NEURO-WHAT? It’S Brain Awareness Week Page 10

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NEURO-WHAT? It’s Brain Awareness Week Page 10

CLASS CREDITS LT. GOVERNOR SHOT DOWN OU considers changing course Garlin Gilchrist talks Michigan’s Men’s basketball loses in last credits from four to three future in technology second at LCA PAGE 4 PAGE 5 PAGE 7 GRAPHIC BY PRAKHYA CHILUKURI MARCH 13, 2019 | 2 THIS WEEK PHOTO OF THE WEEK THEOAKLANDPOST EDITORIAL BOARD AuJenee Hirsch Laurel Kraus Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor [email protected] [email protected] 248.370.4266 248.370.2537 Elyse Gregory Patrick Sullivan Photo Editor Web Editor [email protected] [email protected] 248.370.4266 EDITORS COPY&VISUAL Katie Valley Campus Editor Mina Fuqua Chief Copy Editor [email protected] Jessica Trudeau Copy Editor Zoe Garden Copy Editor Trevor Tyle Life&Arts Editor Erin O’Neill Graphic Designer [email protected] Prakhya Chilukuri Graphic Assistant

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PRIDE MONTH SPEAKER Poet and educator J Mase III opens Pride Month with pow- REPORTERS DISTRIBUTION erful slam poetry about his experiences being black and transgender, and talks about Benjamin Hume Staff Reporter Kat Malokofsky Distribution Director Distributor combating white supremacy and false allyship. PHOTO / NICOLE MORSFIELD Dean Vaglia Staff Reporter Alexander Pham Jonathan Savich Staff Reporter Bridget Janis Staff Reporter Taylor Crumley Staff Reporter Devin Boatwright Staff Reporter ADVISING Alyssa Ochss Staff Reporter Garry Gilbert Editorial Adviser [email protected] ADVERTISING 248.370.2105 Angela Gebert Ads Director Don Ritenburgh Business Adviser Janae Nelson Ads Assistant [email protected] 8 14 15 Whitney Shelby Ads Assistant 248.370.2533 WOMEN’S SWIM TEAM FUN BUT FLAWED SATIRE Freshman swimmer named “Captain Marvel” has heart, Take notes on how to Vote and connect at: Athlete of the Month. but plays it safe. survive St. Patrick’s Day. Photo courtesy/OU Athletics Photo courtesy/IMDB Graphic/Prakhya Chilukuri oaklandpostonline.com POLL OF THE WEEK LAST ISSUE’S POLL HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU WON TICKETS TO THE WILL YOU BE CELEBRATING PRIDE MONTH? KYLE & BLACKBEAR SPRING CONCERT? A) THRILLED! B) I ALREADY HAVE TICKETS. 41% 31% 21% 7% C) I HOPE I WIN! A) YASSSS OF B) NOT AT ALL. C) I’M ALWAYS D) WHAT’S D) WHO ARE KYLE & BLACKBEAR??? COURSE! PRIDEFUL. PRIDE MONTH? SPRING CONCERT CONTEST: The first 3 people to bring in a completed copy of the puzzles page on Tuesday, April 19, at 12:30 p.m. will win 2 free tickets to the Blackbear and KYLE concert on Friday, April 12, at 7 p.m. Students must present their OU ID to receive the tickets. MARCH 13, 2019 | 3 LOOKING BACK Recycling Task Force creates campus recycling plan

and chairman of the chemistry department at the time. cling plan was that each office may use a 90-gallon In 1990, he coordinated an informal 30-40 member cart on wheels to collect office paper in a desig- Recycling Task Force made up of students, staff and nated recycling area. Then, the materials would be faculty that created the recycling plan draft for campus. picked up and taken to receptacles provided by the Before creating the campus-wide effect, they had contractor. This ended up being approved by both to work out a couple of bugs, including finding the task force and Moore. locations for drops areas, obtaining funds for re- On Feb. 1, 1991, an office paper recycling site cycling and transporting recycling materials from was added in North Foundation Hall. The program buildings. began to limit the campus’ effect on landfills and According the Richard Moore, director of Build- lower the school’s disposal cost. ings and Grounds at the time, the contract bidding North Foundation Hall was the task force’s test for waste disposal was prolonging the program’s site for the program and plan that would soon hope THE OAKLAND POST ARCHIVES implementation. to go campus-wide. Amy Marcus using a recycling bin in North Foundation Hall. At the time, the university’s dorms were the only “If it isn’t going to work in your top adminis- buildings recycling, which was started by Senior trative building, how is it going to work anywhere Kathy Terbrack. She said recycling in the dormi- else?” Moore said then, explaining why they chose BRIDGET JANIS tories was easy because white paper, grocery bags, to start with North Foundation. Staff Reporter cardboard, metals and glass went in one bin where The program started off working on a volunteer it would then be picked up by Bushman Disposal basis and was using two 50-gallon barrels every With global warming becoming a hot topic over the Service and sorted. day for North Foundation. It was also up to indi- past few years, recycling has been taken more seri- “I believe recycling is important because there is viduals to take their papers to the east side of the ously. no need for us to waste natural resources,” Terbrack building and sort them into the according barrels, Oakland University has been seeing recycling as a said then. “We need to increase student awareness with white, colored and computer paper being the necessity since the beginning of 1991, with a recy- about recycling. In addition to increasing aware- only options. cling task force that submitted a plan to OU admin- ness, they need to get involved.” Since these events, OU has only grown and im- istration. The university was paying $73,000 a year for disposal proved its recycling habits, making recycling easier The plan was to bring a recycling system cam- at the time, with the cost of recycling being unknown. and the process smoother and creating an overall pus-wide, according to Paul Tamboulin, a professor The early draft of the Recycling Task Force recy- greener OU for the past few decades. 4 | MARCH 13, 2019 CAMPUS Class credits at OU might change from four to three Other schools follow the three credit system but will it improve or hurt our scores?

DEAN VAGLIA tani, business student, said. “Exams happen just as can Association of University Professors chapter Staff Reporter often, but it is easier to keep up with the content.” (OUAAUP), bringing another set of concerns to A concern faculty members have had is how this the table. change would affect students already taking class- “I simply want to make sure whatever changes The idea of changing the credit number for base es. are being made are going to be in the best interests classes from four to three has been floating around “Other schools that have done this,” Hitt said. of the faculty as a whole,” Discenna said. “We are at the provost and chair faculty level for quite a “There was no problem for the students that were in no way, shape or form opposed to this. It is sim- while. Back in December 2018, the Oakland Uni- almost finished. There was no problem for the ply a matter of how do we do it best so everybody versity Senate voted to lower the minimum number students that have not started. The students that can end up winning.” of credits to graduate from 124 to 120, which is are most impacted by the change actually are the Ryan Fox, president of OU Student Congress, is divisible by three. ones that are in classes... because they are the ones more skeptical. According to interim associate provost Anne Hitt, where the courses are going to go from four to three “If there is science that shows [a three-credit sys- the move from a four-credit system to a three-credit [credits].” tem] is better for students, then I would say ‘let’s system would make OU competitive with other lo- Despite this issue, members of both administra- do it,’” Fox said. “If that does not exist, then I cal universities. Hitt believes students would likely tion and faculty have found the idea of switching would be very cautious to switching to it.” take more classes, and have more exams but the appealing. Fox’s biggest concern is how OU, which he sees classes would be more specialized. “As a faculty member of the Department of Com- as decentralized, would implement and communi- There are two schools on campus that already munication,” Thomas Discenna said, “our depart- cate the change. This concern comes from the re- have three-credit systems: the School of Business ment has a masters program that is at a competitive cent change from a numeric to letter grading scale, and the School of Health Sciences, despite the 124 disadvantage with other masters programs within a change Fox saw as poorly communicated. credit minimum. our area because our credit hours are at four rather Despite Fox’s concerns, Hitt said this change will “[Winter 2019] is the first semester I have had than three, so I can see the advantages to switching not take place anytime soon. There is no set propos- mostly three-credit classes, and I have found the from four to three.” al for the senate, and it would still take three years workload to be a lot more manageable,” Sanjay An- Discenna is also president of the OU Ameri- after passing to go into effect.

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Technology that works. conversations with [the forestry depart- Gilchrist spoke to Oakland University ment]. ‘When you are going to remove a students about how technology can make tree, what do you do? What do you need governments more efficient at the March to know about the tree? How do you get 8 “Tech in Government” talk hosted by the that information?’” League of Engineers and Computer Sci- After collecting this information and entists (LECS) and GrizzHacks. Gilchrist visualizing it on a whiteboard, Gilchrist’s also spoke about what Michigan is doing team would spot inefficiencies and cut to prepare for a tech-saturated future. them down. “Gilchrist studied computer science and “And then, after having understood it computer engineering at the University of and have the process be a straight line and Michigan where he graduated with hon- not a maze,” Gilchrist said, “then we could ors in 2005,” said Shriyash Jalukar, LECS add some transparency to the process.” treasurer. “After graduating, he spent four This would come in the form of updat- years as a software engineer at Microsoft ing people about their requests. in Seattle, where he helped build Share- RYAN PINI | PHOTOGRAPHER Since Jan. 1, Gilchrist has been the lieu- Point into one of the fastest growing prod- With a background in computer science, Gilchrist uses tech to make a difference. tenant governor of Michigan. Despite the ucts in the company’s history.” change of title, Gilchrist plans to continue In Seattle, Gilchrist joined the 2008 groups Center for Community Change and ically, where I live, the question was ‘OK, using technology to help his political goals. Barack Obama campaign as social media MoveOn.org as director of new media and we are coming back from D.C.… What do “I see my role as lieutenant governor manager, kicking off his techno-political national campaign director, respectively. you want to do?’” Gilchrist said. “I want- [as a way] to empower the people who are career. On the Obama campaign team, When Gilchrist returned to Detroit in ed to do something that just impacted the currently working in state government, Gilchrist created a national text-messag- 2014, he began working for the city as its most possible people.” the people who are working alongside ing program—the first of its kind in the first ever director of innovation and emerg- As director of innovation and emerging state government as allies, and most im- United States. ing technologies—a role he established, technologies, Gilchrist was able to stream- portantly… to encourage other people to After Obama, Gilchrist moved from named and operated himself. line the process for citizens to report non- come and join these efforts so we can solve Washington State to Washington, D.C., “When we decided we would raise our 911 issues, such as dead trees, potholes problems for the benefit of all the people in where he began to work with activist children in Michigan and in Detroit specif- and clogged storm drains. the State of Michigan,” he said. 6 | MARCH 13, 2019 CAMPUS

Nonfiction writer Eula Biss to read her works at OU

BRIDGET JANIS America. It mostly focuses on what it means it be a white Biss has a wide range of topics to discuss, and

Staff Reporter woman and have white privilege. throughout her novels, there can be something for Her third book, “On Immunity: An Inoculation,” pub- everyone. Eula Biss, an American nonfiction writer, will be lished“ in 2014, was one of The New York Times Book “I’ve talked to some of my students in my Gen Ed attending Oakland University on Thursday, March Review’s 10 Best Books of 2014. The book is focuses on class who are nursing students, and they’re really 14, to talk about her works with the students, staff the issue of vaccination of children. interested because they are interested in the immu- and community. nization issue,” McCarty said. “[For] the philosophy “One of the most exciting writers working in America department, Eula Biss is interested in community right now, Eula Biss writes nonfiction but also poetic ethics. I think medical students, liberal arts students, essays, so she has a great appeal to all of our creative and everybody in between can get something out of writing students,” said Katie Hartsock, an English and What makes her special among creative this reading.” creative writing professor. “Beyond being a very excit- Biss coming to OU will be apart of a series spon- ing artist and creative writer, she also writes about a lot nonfiction writers is she writes about and sored by the Department of English, the Creative of really important social issues.” Writing program, the Honors College and the Judd Biss will be giving a reading of her current work in deals with issues of community ethics. Family Endowment. progress and will hold a question-and-answer session “Every year, the creative writing program and the following the reading. The audience can take this time English department at OU bring in a number of well- to ask about topics such as her next book or about her SUSAN MCCARTY known and well-respected writers,” McCarty said. past work. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN CREATIVE WRITING In the past, OU has had writers such as Stuart Dy- “For creative writing students, there’s just so much for bek, a poet and fiction writer; Carolyn Forché, an them to learn about what she does with her craft and her American poet; and Lorna Goodison, current Poet beautiful language, but also the research she puts into her “I think the whole community at OU can appreciate“ Laureate of Jamaica. writing as well,” Hartsock said. “She combines creativ- her writing, and everyone can appreciate the sort of real- “Eula Biss is special because she is a creative non- ity and research and poetic effects in unique ways.” ly complex and interesting ethical questions she’s asking fiction writer, but what makes her special among cre- Biss has published three books. Her first book, “The through her work,” said Susan McCarty, assistant pro- ative nonfiction writers is she writes about and deals Balloonists,” was published in 2002. fessor in creative writing. “I feel like one of the things with issues of community ethics,” McCarty said. Her second book, “Notes from No Man’s Land,” pub- we do as a university—and especially in the liberal arts The event will take place March 14 from 5:00 p.m. lished in 2009, won the National Book Critics Circle program—is we investigate humanism: what it is to be a to 6:30 p.m. in Oakland Center Gold Rooms A and B. Award for Criticism. It deals with the issues of race in person in the world.” There will be refreshments.

Researcher to speak about automatic conversation analysis better through many ways, including ing to Christ. KATIE VALLEY meeting goals of increased creativity, Chiu said creativity is an important Campus Editor solving problems more effectively and takeaway from his research, but digging building better relationships. into the specifics of that creativity is im- Coming from Hong Kong to Oakland “Anytime we have a conversation, we portant too. University, Dr. Ming Ming Chiu will host might want to think about what makes it “In terms of being creative, when a a lecture about his work with analyzing effective, we can look at what makes it group gets together to solve problems big data via artificial intelligence and sta- persuasive, what makes people become no single person can do alone, that’s of- tistics on Thursday, March 28. friends as opposed to not,” he sad. “So ten quite magical...” he said. “What I do Chiu, chair professor of analytics and basically, conversation is about how peo- is I try to understand what creates this diversity and director of the Assessment ple interact, and if we want to understand creativity…. It turns out it’s not simply Research Center at The Education Uni- how people interact, we collect data on having new ideas, it’s not simply correct versity of Hong Kong, has been using sta- the conversations, we analyze what’s go- ideas, it’s actually correct evaluations that tistics to analyze conversations for about ing on and then we try to make it better.” are most important.” 20 years. Chiu has collaborated with more than Chiu said the lecture is open to all, and He invented the Statistical Discourse 100 co-authors to publish more than 100 people who come do not need a back- Analysis (SDA) to model face-to-face journal articles. As part of his co-author ground in statistics or artificial intelli- and online conversations; the artificial in- list, Chiu has worked with OU reading gence to understand the topics. The event telligence program, Statistician, to run it; and language arts professor and research- will also include time for discussion, a multi-level diffusion analysis to search er Tanya Christ since 2008. which is what Christ thinks is the most for corruption in the music industry; and Christ said Chiu has a wide scope of generative part for students. PHOTO COURTESY OF DR. CHIU he created an online sexual predator de- interesting work, and he is dedicated to According to Christ, lecture attend- Dr. Chiu’s research focuses on what tection system. solving problems. ees will have the chance to tell Chiu affects and improves conversations. Chiu’s work aims to identify moments “He really has a wide range of applica- about their work and see how he truly in conversation that affect what people tions of the kinds of methods he does,” cares about discovering students’ pas- what they’re doing. I think something say, such as insights and topic shifts, ac- she said. “What makes him kind of unique sions for research. people should know is he’s really a great cording to a biography written on Chiu is when he finds a statistical problem that “Despite all of his success, he’s very person to talk to, particularly about the by Gaowei Chen. After analyzing the statistical methods just can’t answer, he down-to-earth,” Christ said. “I find when ideas you’re interested in.” conversations, Chiu offers suggestions on creates new statistical methods.” I take my students to conferences with The lecture, sponsored by the Depart- how to improve conversations based on The applications of the SDA methods me and they meet him, they always really ment of Reading and Language Arts, will the results. he developed are broad—his work can enjoy talking to him, and they’re always be Thursday, March 28, at 7 p.m. in Oak- Chiu said conversations can be made span across multiple disciplines, accord- really stoked by how interested he is in land Center Gold Rooms B and C. SPORTS MARCH 13, 2019 | 7 Oakland season ends with semifinal game The Golden Grizzlies will be looked at as a front runner for the Horizen League in 2020 JONATHAN SAVICH to put Oakland up two. After that, it was that deja vu mo- Staff Reporter ment for Oakland. McDonald was left open and the player of the year drained an open 3-pointer with 1.6 seconds remaining. The Golden Grizzlies were caught in the midst of one With no timeouts, Braden Norris had to heave up a three of the most quirky and twisty games that ended with a that ended up in the student section. game-winning dagger for Northern Kentucky Universi- “Obviously it’s disappointing,” Xavier Hill-Mais said. ty. For Oakland fans, it was nothing but heartbreak, but “Our guys fought back really hard, but he threw in that there is plenty to take away from the season and from last second shot. Obviously we’re disappointed, there’s this game. not much to say.” The action picked up in the last four minutes of the Oakland has ended their last four seasons in the Hori- game. Oakland was down 11, but came back from behind zon League Tournament on three game-winning shots and took the lead by two points. However, the Golden from the opponents and one missed winning shot on their Grizzlies’ defense missed the switch, leaving NKU’s SERGIO MONTANEZ | PHOTOGRAPHER behalf. It’s hard to swallow, but that’s why they call it Drew McDonald wide open and allowed him to hit the In the last four minutes, Oakland was down 11 points. march madness. The game isn’t truly lost on that one last game-winning three. Head Coach Greg Kampe empha- points per game this season. Although, on the big stage play, it’s a 40 minute game. sized in their last timeout to not let NKU take a three at tonight his presence wasn’t felt nearly as much as it need- any cost, and they left the Horizon League Player of the Looking back on the season, the consensus from the ed to be, at times he was overshadowed by the height of Year open. media was Oakland was going to be lackluster. Kampe the NKU big men. Hill-Mais was 4-12 from the field, he Guard Jaevin Cumberland was the star of the game for came in with an almost entirely new team, and the missed routine shots he had made all year and he felt the Oakland finishing with 27 points going 7-14 from beyond team of “misfits” blossomed into something special. pressure under the bright lights of Little Caesars Arena. the arc. Cumberland was fearless the whole game, with Players like first team all-freshman Norris stepped up Considering the whole team should be returning next his killer demeanor he helped claw the team back in the when their number was called, Norris was thrown into year, Oakland will be looked at as the front runner for game with two threes down the stretch to get Oakland the starting line up after former starting point guard the Horizon League in 2020. Cumberland, Hill-Mais and within five points with two minutes left. Brailen Neely transferred, and he became a top fresh- Brad Brechting will enter their senior years. From there, Tray Maddox nailed a three and had a grit- man in the conference. “The program is always good, it always has been ty grab, and put back to tie the game with under one min- Hill-Mais is another key piece on the team who made and it always will be,” said Kampe. “The basketball ute left. With 10 seconds left in the game, Cumberland leaps and bounds from his past seasons. Hill-Mais was gods haven’t been good to us in Detroit (in the Horizon was at the free throw line, he hit both without flinching named to the All-Horizon League Team, he averaged 18.5 League Tournament).” GRADUATE OPEN HOUSE

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grd20226/2.19 MEET STUDENT ATHLETES The Cumberlands: splash cousins apparently. Jaevin’s cousin, all-state and scored over 20 bulk, both Cumberlands are MICHAEL PEARCE Jarron, is the American Ath- points per game in his senior effective at slashing into Sports Editor letic Conference’s (AAC) season. the lane and getting layups, third leading scorer at 18.6 “When we grew up we as well as using their jump Jaevin Cumberland is one points per game. His team, lived in houses next to each shooting abilities in the mid- of the Horizon League’s best the Cincinnati Bearcats, is other,” Jaevin said. “We al- range game. Most of their The Cumberlands have shooters. The 22-year-old the 20th ranked team in the ways played together and game is predicated on the shooting guard was seventh country and looks to receive were always close. We were three ball, though. in the Horizon League this an at-large bid in the NCAA kind of like brothers, we were “We were brought up combined for 437 season in total points scored tournament coming out of always together growing up.” to just put the ball in the with 16.6 points per game, the AAC. Jarron, 21, is an efficient basket in the best way pos- and shot 39 percent from be- As a junior, Jarron has scorer as well. In high school, sible,” Jaevin said. “For attempted 3-pointers yond the arc on the second become one of the faces of he averaged 29.6 points, 7.4 us, that just happens to be most attempts in the league Cincinnati basketball. He has rebounds and 3.6 steals per shooting.” (98). scored at-will and led a top game. He broke Jaevin’s With Jaevin’s junior sea- Oakland University stu- school in the nation to a 25-6 career point record, scoring son coming to an end in the dents and fans alike know record in the regular season, 2,383 points. He was a final- Horizon League tourna- Jaevin for his off-dribble with their only real in-con- ist for Mr. Basketball in Ohio ment, Jarron looks to con- They’re both minutes 3-point shots and high-lev- ference challenger being the and a finalist for the McDon- tinue as Cincinnati enters el slashing ability. At 6-foot University of Houston. ald’s All American list. the AAC tournament, and 3-inches tall and 185 pounds, Both Cumberlands grew He is shooting 42 percent most likely will receive a leaders on their team, Jaevin is a crafty scoring up in Wilmington, Ohio from 3-point range, which bid in the NCAA tourna- guard who can do it all on the ,where they played for Wilm- puts him at second in the ment. Despite being 292 offensive end and is solid de- ington High School together. AAC. Despite being two miles away, the cousins combining for 2,177 fensively too, averaging over Jaevin set the career points inches taller and 20 pounds will become unquestioned one steal per game. record at Wilmington High heavier than Jaevin, they leaders on their respective Scoring and shooting at the time, scoring 1,846 both have similar playstyles. teams for their final seasons minutes played 3-pointers runs in the family, career points. He was named While Jarron has more playing college basketball.

PHOTO COURTESY OF JAEVIN CUMBERLAND The two were raised in Both get to the free the same neighborhood and have been perfecting throw line with ease, their basketball skills since adolescence. combining for 310 attempts

Jaevin has scored 539 points, Jarron has scored 569

Jaevin has 111 assists, Jarron has 110

PHOTO COURTESY OF CINCINNATI ATHLETICS PHOTO COURTESY OF OAKLAND ATHLETICS Jarron has achieved a career high of 11 rebounds. Jaevin has scored an average of 16.6 per game. MEET STUDENT ATHLETES HIGHLIGHTS

2017 MHSAA Division 3 Swimmer of the Year

4x MHSAA Division

3x Individual State Champion

3x Catholic Central Swim and Dive Most PHOTO COURTESY OF OAKLAND ATHLETICS Susan LaGrand’s passion for swimming grew as she entered high school and began challenging herself. She is dedicated to giving the sport everything she has. Freshman swimmer making waves Valuable Athlete engulfed with the sport and knew she and the last little bit of that race you just DEVIN BOATWRIGHT would take it further than high school dig deep and muster up the will to finish. Staff Reporter level competition. When I hit the last wall, I felt good about TOP TIMES Susan LaGrand, a freshman on the “Most people start when they are it, but I didn’t realize it was that good, women’s swim team, has already made younger, around 4 to 6, so I technical- so I was in complete shock. I honestly a name for herself and has no plans of ly came a little late,” LaGrand said. “I thought the board glitched and maybe I stopping anytime soon. wasn’t very good, well I was okay, just didn’t go that fast. I was off 2 seconds She was recently named the United there trying to learn at first. We then in the morning when we practiced so it Shore Student Athlete of the Month started to move to teams that were a lot wasn’t even in my mind that I was going 100-yard Backstroke after her performance in the Horizon harder than the last and so on. When to get the record. Going from that to see- League Championship. She feels hon- I hit high school my freshman year, I ing 1:56 was just unbelievable.” ored to have received such recognition won the state meet in the 100-butterfly Before the swim meets, LaGrand lis- 55.85 and grateful that the school recognizes and from there my coaches knew they tens to some slow music to keep herself individual accomplishments. could push me harder. I enjoyed every- calm and ready to go. “It’s honestly such a great feeling,” thing they threw at me and I wanted it “I perform way better when I’m LaGrand said. “We work so hard all to be more challenging the further I got. calm,” LaGrand said. “Most people put year and my team pushes me so hard So, by the time college was around the their headphones in and listen to some to be great. I come from a place where corner I already knew that I wanted to hardcore, upbeat music. I like to feel 100-yard Butterfly 56.24 sports weren’t valued all too much so keep going.” calm almost as if I’m in practice. When coming to a large university where LaGrand took home five individu- people ask me what’s a song that gets they can still recognize individual ac- al championships in the championship me pumped, it’s a song called ‘Sun- complishments is amazing. Being able meet including the 200-backstroke shine,’ which is not like a Mo Bamba or to look into all the different sports and where she recorded a time of 1:56:74, anything. I do that because if I get too pick the outstanding individuals and re- which is now the second quickest time into it, I’m known to go out there start design by Mina Fuqua ward them makes me really proud to be in Oakland University history. She was too fast and end up tanking at the end, graphics by Erin O’Neill at Oakland.” selfless, saying that her efforts were for so I just keep calm and stay focused for LaGrand got her start in swimming the team, and giving her all for them was when it’s time to go.” when she was only 8 years old. When the sole reason as to why she able to per- You can catch LaGrand and the rest she started, she admits she wasn’t the form so well. of the Oakland University swim team best, or anywhere near it. However, “For this one. it was just for the team,” at the CSCAA National Invitation in when high school came, she became she said. “You give it everything you got Cleveland, Ohio March 14-16. 10 | MARCH 13, 2019 LIFE&ARTS

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LAUREL KRAUS strokes, which is one of the most com- Managing Editor mon neurological diseases and which has been making progress over the last 20 years. As of 2017, just under $800 billion was “It used to be that for a time you spent annually in the United States as a couldn’t do anything for the patient ex- result of neurological diseases that almost cept rehab, then eventually we started a third of the population suffer from, ac- Registration by class standing and earned credit hours will begin Monday, offering treatments but it had to hap- cording to The Huffington Post, which March 18 at 6 a.m. Eligible students will register for summer 2019, fall 2019 pen within the first three hours of the also stated this exceeds the U.S. military and winter 2020 classes. stroke, which was a very narrow win- budget by $100 billion. dow,” Patino said. “Now we’re being In an effort to both open the public’s See your academic adviser and register for classes on your appointed day. able to offer more and more options eyes and reduce these numbers, Brain going into the first 24-48 hours, and Awareness Week (BAW) began in 1995 that has really changed the prognoses STAY ON TRACK FOR GRADUATION as a world-wide effort, this year landing of stroke patients.” Check out Degree Works, OU’s degree audit tool, at mysail.oakland.edu to on March 11-17. Looking toward the future, neu- monitor your progress toward degree completion. And consider taking summer “Brain Awareness Week started as a rodegenerative diseases such as Par- classes to get ahead in your studies — you can even live on campus at a program to bring more information to kinson’s Disease are areas that hold a discounted summer rate. Learn more at oakland.edu/housing/cost. the public about neuroscience in general, lot of promise but still require a lot of and in particular some of the diseases that progress according to Patino. affect the brain like epilepsy, strokes and “We’ve been able to make a big dif- dementia,” said Dr. Gustavo Patino, as- WHEN TO REGISTER ference for patients, especially with the sistant professor of neuroscience at Oak- CLASS STANDING/EARNED CREDIT HOURS REGISTRATION DATES use of surgical techniques, but we are land University. (ALL START AT 6 AM) still not able to halt the progress of the He also stated it is important to have disease,” he said, referring to Parkin- Graduate students, March 18 this week for two reasons: public ed- son’s. “Those are areas where I hope veterans and Honors ucation about the body including why we’ll be able to make huge progress in College students it’s important to do research and under- the next 10 years.” stand how our bodies work, and bringing Second March 19 While brain research is a large scale awareness to diseases that exist, possibili- undergraduate effort, there are also ways in which the ties in terms of recognizing them prompt- degree students average OU student could pitch in. ly, and reducing stigmas. Patino suggests calling one’s con- Seniors with 121 credits or more March 19 “All those things you take for granted gressperson and encouraging them to when you have good health, you don’t support biomedical research and the realize how somebody who might have

work of funding agencies such as the Seniors with 91 credits or more March 20 some of these diseases, loses access to National Institutes of Health and the those things,” Patino said. Centers for Disease Control and Pre- Among the biggest brain research Juniors with 73 credits or more March 21 “ vention, as well as become familiar breakthroughs in the past are migraines, with the signs of stroke so that loved multiple sclerosis and, in particular, ones can be brought to specialists fast- Juniors with 56 credits or more March 22 er which makes for a better prognosis. Additionally, Gina Chippi, president of Neurology Club at OU, sug- Sophomores with 42 credits or more March 25 Brain Awareness Week gested gathering your own information on neurological diseases and started as a program to Sophomores with 28 credits or more March 26 bring more information to their research in order to form your the public about neuro- own opinion. science in general, and in “I think it’s important for everyone Freshmen with 16 credits or more March 27 particular some of the dis- to know what the brain is capable of eases that affect the brain and the fragility of a brain,” she said. like epilepsy, strokes and In celebration of BAM, the Neurol- Freshmen with less than 16 credits March 28 dementia. ogy Club held an event on Tuesday, March 12 at noon where Patino dis- cussed neuroanatomy followed by a All other students March 29 brain bee, which is similar to Jeopardy.

DR. GUSTAVO PATINO “I thought it’d be great to bring it OU PROF. OF NEUROSCIENCE to Oakland and share it with our stu- The chart is based upon the combination of total degree credit hours earned on an OU “ dents,” Chippi said. transcript as of March 4, 2019. Enrolled credits will not be considered. MARCH 13, 2019 | 11 PUZZLES Across 56. Fragrant wood 30. Diner 1. Minimum 60. Impersonator 31. Fellow leading actor 6. Look-alike 61. Customer 34. Detective’s 10. Unchanged 62. Baton ____ assignment 14. Our planet 63. Bears’ lairs 35. On top of 15. Dislike intensely 64. Nip 36. Gender 16. Woeful word 65. Stopped 37. Goad 17. More frosty 66. In addition 39. Actress ____ Burstyn 18. Perpetually 67. Soothe 43. Unspecified person 19. Pelvic joints 44. Reluctant 20. Mold Down 46. Holy 21. Noteworthy 1. Hawaiian necklaces 47. Barter 23. Uncle ____ 2. To ____ his own 48. Ward off 25. Zodiac ram 3. Opera highlight 49. Unlocks 26. Add comments to 4. New spouse’s boy 52. Toothpaste container 31. Espionage org. 5. Menace 53. Europe’s neighbor 32. MGM’s symbol 6. Those there 54. New Jersey team 33. Church official 7. Hand gesture 55. Yew or willow 35. Strike caller 8. Ledger entry 57. Guy 38. Shade tree 9. Infamous emperor 58. Old 39. Bliss 10. African desert 59. Cincinnati 40. Golf goal 11. Suspect’s story baseballers 41. So-so grade 12. Syrup tree 42. Newest 13. Highway curves 43. Perform alone 22. Drizzly 44. Swiss mountain 24. Zany 45. Used logic 26. Baldwin or Guinness 47. Treasure ____ 27. Cairo’s river 50. Ewe’s mate 28. Alaskan port 51. Apologetic 29. Exam NOVICE EASY

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The views expressed in Opinions do not OPINION necessarily represent those of The Oakland Post. Signs of preparing a launch seen in North Korea continue talks about neutering North Korean nuclear ca- he said, as if it wasn’t his very own intelligence officials pabilities. giving him this critical information. The fact that the first summit ended with increased activ- This subpar level of international diplomatic skills have ity on the rocket launching front should have been a pretty really been one of the many examples reinforcing Trump’s easy indicator for how well the second summit would go. ineptitude over the course of his presidency. Much like Commercial satellite imagery taken on March 6 and 8 everything else he does, his incompetence is beginning to and analyzed by the Beyond Parallel program of the Center affect the world in much more dangerous ways. for Strategic and International Studies showed preparations Even just focusing on the multiple failings of his disar- for the “delivery of a rocket” at the Sohae launch facility. mament talks with North Korea, if Trump does not begin The Sohae location was not the only place with in- to understand that his methods of interaction are not work- creased activity since February. The destruction of the ing, the world will pay the price. There are certainly ways underground testing site last May that Trump touted as ev- of reducing the nuclear threat of North Korea that do not idence of North Korea taking steps toward disarmament include violence, that aspect of his policy I can at least was never inspected by anyone to confirm its destruction somewhat understand. — Kim Jong-un did not allow it to be seen after the en- But when you tweet as soon as you land on American trances were blown up. soil that there is “no longer a Nuclear Threat from North Additional commercial satellite photos suggest the Korea,” then continue to ignore every bit of information buildings containing the control rooms and computers used about the situation that your aides give you, you put the to trigger and study the explosions were not actually de- United States and the world at risk due to your stupidity. BEN HUME stroyed, simply put into storage and carefully mothballed, The last time I recall the president of the United States Staff Reporter according to The New York Times. ignoring foreign intelligence, thinking too highly of the On top of this, intelligence estimates suggest that North abilities of himself and taking risks without any thought of The nuclear disarmament summit that occurred in Viet- Korea could have produced enough uranium and plutoni- the supreme consequences, we went to war in the Middle nam at the end of February seems to have been for naught, um to fuel at least six new nuclear warheads. East for more than a decade, arguably to this very day. coming as no surprise to most of the people who were pay- The only thing Trump offered as a retort to this growing And as we now know, Iraq didn’t even have nuclear ing attention at the time. President Donald Trump and Kim anxiety was unhelpful. weapons. Now Trump has shown that same hubris, with no Jong-un met for the second time nearly two weeks ago to “Some people are saying that and some people aren’t,” benefit of a second try if everything goes horribly wrong.

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248-791-9289 KaftanCommunities.com 14 | MARCH 13, 2019 OPINION The views expressed in Opinion do not necessarily represent those of The Oakland Post. ‘Captain Marvel’ a flawed, but fun, superhero flick TREVOR TYLE Talos (Ben Mendelsohn), Carol escapes, this — in spite of their many, many fuck- Life&Arts Editor crash-landing on the planet C-53 — bet- ups, “Wonder Woman” is a damn good ter known to us as Earth. While there, she film and certainly flows better than “Cap- It’s only taken 21 films, but Marvel has encounters S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Nick Fury tain Marvel.” But the latter feels fresher finally put a female protagonist at the fore- (a convincing, digitally de-aged Samuel and takes more narrative risks, in spite of front of their latest flick — and a badass L. Jackson), who gets wrapped up in her its formulaic cushion. one, at that. quest to discover her true identity and end Regardless of which you like better, though, we are lucky to live in a time The company’s latest offering, “Captain the war between her people, the Kree, and where there are so many badass females Marvel,” comes just one month before what the Skrulls. leading the big screen. Unfortunately, I will surely be their biggest release so far — “Captain Marvel” is far from a perfect can already see Captain Marvel suffer- “Avengers: Endgame” — so it’s safe to say film. I’d be lying if I said the first 20 min- ing the same fate “Star Wars” protagonist there was a fair amount of pressure for this utes or so aren’t utterly incoherent on the Rey did — being attacked by an army of film to be good. For the most part, it suc- first watch, and as a whole, the film suffers butthurt fanboys that complain about her ceeds, though it’s far from a flawless effort. from some major pacing issues. But in being a “Mary Sue.” Hell, they already tar- Set in 1995, the film serves as an- in spite of its occasional lackluster moments, PHOTO COURTESY OF IMDb there’s a lot to love here — including a geted the film’s Rotten Tomatoes audience troduction to its titular heroine, played by Lead actress Brie Larson breaks record score before it was even released. But in the incomparable Brie Larson. (It’s worth heartwarming tribute to the late Stan Lee, as she is Marvel’s first female superhero. who passed away earlier this year. spite of that, it shouldn’t deter you from noting that she’s referred to only as Vers, Ryan Fleck should be commended for their seeing this film. derived from her full name Carol Danvers, The film’s biggest issue lies in its- pre emphasis on character development and “Captain Marvel” is far from the best throughout the course of the two-hour-long dictable finale, which can largely be- at backstory — even if it is clunky at times. Marvel film — and hell, that’s a difficult film.) She’s on a journey of self-discovery, tributed to the fact that Captain Marvel is Larson should also be lauded for bringing feat to accomplish when you’re following of sorts, having lost all memory and having already expected to be crucial to the out- everything she’s got to the titular character, up “Black Panther” and “Infinity War.” It only a vague idea of who she is. come of “Endgame.” Much like last year’s playing her with the perfect combination of remains to be seen if the titular character An American fighter pilot-turned-space “Avengers: Infinity War,” the stakes aren’t wit and grit. will go on to have a legacy like Captain warrior, we find Carol fighting alongside very high — yet — because we already And while I’m certainly not one to pit America or Iron Man, but at the end of the her mentor Yon-Rogg (Jude Law) in a war know Marvel has plans for its protagonists women against each other, “Captain Mar- day, the character — and her film — offers against the shape-shifting Skrull species in upcoming releases. vel” will inevitably be compared to “Won- a lot of heart at a time when we need it most. at the start of the film. After enduring a While “Captain Marvel” may play it just der Woman,” the first female-fronted film mind probe at the hands of Skrull leader a smidge safe, directors Anna Boden and in rival DC Comics’ repertoire. I’ll give DC Rating: 3.5/5 stars MARCH 13, 2019 | 15 The views expressed in Satire do not necessarily SATIRE represent those of The Oakland Post. The best ways to survive St. Patrick’s Day PATRICK SULLIVAN to both physical damage and social norms during the Web Editor time they are intoxicated. I’ve lovingly labeled this phenomenon as the Al- St. Patrick’s Day is one of the greatest creations pha Alcoholic, and an easy way to get through St. that mankind has come up with in the 200,000 years Paddy’s is to just inhale as much liquor as possible we’ve been on this rock. It’s an excuse to let loose to have this title be thrust onto you. An easy way to and get blackout drunk on a Sunday, which I usually tell if you’ve reached this level or not is to either do but this week I won’t get judged for it. smash your head into a wall, or make a move on your However, people go a little crazy when it comes to best friend. If you don’t feel anything from either of the Irish Holiday. Here are some tips if you want to those, congratulations, you made it! make it out of the day alive and with only a handful of regretful, life-altering mistakes. Be named Patrick There’s not a lot to protect you from the drunk- Wear Green en masses when the Irish holiday is in full swing. Obviously there’s a tradition of wearing green on If the last 22 years of my life have taught me any- St. Patrick’s Day in order to pretend that you’re Irish thing though, it’s that being named Patrick is both or a leprechaun or something. However, there is a a blessing and a curse. 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