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JUNE THE OAKLAND POST 7 OAKLAND UNIVERSITY’S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER 2017 PRESIDENT PESCOVITZ Weeks stand between Pescovitz and Oakland’s seventh presidency PAGE 10 - 11 TUITION RISES. CAMERAS ROLLING. WILLIAMS GIVES BACK. Board of Trustees votes on tuition New specialization in cinema studies OU soccer player helps kids in Liberia increase, arts, and athletics program introduced attend school and play the game PAGE 3 PAGE 5 PAGE 19 Photo by Taylor Stinson / The Oakland Post ontheweb The new Sounthern Housing Complex will bring many new changes to residential life. PHOTO / Shelby Tankersley thismonth www.oaklandpostonline.com June 7, 2017 // Volume 42. Issue 28 POLL OF THE MONTH How would you describe your summer so far? A Netflix and naps B Working for the man C Eating, sleeping and crying D Full of EXPENSIVE vacations Vote at www.oaklandpostonline.com LAST ISSUE’S POLL Which presidential candidate do you prefer? A) Carl Camden 33 votes | 13% B) Ora Hirsch Pescovitz 210 votes | 52% C) Jean Ann Miller PHOTO OF THE MONTH 99 votes | 24% 14%D) Geroge Hynd BLOCKED OFF// The construction of the Oakland Center and Southern Housing Complex have made for a smaller- 63 votes | 16% feeling campus. Large areas of the buildings and sidewalks are blocked off. Summer students are finding the quickest ways to maneuver without going through the OC. SHELBY TANKERSLEY // The Oakland Post Submit a photo to [email protected] for a chance to be featured. View all submissions at oaklandpostonline.com THIS MONTH IN HISTORY June 11, 1990 Summer tuition was hiked by 6.03 percent for the 1990- 1991 adacemic year. This increase was approved by all but one Board of Trustees member. The one who voted against the increase feared it would hamper summer enrollment. June 11, 2003 The BOT voted to increase tuition by 9.91 percent. This 6 12 17 decision came a month after trustee Henry Baskin told the administration to come back with a figure under 12 LGBT PRIDE MONTH ARRIVES NEW PIRATES MOVIE SINKS KAMPE CLAIMS FAME percent, which was their original proposition. The Gay Straight Alliance is Despite success in the box office, Oakland University’s longtime Men’s spending June volenteering at “Dead Men Tell No Tales” fails to Basketball coach gets invited to the June 26, 2013 Ferndale and Motor City Pride. meet the expectations of long-time Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. The BOT increased tuition by 3.75 percent. Trustees PHOTO / Shelby Tankersley “Pirates” fans. PHOTO / IMDb PHOTO / Nowshin Chowdhury expressed concerns over lack of state funding. BY THE 9 in 10 73% 64% 42% LGBT youth are out to their of LGBT youth are more open of LGBT high school students are of LGBT young people do not feel accepted NUMBERS closest friends online than they are in everyday out to their classmates by their hometown community PRIDE MONTH life Human Rights Campaign Campus THE OAKLAND POST Address 61 Oakland Center 312 Meadow Brook Road Rochester, MI 48309 Phone (248) 370-4268 Web www.oaklandpostonline.com Email [email protected] editorial board Shelby Tankersley Editor-in-Chief [email protected] (248) 370-4268 Cheyanne Kramer Managing Editor [email protected] (248) 370-2537 Elyse Gregory John Bozick Photo Editor Web Editor [email protected] [email protected] (248) 370-4266 Nicole Morsfield / The Oakland Post The Board of Trustees voted on arts, athletics and tutition at its meeting on June 5 in Elliott Hall editors copy & visual Connor McNeeley Campus Editor AuJenee Hirsch Chief Copy Editor [email protected] Megan Luttinin Copy Editor Board of Trustees ups tuition Prakhya Chilukuri Copy Editor Laurel Kraus Life Editor Mina Fuqua Copy Editor [email protected] Shelby Tankersley affairs and provost, said adding the programs would Nicole Morsfield Photo Intern Editor-in-Chief add very few classes and therefore not cost the uni- Skylar Tolfree Sports Editor Michael Orlando Photo Intern versity a lot of money. This small addition will give [email protected] he Oakland University Board of Trustees vot- students more options when they graduate. Simon Albaugh Social Media Editor ed on a slew of things during its Monday, June “I think this is a great idea,” Lentini said. “Many of Marcella Banner Graphic Designer T5 meeting. Among the topics were adding a our students begin to teach once they graduate. So [email protected] bachelor of piano performance and pedagogy, a having this at the undergraduate level allows them bachelor of dance education and performance, to get teaching experience within a short time- Athletics’ budget for the coming fiscal year and an- frame.” writers distribution other raise in tuition starting in 2018. The proposal for the new majors was unani- Rachel Burnett Distribution Director mously approved. OU will be the only school to of- Katie LaDuke Staff Reporter Christian Miller Staff Reporter Hanna Boussi Distributor Tuition raise fer a pedagogy program in Michigan. This approval Falin Hakeem Staff Intern Christian Hiltz Distributor Shayna Jenkins Distributor The vast majority of OU’s funding, like many also puts OU ahead of the academic trend in offer- Mary Siring Staff Intern Maxwell Pelkey Distributor Michigan schools, comes from tuition dollars. Cur- ing arts education majors, not just minors. Trevor Tyle Staff Intern rently, OU gives most of its state appropriation “This is a shift in the profession,” Mary Wiggins, money to students through financial aid. OU also professor of music education said. “Other schools receives less state money per student than any oth- nationwide will follow suit, but we’ll be one of the er public university in Michigan. fi r s t .” The BOT pressed that money is needed to in- advertising advising crease the size of buildings and hire more staff and Athletics budget faculty. The BOT also reviewed the budget presented by Caroline Wallis Ads Director Garry Gilbert Editorial Adviser As enrollment is expected to be down in the fall Jeff Konya, the director of Athletics. Konya began [email protected] [email protected] (248) 370-4269 of 2018, the BOT proposed a 3.74 percent raise in by celebrating Athletic’s growth and success in the (248) 370-2105 Nicole Lardner Ads Assistant tuition for this academic year. The raise was unani- last few years. He then moved to a budget that will Don Ritenburgh Business Adviser Whitney Roemer Ads Assistant mously approved. However, the increase is not due replace some of the department’s old equipment. [email protected] to the current construction projects such as the The items needing replacement include the (248) 370-2533 Oakland Center expansion. broadcasting equipment for games, pole vault The BOT also approved the addition of 15 new equipment and a concessions tent. The largest faculty positions and added staff positions. This will request was for a new van for both the men’s and help combat OU’s position as Michigan’s university women’s golf teams. All items were approved. follow us on Twitter with the highest student-to-faculty ratio. As this was President George Hynd’s last meet- ing, Vice Chair David Tull ended the meeting by @theoaklandpost Bachelor programs giving Hynd a formal farewell. Hynd and the BOT follow us on Snapchat The Bachelor of piano performance and peda- celebrated his accomplishments and the accom- theoaklandpost gogy and Bachelor of dance education in perfor- plishments they believe are to come. mance will allow students to study those arts with “Oakland is headed in a terrific direction,” Hynd follow us on Instagram the pursuit of teaching when they leave college. said. @theoaklandpost Dance education is currently offered as a minor The BOT will meet again on at 2 p.m. on August 7 but students cannot major in it. It must be paired in Elliott Hall. At that time, OU’s new president Ora find us on Facebook with a major such as English, math or history that is Hirsch Pescovitz will sit with the BOT. She was pre- facebook.com/theoakpost universally transferable. sent at June’s meeting via phone as it was the first James Lentini, senior vice president for academic meeting held following her appointment. find us on Issuu issuu.com/op86 www.oaklandpostonline.com The Oakland Post // June 7, 2017 3 Campus Commemorating 50 years of service from the OUPD Oakland University Police Department celebrates half a century of being a vital part of safety and security on campus Laurel Kraus This year, the Oakland Universi- search Council of Michigan for Leonard served as the next director becoming confusing.” Life Editor ty Police Department celebrated its nine police officers and 20 firefight- of Public Safety for 24 years. Beginning in 2001, Adam Garcia 50-year anniversary on Thursday, ers to ensure public safety. “Every time you change police was the fourth director of Police for n September of 2016, Oak- April 20, prompting a look back to Oakland had been open for 10 chief positions, those are always a year before resigning and making land University was named 1967. years when the first four public very big days in the history of a way for Samuel C. Lucido, OUPD’s Ithe seventh safest large col- According to OUPD’s website, safety officers were hired, but fire police department because you end fifth chief of Police who served for lege campus in the country by the Department of Public Safety protection was pushed aside due to up going maybe in a different direc- 12 years. college resource website College was established due to a recom- budget limitations. tion or there’s a new vision for the “We had major events to handle,” Choice. mendation by the Citizens Re- The first Director of Public Safe- police department,” Gordon said.