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INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER 2014 TITANIC VICTORY OAKLAND PREVAILS OVER DETROIT IN RENEWED RIVALRY- Pages 8-9 THE WHEEL OLYMPIC LOST AND DEAL BOUND FOUND The North American Michigan-trained figure Copy editor Brian Figurski International Auto Show skaters are heading to finds his missing friend highlights new vehicles the winter games after many long years PAGE 7 PAGE 10 PAGE 16 ontheweb See the full women's soccer senior Cl&A to find out just what they learned thisweek during their playing careers at Oakland University. January 15, 2014 // Volume 40. Issue 16 www.oaklandpostonline.com POLL OF THE WEEK What do you think of the rekindled rivalry with the Detroit Titans? el They're not worth our time O I'm glad OU has a new rival fl Down with the Titans! I hate them! I don't follow sports Vote at www.oaklandpostonline.com LAST WEEK'S POLL What did you think of the two snow days marking the beginning of this semester? A) It was great having an extra two days of vacation. 53.6% B) OU needed to do it to keep us safe. PHOTO )F THE WEEK 464% C) I feel ripped off. I pay for classes. 0% BRAVERY IN THE BUZZARD// Editor-in-Chief Scott Wolchek prepares himself for a dreaded walk to The Post on Jan 7, the second day OU was closed for a snow day. He whined a lot about how it took tun-130minutes to clear D) I don't care, all of my classes are online the snow off of his car, but he was courageous enough to don a ski mask, a blazer and white sweat pants lust to 0% get into his office. Unfortunately, he found out the hard way the door was locked JON DAVIS // 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 JANUARY 15, 1965 OU's newest classroom building was named in honor of Mathilda R. Wilson. The $2.5 million •••• structure that included an art gallery was stated to be complete by early '66 Tar JANUARY 15, 1979 OU's Board of Trustees approved the construction 5 of a road North of Meadow Brook Music Festival, • what is now Meadow Brook Road. The $100,000 BEAR BUS, BEAR TRACKS BADER DEADLY FROM THREE BANNERS FLYING OVERHEAD project was funded by the state highway commis- A newly developed app allows Oakland University guard Travis Oakland University and Auburn Hills sion and included a bike path. for students and faculty alike to Bader speaks on chasing down the team up on an advertising project locate the Bear Buses on campus, 3-point record and looks back on his and become 'banner buddies.' Find JANUARY 13, 1993 wherever they may be. Golden Grizzly career in a Q&A with out more about the many new signs Oakland County executive L. Brooks Patterson The Post. scattered about University Drive. stepped down from the OU Board of Trustees. 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EDITORIAL Bearing all the weight ofthe holidays Examining the 'War on Christmas;and how cold itfeels to be the outsider this season top the new bell tower, 151 feet up, sits getting placed above everything else." the perfect example of why the month of I do not know who's choice it was to place the ADecember is a cold hell for any Jew. tree there—whether it was that of the University or I was raised in a predominately Jewish house- the random acts of some overly festive construction hold. It wasn't a bad existence, and really, it workers. Regardless, I'm not angry; I don't was pretty much like everyone else's. feel that they've done anything wrong. But the first early lesson in that commu- They've just done what every other organi- nity comes around this time of year: how zation has already done. inescapable and suffocating the spirit of Placed Christmas at the top, and didn't Christmas really is.