 On Saturday, Oct. 17, the Oakland University Football Club faced Miami Ohio Although they played a tough game, they were unable to defeat Miami and lost 48-9. DI[Pauses Netflix] WHAT MIDTERMS!? Dave Jackson // The Oakland Post Submit a photo to [email protected] for a chance to be featured. View all submissions at oaklandpostonline.com THIS WEEK IN HISTORY October 20, 1993 A 33-year-old Rochester Hills man was arrested after an alleged indecent exposure charge in Kresge Library. He was linked to five similar cases and faced possible life imprisonment. October 19, 1994 OU was compared to 70 other universities nationwide and found 74 percent of OU students used alcohol in the past 30 years. This number was under the national BALANCING WORK AND STUDIES LET THE TOMATOES FLY ALLI SPIKES TO VICTORY average. It's not easy working and being a Oakland University Student After being named the Defensive student, but some Golden Griz- Congress held its first ever tomato Player of the Week, junior volleyball October 23, 1996 zlies manage this while performing food fight this past weekend with player Alli Gutschow is the one to Plans to change the 30-year-old seats in the Varner as entertainers at The Palace of over one and half tons of ripe fruit watch. Recital Hall were forced to be put on hold thanks to the Auburn Hills. being flung. University Fund Drive. - Compiled by Cheyanne Kramer, Staff Reporter BY THE 31 11 1 32 2 NUMBERS Years Greg Kampe Projected number of Number of Horizon League Miles from OU to Joe Louis Number of NCAA Oakland men's has been head players in Oakland's preseason Player of the Year Arena, home of the Horizon Division I tournaments basketball coach rotation this year award winners League Tounament appearances Editorial The views expressed in Perspectives do not necessarily represent those of The Oakland Post, Editorial: Where has all the •THE OAKLAND POST Address 61 Oakland Center, Golden Grizzly pride gone? Rothester, MI 48309 Phone 248 370.4263 Many will be quick to second round of the NCAA Web vvwvv.oaklandpostonline.com Scott Davis Email t,ditorOoaklandpostonline corn Managing Editor point out that OU is mostly tournament. Women's vol- a commuter school, which leyball also made the NCAA certainly makes it harder tournament and the swim akland is at an all- to create an identity. Most team has been a power- editorial board time high in enroll- students come to school, go house for over three dec- Kristen Davis ment. For 17 straight to class and then leave for ades. Editor iri Chief O [email protected] either work or home. Other This is just an example of years, the school has expe- 248-370-4268 rienced growth, and this colleges have the luxury how there are so many more year was no different, with of having majority of their positive things happen- Scott Davis Da ni Cojocari Photo Editor a reported 20,711 students students on campus, which ing on campus. The school Managing Editor makes it easier for students is going through a growth [email protected] [email protected] enrolled at OU. 248-370-2537 248-370-4266 Along with the growth to make it feel like home. spurt and continues to put the school has experienced, Just because OU is a com- students and education first. there have been many muter school does not mean Is everything perfect? sections copy & visual changes around the univer- that it shouldn't feel like a Absolutely not, and guess Kevin Teller Cdf 1 pus Editor Megan Carson Nei Copy Editor sity as of late. New buildings, home for students. There what, that's okay. kitellerraoakland edil Morgan Dean Copy Editor a clock tower, a remodeled are plenty of places where Whenever people talk Nicholas Kim Copy Editor students can hangout on about OU, it always seems Grace Turner Faith Brody ,,py Editor Oakland Center and, most grr'rturnrrr54oaIaoU edu notably, the tuition hike. campus and there are cool to be a complaint or some- events happening almost thing negative. It's almost Nadia Marinova Copy intern A lot has changed during Jackson Gilbert Sports Editor Brian Curtin Copy Intern my four years here at OU, every day. never about how the busi- jigilberaoakland edu but something that has not Sports are obviously one ness school is top-50 in the Dave Jackson Photographer changed is the seemingly way universities try to in- country or how advanced Seen Gardner Web Editor Nowshin Chowdhury Photograpne, lack of school pride from the crease school pride on and the Beaumont building is. sdgardne@oakland edu Erika Barker apher off the campus. Most people OU students need to be Dongfu Han . Apher students. Bohdanna Cherstylo Photographer Let me clarify what I think who watched the Michigan reasonable with their ex- State at Michigan game this pectations for the school. I writers school pride is. It isn't wear- Jason Bombaci Multimedia intern ing face paint everywhere past weekend didn't attend understand they pay a large Cheyenne Kramer Staff Reporter Rachel Williams Staff you go or being in the stu- either of those schools, yet sum of money for their edu- Reporter Olivia Krafft designer Ally Racey Reporter those people show an im- cation and have high expec- • Taylor Reyes whic desioner dent section of every sport- Katlynn Emaus Staff Reporter ing event(but if you do that, mense amount of pride for tations, but this place isn't them. bad ShelbyTankersley Staff Reporter good for you). School pride as as many students Alexus Bomar -aft Reporter is being proud of the place OU sports teams might make it. There are so many advertising where you learn, grow and not generate as much at- ways for you to further your- Jake Smith Intern Hailee Mika develop into an adult. tention as Michigan or self, you just have to make Sarah Lawrence Intern Ads Director Michigan State, but they are the most of the opportunity Benjamin Peterson Blog intern adsOoaklandpostonline corn I understand that all col- 248.3704269 lege students complain something that many more you have. about their school, but this people should be paying at- Next time you think about Alvin Pitris is especially the case at OU. tention to. your OU experience, ask, distribution Assistant Advertising Manager Basketball gets the most 'what you are doing Amanda Bib. Yes, parking is a pain. Sure, to make Parker Simmons Distribution Director Ads Assistant some part of campus always publicity, and although it is it better?' Are you taking ad- seem to be under construc- for a good reason, many oth- vantage of the things offered Jacob Chessrown er teams on campus should here or just complaining Christian Hittz : promotions tion and don't get people Maria Juarez started about that tuition make students prideful of about parking? It's easy to Amruta Lachake Kelly Baum Promotions Manager hike. OU. complain, but I encourage Drake Dawson Did I mention people do Men's soccer had their you to take a step back and Austin Simmons advising most successful season last realize all of the possibilities Lauren Osgood not like the parking situa- Nicholson Reed Holly Gilbert tion? year by advancing to the at Oakland. Kayla Bates Jana Alj 0 7 Corrections Corner Don Ritenburgh n last week's story about MTD's "Oklahoma'" production, we incorrectly identified Emma Griffith as an understudy. We apologize for the mistake. Also in last week's issue, the photo credit for the American Markeeting Association article was givent to Alvin Pitris, but the photograph 110, follow us on Twitter was courtesy of Summayya Master. @theoaklandpost The Oakland Post corrects all errors of fact. If you know of an error, please e-mail managing@oaklandpostonline or call 248.370.2537. You can also write us at 61 Oakland Center Rochester, MI 48309. find us on Facebook facebook.com/theoakpost www.oaklandpostonline.com The Oakland Post // October 21, 2015 3 Perspectives The views expressed in Perspectives do not necessarily represent those of The Oakland Post. A better yOU:Lets get Crude conduct at ready for flu season clubfootball game Stay safe by getting vaccintated, eating healthy, staying hydrated Mary Catherine Moeller the kind of behavior that I Contributor would expect from a fellow Oakland University organ- Katie Rose CFC1516, which only takes rrhis past Saturday, I UPCOMING EVENTS: ization, especially from an Contributor about 15 seconds to fill out.