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POLICE TRAINING BREONNA TAYLOR ESPORTS COMPETE OUPD and Housing join Disappointing verdict causes unrest Teams gain learning experience together for new training video for many BLM supporters at the start of their season PAGE 7 PAGE 12 PAGE 14 PHOTO BY: MAGGIE WILLARD SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 | 2 THIS WEEK

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Housing environmental committee promoted recycling and being“ environmentally aware in 1990 AUTUMN PAGE Kelley Lind, a Vandenburg resident, spoke about the Staff Reporter positives of the bins. “My roommates and I went and got one of the recycling bins The resident halls council environmental committee started To be successful, you need continuing they’ve been giving out. It’s not like it’s hard to recycle and a to place recycling bins throughout the buildings. lot of good comes out of it, so why not?” Lind said. “We want to maintain and promote a nice environment to education about recycling and continuing Terbrack didn’t know how the program would pan out, and be seen outside and inside the campus,” said Kathy Terbrack, had set an evaluation for the end of the month. vice president of residence halls council and coordinator of the support from the administration. “We’re really pushing the program in hopes of the environmental committee. entire campus getting involved. It’s really easy to The Oakland University recycling program began in 1989 Rebecca Wasko, co-chair of the recycle,” Pokorski said. when several students encouraged a program to be made. Preserve and Protect Club OU wasn’t the only one getting involved in recycling, Terbrack gave credit to social media and Earth Day. Oakland Community College (OCC) began a program during “I’d like to see enough support for recycling on both sides of “ the spring semester of 1990. the bridge,” said Mark Weptstein, member of the environmental “It’s good that they started this kind of a program for the The Auburn Hills campus collected 2,000 pounds of office committee on campus. more environmentally conscious students at OU,” she said. paper the first month, according to Rebecca Wasko, co- Instructional booklets were left at the front desks of residence Items that could be recycled are flyers, typing paper, note chairperson of the Preserve and Protect Club. halls. The booklet had information on what can be recycled pads, computer paper, brown grocery bags, corrugated Wasko urged the importance of education about recycling and taken by Bushman Disposal in Oxford, the company OU cardboard, glass containers with no lids and metal containers, and taking action. uses to remove waste, and where items can be recycled. like pop cans. “To be successful, you need continuing education about “We’re trying to get everyone on the floors involved. The recycling bins were placed on every floor of the recycling and continuing support from the administration,” Basically, we’re sending out flyers, giving out recycling residence halls for accessibility. Wasko said. baskets and we’ve been talking about holding contests to “More people seem to be getting interested,” Weptstein said. On campus today, there’s a task force with the goal of get people involved,” said Heiedi Pokorski, chair of the “A lot of waste is being thrown into the recycle bins on each campus sustainability. A key element is the OU Recycles environmental committee. of the floors.” campaign, and the club partners with other communication Amy Novak, a resident at Hill House, took notice of the areas of OU to spread awareness. changes and liked the new addition to the halls. 4 | SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 CAMPUS ‘Letters to St. Jude’ initiative taking place through Oct. 31

LAUREN REID my heart for kids who are suffering from life-threaten- Staff Reporter ing illnesses.” Make a Difference week is also coming up, beginning Oakland University students have the opportunity to Oct. 19 through Oct. 24. Each day will come with a dif- write a virtual letter to St. Jude patients until Oct. 31, ferent volunteer opportunity where students can partici- as part of an initiative by OU’s Leadership and Volun- pate either virtually or in-person. teer Center. “In the past, it’s been Make a Difference Day, where we “The Letters to St. Jude Patients is part of our initiative sent students to locations off-campus to do community ser- this year to provide high impact, virtual or long distance vice,” Bernas said. “[This year], because of COVID-19, the service opportunities for students and staff,” said Jeremy school can’t sponsor any travel events, so we knew it had to Heinlein, coordinator of leadership and service programs be either on-campus or virtual.” at the Office for Student Involvement (OSI) via email. Make a Difference week spans five days, kicking off “Our goal is to stay community focused even during re- with the creation of audiobooks on Monday, Oct. 19 and strictions placed due to COVID-19.” wrapping up with an in-person volunteer opportunity at To write a letter, students can visit the letter's to St. the student farm on Friday, Oct. 24. Jude patients page on the OU calendar and click on the Other Make a Difference week opportunities include link, where they will be redirected to St. Jude’s website. writing thank-you letters to blood donors, making dog From here, students can select artwork for their card toys out of t-shirts and blankets and coloring motivation- and write a message, either personalized or pre-written, al drawings for sick children. and it’s free. Amidst all of the uncertainty COVID-19 presents, Ber- Emily Bernas, graduate assistant for leadership and nas mentioned students still want volunteer hours and or- service learning at the OSI, mentioned finding commu- PHOTO COURTESY OF PR NEWSWIRE ganizations still need lots of help. nity service opportunities is difficult amid COVID-19, Until Oct. 31, students can write letters to St. Jude “It’s not only me trying to get creative with commu- but writing letters came to mind as a safe service outlet. patients through the Leadership and Volunteer Center. nity service opportunities, but it’s nonprofits getting The Letters to St. Jude opportunity popped up with a creative trying to get help without having in-person quick Google search, as said by Bernas. Bernas believed the Letters to St. Jude opportunity was gatherings,” Bernas said. “It’s been interesting to see “Once I clicked on the [page], I [realized] it was su- perfect to put up on GrizzOrgs, and hopes students will how creative people have been and how open to new per easy to write a letter,” Bernas said. “St. Jude [will] keep writing letters. ideas [they are].” print the letters out and deliver them to each room as “[Last] summer, I worked with a nonprofit organiza- For more information on upcoming initiatives and ser- they go. It takes probably two minutes, it’s super quick tion similar to Make-A-Wish but exclusively for chil- vice opportunities, visit the OSI homepage. — I hop on every morning [to] do one and send it in.” dren in Michigan,” Bernas said. “I have a soft spot in SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 | 5

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Contact [email protected] & [email protected] with a resume and three writing samples of any kind. 6 | SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 CAMPUS Professor wins engagement award in nursing GRIZZLIES BRIDGET JANIS they would be seeing,” Hernandez said. PROTECT Staff Reporter Hernandez was approached and asked to create a course specifically for the registered Joanna Hernandez, an acute nurse prac- nurses at McLaren Hospital to go through in titioner and assistant professor at Oakland order to better understand the new material. GRIZZLIES University, joined a collaboration with The courses were originally for about ten McLaren Oakland Hospital in Jan. 2019. In nurses, but there ended up being 56 nurses recognition of her work throughout this part- participating. nership, Hernandez was awarded the 2020 To better fit the situations for all the nurses University Professional and Continuing and make the courses more accessible Her- Education Association’s (UPCEA) Central nandez developed a hybrid approach. This Region Engagement Award. included online content, as well as, one day The Engagement Award focuses on part- on campus to put all the information they nerships in which there is an exchange of learned about to the test. knowledge and resources to the benefit of She created a website with about four both parties. hours of content learning that the nurses “I’m completely humbled,” Hernandez had to do before coming to campus. The said. “I was really surprised, because I didn’t website featured user-friendly links to re- do this to win awards. I didn’t do this for corded lectures. The online learning as- recognition. I did this because I wanna help pects were broken up into three modules, nurses know how to take care of patients.” one for the liver, one for the gallbladder Cumulative on-campus positive With Hernandez having experience and one for the pancreas. working in an ER and still being involved “I wanted to do that for their convenience cases since July 12: in clinical practices, she felt she would be and overcome some of those barriers, so they able to develop a program for registered could do it at home,” Hernandez said. “[Once nurses at McLaren Hospital to help further the online portion was completed] they came 55 their education. to campus for an eight hour day in which we “I have expertise in clinical practice, I had did a lot of active learning activities.” worked with a lot of the types of patients be- At the end of course in order to pass, the fore as a nurse,” Hernandez said. “[And] as nurses had to pass a comprehensive test with a nurse practitioner, I have ICU experience.” at least an 80%. After that they were able to McLaren Hospital had a new surgeon enter into a simulation activity at OU. Faculty or staff: coming to the hospital that was going to do “We were happy that we were able to part- a new type of surgery with the gallbladder, ner with that,” Judy Didion, OU’s School pancreas and liver. of Nursing Dean said. “To me it ties into 1 “The goal was to educate these nurses on the Pontiac Oakland initiative that we’ve the different types of disease processes that worked on over the years.” Students not living in OU Housing: 31

Students living in OU Housing: 23 On-campus isolation rooms occupied

PHOTO COURTESY OF OAKLAND UNIVERSITY 1/95 Joanna Hernandez, an asistant professor at Oakland University recieved the 2020 University Professional and Continuing Education Association’s Central Region Engage- ment Award. All information is from OU COVID Public Dashboard LIFE&ARTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 | 7 OUPD partners with Housing for crime reporting training video Police Files

There are over 600 campus security authorities that Speeding while intoxicated must abide by the same set of training requirements An Oakland University Police officer was traveling east on Walton Blvd at 1:00 a.m. on June 26 when they spotted a black Subaru approach a stop sign and fail to come to a complete stop. The vehicle merged into the right hand lane and continued drifting onto the fog strip off the side of the road. The officer initiated a traffic stop and the vehicle pulled into the nearby gas station parking lot.

When the officer approached the vehicle and identified the driver, he rolled down his window and said “what’s up.” The officer explained why they pulled him over for erratic driving and he seemed surprised. The officer noted that the driver seemed oddly calm and at times seemed oblivious to the severity of the situation he was in. When asked about his erratic driving, he said that “somebody was like following me again and again.” The officer explained that they had been following him. He replied “I went to this lane and somebody came to this lane; then if I went to that lane somebody went to that lane.”

The officer administered a field sobriety test, and the driver did not complete the required tests. He was handcuffed and taken to OUPD and a drug expert was asked to analyze his symptoms, as the officer doing the arrest was unfamiliar with the symptoms and the odor of the intoxicants they thought they observed. The PHOTO COURTESY OF OUPD specialist was unable to identify anything in particular, and blood work was done Filming for the Clery training video took place at several locations on campus, to discover if there were any intoxicants in the driver. The reports later came back including Oak View Hall. negative. The driver was released to a family member. Thompson ensured OUPD kept the BLM Compiled by Ben Hume, EMILY MORRIS movement and OU’s campus life in mind, Web Editor Managing Editor while creating the video. “We made sure to include diversity in The Oakland University Police our video because it is important that we Department (OUPD) partnered with OU are reflecting OU’s diverse population on Housing to create a training video, updating campus,” Thompson said. crime reporting protocol. The content of the video focuses on Campus security authorities (CSA) are methods to contact OUPD and resources for required to report any crime on campus, anyone impacted by a crime. Additionally, according to the Clery Act (1990). This the video featured many housing employees includes any campus officials with and OUPD officers with various locations on significant responsibility for students — campus as the background. resident assistants, academic peer mentors, The last video was published in 2014, student discipline officials or anyone and Thompson noted there are many new involved in campus judicial proceedings. features on campus to include. The next Oakland University has over 600 CSAs that video will introduce Elliott Tower and Oak have to be on the same page. View Hall. Hence, a video is a convenient way to The video should further the “open lines “reach as many people as possible” and allow of communication between Housing Staff them to “refer back to the video anytime,” and the OUPD.” according to Lt. Nicole Thompson. “The video had to be short enough to “We are required to have complete keep the viewers’ (who are mainly CSAs) transparency when it comes to publicly attention but long enough that it provided reporting crimes that are reported to OUPD enough information [so] a CSA knew what and other campus personnel,” Thompson was expected of them when a crime was said. “This information allows our future reported to them,” Thompson said. students and their parents to make educated The last video was published in 2014 and decisions regarding [campus safety].” is viewable on oupolice.com. Although the new video training has been The latest video is in its final stages with in the works for eight years now, the release OU’s Video Services Department and will will be timely because of the current growth replace the current video on the website of Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. sometime in November. One aspect the BLM movement has “Oakland University’s campus is really Jaylon Johnson highlighted is “police and criminal justice everyone’s responsibility,” she said. “The reform,” according to NPR. OUPD relies on our community partnerships [email protected] Accurate crime reporting and transparency to tell us when they see or hear suspicious is only a fraction of the criminal justice activity so collectively we can keep the system though. During these updates, campus safe for all.” Graham Health Center continues to provide flu vaccines during COVID-19. For more information visit the Graham Health Center

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With COVID-19 still looming, getting a flu shot this season is even more important than usual. Stop the Flu at OU

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Getting the flu vaccination has always been one mental Health and Safety Director Cora Hanson, of the most crucial actions in preventing the spread OU Emergency Manager Mike Crum, members of of the flu virus. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it the Infection Prevention Control Committee and is more important now than ever. the OU administration to ensure that OU follows To help limit further spread of the flu with an on- Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive order and going pandemic, the Graham Health Center (GHC) guidelines from the CDC. at Oakland University is providing flu vaccines to “These directives have been fast moving and the the OU community. While GHC has run this event situation continues to evolve over time as we learn for over 20 years, this year is different compared to about the infection and the best practices to reduce past years because COVID-19 has brought numer- transmission,” Jansen said. ous challenges. A group effort has been OU’s key to success, As a contagious respiratory illness, the flu is as it’s not only the members of the GHC, but also proven to have similar symptoms to those of COV- other faculty, staff, administrators and student am- ID-19. Common symptoms for both include fever, bassadors who are working closely together for the cough and shortness of breath. Similar to COV- safety of the community. ID-19, serious outcomes of flu infection can result “One of the reasons why Oakland has had such in hospitalization or death. So, it is important to a good result is because of how hard everybody is prevent compounding of these viral infections. working,” Pescovitz said. “We are particularly concerned about [keeping According to Jansen, getting flu vaccination will this] double whammy, which could put our com- not only protect individuals from the flu, but it’ll munity at a high risk, from happening,” Ora Pes- also help reduce the demands on the healthcare covitz, the president of Oakland University, said. system that is coping with COVID-19 cases. This “Also, because both conditions can be mitigated is significant because the flu contributes to tens of by actions we take, the flu shot really does protect thousands of inpatient stays and emergency depart- tremendously against the flu.” ment visits in the United States each year. Jansen Though flu viruses are detected in the U.S. year- urges students to be thoughtful and cautious this round, they are most active during fall and winter. flu season. Starting from as early as October, the flu season “Just imagine that everyone you encounter eve- can last as late as March. Studies have found that ryday has COVID,” Jansen said. “Then, staying the flu virus prefers dry and less humid weather six feet away and wearing a mask (along with conditions, making winter a perfect environment hand washing) at all times will make perfect sense. for it to spread. The Centers for Disease Control Seriously, no one wants to be the person that gets (CDC) recommends almost everyone ages six COVID and spreads it to their grandparent or months of age and older to get a flu vaccine by the someone else they love.” end of October, which is when the spread of the flu To sign up for the flu vaccination or to learn starts to increase substantially. more information, visit the Graham Health Center According to Nancy Jansen, director of the website or refer to its schedule. GHC, she has been closely working with Environ- 10 | SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 LIFE & ARTS OU Art Gallery presents ‘Moving Forward’ exhibition through November LAUREN REID make the work, make the statement and create the Staff Reporter conversation,” Lambert said via email. “Especially, at this moment in history, we all need a ‘place’ where The Oakland University Art Gallery’s newest exhibition, we can move into new thoughts, spaces and ideas. The ‘Moving Forward,’ is up and running until Nov. 22. artists’ in this exhibition provide plenty of opportunity The exhibition features a number of works — including for these experiences to occur.” paintings, sculptures, prints and photographs — done by Those who do not want to tour the gallery in-person full-time faculty in the Department of Art & Art History. have a 360 online tour option. “There’s an interesting range of work,” said Dick Goody, “I decided that our virtual presence needed enhancements chair of the department of art & art history and director of so that if [visitors] didn’t feel [they] could attend the the Oakland University Art Gallery, via email. “There’s exhibition, [they] could get a very good immersion from some wonderful nature photographs by David Lambert the website,” Goody said via email. “We’re working on of ‘snags,’ which are ancient trees that provide a habitat enhancements for access to the art collection too, which for wildlife, Claude Baillargeon has some beautifully will be unveiled soon.” poetic photographs of Chernobyl and Cody VanderKaay Full-time faculty work on projects consistently, some has some incredibly precise sculptures. [They’re] so well taking many years to complete. conceived it’s hard to see how they’re made.” “We always have work in progress,” Goody said via Goody highlighted additional works that will be on email. “We see our production as something that has to display from faculty — Susan Evans, Setareh Ghoreshi, be continuous. If [we] don’t keep working, [we] lose Kimmie Parker, Bruce Charlesworth, Sally Tardella, momentum, [we] lose [our] conditioning, so we thrive on Goody himself. He has four paintings in the exhibition, the fact that all the faculty are working artists.” among others. COVID-19 precautions are in place at the exhibit, The exhibition’s title, ‘Moving Forward,’ represents life including masks, temperature checks and social right now, “with everything we’re going through, we have distancing. Only ten visitors are allowed inside at once, SOPHIE HUME | PHOTO EDITOR to keep moving,” according to Goody. and visitors should complete the daily health screening For David Lambert, photo/media manager and special form before arrival. lecturer in art, the idea of ‘Moving Forward’ embodies the “Though I will miss seeing a large group of people in The OU Art Gallery, located in Wilson Hall, presents duty artists have to continue encouraging conversation. the gallery. I think visitors have a rare opportunity to have four to five exhibitions a year — with additional “[In my opinion], the idea of ‘Moving Forward’ an intimate, one-on-one experience with all of the pieces information on their website. embodies the responsibility for artists to continue to while visiting,” Lambert said via email.

SOPHIE HUME | PHOTO EDITOR SOPHIE HUME | PHOTO EDITOR LIFE&ARTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 | 11 ‘The Devil All the Time’ Netflix’s ‘Ratched’ is — don’t take the time worth a rewatch EMILY MORRIS a scene offers a major turning point or Managing Editor mild foreshadowing, she gives off an eerie yet empowered tone. For instance, Ratched crinkles open Netflix’s thrillers expanded this her sack lunch and notices her peach September with season one of is missing. Her superior, Head Nurse “Ratched,” similar to “American Horror Bucket, smugly bites into the peach. This Story” (AHS) with a surreal but less appears to be a translucent scene, but it’s supernatural storyline. Ryan Murphy, actually a shot at mirroring Paulson’s creator of AHS, combined Ken Kesey’s good-hearted character in AHS: Asylum, mid-century novel “One Flew Over the Lana Winters, with a casual metaphor. Cuckoo’s Nest” — which was turned Winters is an LGBTQIA+ character into a movie in 1975, starring Jack who’s in love with a woman but Nicholson — with spooky staple actress, downplays her relationship to avoid Sarah Paulson. discrimination. On the other hand, “Ratched” attempts to unravel the Ratched is also an LGBTQIA+ character origin story of Nurse Mildred Ratched, but she avoids discrimination by bottling a cozening “angel of mercy,” while her true feelings. When Ratched’s PHOTO COURTESY OF NETFLIX staying true to the canon of the novel, superior bites into the peach, a feminine “The Devil All the Time” premiered on Netflix on Sep. 16. Tom Holland stars as movie and AHS. metaphor, this is a reflection of society Arvin Eugene Russell, someone struggling to overcome his traumatic past. diminishing her sexuality. might be deemed unethical — they were “I might be that kind of person — BRIDGET JANIS the kind of woman — who enjoys the Staff Reporter the right choice, in my opinion. He made sure people would get what they company of other women,” Ratched said. deserved and put his own life at risk. The entire series is riddled with Netflix released an original movie, The husband-wife killers were my seemingly simple scenes that actually “The Devil All the Time” on Sept. 16. favorite part of the storyline, with bridge connections with the inspirations This film was better than I expected. With interesting actions and questionable of “Ratched.” a church and sinners vibe, the film shows morals. I almost wish there was more With those layers in mind, “Ratched” how sinners get what they deserve. about them throughout the film. would definitely be more fulfilling to The film starts out with young Arvin One of the taglines from the film is watch after its predecessors — “AHS: Eugene Russell (Michael Banks Repeta), “some people are just born to be buried,” Asylum” and “One Flew Over the who had a rough childhood, living and I felt this was fitting for a film that Cuckoo’s Nest.” This movie and series with his mother and father. His mother, was all about sinner’s actions catching adds depth to “Ratched” in moments that Charlotte (), has cancer and up to them. There is a lot of violence and would seem static otherwise. his father, and Willard (Bill Skarsgaård) killing in the film, but it fit the storyline “Ratched” successfully tied in Nurse has a terrible temper and a wicked mind. and setting in a not-overbearing way. Ratched’s history, but the finale dropped Arvin develops trauma from his parents The cast was full of well-known the ball. These layered stories draw — he inherits his father’s aggression and movie stars, but their accents were PHOTO COURTESY OF NETFLIX the audience in throughout all eight “Ratched” premiered on Netflix on Sept. temper tantrums. terrible. Pattinson easily had the worst episodes, yet in the last moment, the Arvin (Tom Holland) is now older accent attempt out of all the cast. The 18, 2020. Sarah Paulson stars as the suspense faded. and was taught about knowing when to performances alone were good, but the “angel of mercy,” Nurse Ratched. Season two was presented on a silver fight, and waiting for the right time to film felt like it was missing something platter in the finale, which cheapened attack. Arvin has the best intentions, but the attention to detail that was present in with those accents. “[Nurse Ratched’s] painted smile his aggression really gets the best of him The timeline of the movie was hard every other moment. Thriller audiences when it comes to people bullying his twists, stretches to an open snarl, and simply don’t want an obvious next to follow in the beginning, but halfway she blows up bigger and bigger, big as a sister, Lenora (Eliza Scanlen). through the film, the beginning started storyline — instead, they want to feel One of the twisted sinners of the film tractor, so big I can smell the machinery as if they’re cleverly unpacking the plot. to make sense. With the beginning going inside the way you smell a motor pulling was the Reverend Preston Teagardin back and forth between characters and This is suspense, a thriller essential. (). He came to be at too big a load,” Chief Bromden said Even with a disappointingly obvious years, it can be hard to follow. in Kesey’s novel, “One Flew Over the the church Arvin and Lenora go to, Since the movie was developed from lead into season two, the next season and publicly embarrassed their family. Cuckoo’s Nest.” will be worth adding to a playlist. a book, I liked the narration and the in- But before “One Flew Over the Teagardin was hypocritically preaching depth qualities it brought. The narration “Ratched” is a must-see for any fan of about the Lord while performing actions Cuckoo’s Nest,” Ratched had a dynamic “AHS” or “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s provided details from the book that beginning. She shares a horrific childhood of a sinner by having manipulative sex helped explain the plot and made the film Nest” to complete the thriller collection. with women, one being Lenora. with her self-proclaimed brother, and “Ratched” is a classic double-take (that was already kinda hard to follow) a their connection obligates her to protect Everyone in the film has their flaws little bit easier to understand. thriller — the story carefully reflects an which gets in the way with their him, despite his budding psychopathic initial “angel of mercy” with the eventual It was a slow moving plot, and there behavior. She becomes obsessed with relationship with God. There’s a couple, was a lot of build up for some of the “angel of death.” Sandy () and Carl (Jason finding her brother, leading her to weasel “All I was guilty of, was showing these character’s actions. It was definitely a herself into a position at “Lucia State Clarke), who are serial killers that pick up movie I wanted to see at least one time, men mercy when no one else would,” hitchhikers and photograph the twisted Hospital,” a psychiatric ward with an Ratched said. though I don’t think I would want to go equally gray past. games they play with them. Eventually, back for seconds. Arvin and the couple cross paths. Paulson may have fallen into this Arvin does the right things throughout role so seamlessly because it closely Rating: 4/5 stars the film, even though some of his actions Rating: 3/5 stars resembles “AHS: Asylum.” Whether 12 | SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 OPINION Breonna Taylor decision Cartoons bring LGBTQIA+ causes more unrest in U.S. representation to all ages Nickelodeon. Despite this, the creators LAUREN KARMO were able to show implicit cues toward Staff Reporter their relationship, later confirming both Korra and Asami to be bisexual. In Western media, some of the best While “Korra”’s representation doesn’t LGBTQIA+ representation comes stack up well compared to others in its from all ages cartoons. Shows like genre, it was a pioneer for its time, and “Steven Universe” and “The Legend of it was able to say a lot with what little Korra” were able to pave the way for freedom they were given. representation even before same-sex marriage was legalized five years ago — “She-ra: Princess of Power” and more have added to the mix since. Premiering on Netflix in 2018, “She-ra” Shows like “Adventure Time,” “She- is one of the most progressive children’s ra: Princess of Power,” “Kipo and the shows on the platform with its range of Age of Wonderbeasts,” “Gravity Falls,” LGBTQIA+ characters. Nearly every “The Owl House,” “Voltron: Legendary member of the community is represented Defender” and “The Loud House” in both main and side characters — gay PHOTO | NICOLE MORSFIELD have all been a beacon of hope for the relationships, lesbian relationships, younger generation to feel seen and bisexual characters and a nonbinary become more inclusive. character using they/them pronouns. AUTUMN PAGE borders of the area, then conflict and As a disclaimer, because of the nature of One thing that sets “She-ra” apart Staff Reporter violence have a higher chance of breaking the topic, some spoilers will be revealed. with its representation is how natural it’s out. As I thought, protests continued with displayed. When viewers meet Bow’s On Sept. 22, Mayor Greg Fischer the barricades. dads in episode 2.7 “Reunion,” there was announced a state of emergency in the Fischer also issued curfews from never a painful explanation, questioning city because of an announcement from the 9 p.m to 6:30 a.m., lasting more than or coming out sequence. It was as simple Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) in three nights. as Bow’s dads. regards to Breonna Taylor. Now listen, I find curfews redundant This concept is eye-opening compared If you’re unfamiliar with Breonna because they were never taken seriously. to the classic “coming out” scenes that Taylor, she was shot by police inside her When I was a kid, people I went to school dominate live-action media. Being able home in March, during a raid. Allegedly, with would say they had a curfew at 11 to see the natural representation of happy the raid was for drugs but none was found. p.m., but would still be out until 1 a.m. and successful LGBTQIA+ characters Compared to most, this case in particular So trying to give city people a curfew? means everything to the Y7 kids who will caused a lot of unrest. This is due to the At 9 p.m.? This has to be a joke. Citizens not grow up in fear of who they are. police and Taylors boyfriend, Kenneth didn’t listen to curfew in Detroit — a city Walker, having different accounts as to not directly affected, unlike Louisville. “The Owl House” what happened that night. The FBI and court indicted former One of the newer shows on the list, this Taylor’s family filed a wrongful death Detective Brett Hankison on wanton Disney creation just aired its season one suit and more information has slowly endangerment charges, but not Sgt. Jonathan finale by confirming the main character, crept out. This, along with George Mattingly or Detective Myles Cosgrove. Luz Noceda, is bisexual. Her love interest, Floyd, created mutiny in the streets for This is both a disappointing and Amity Blight, identifies as a lesbian. weeks. The Black Lives Matter (BLM) somewhat promising start. At least one Following a classic enemies-to-friends- movement popped off and this is why we person was charged, which is a start. On to-lovers trope, this show is revolutionary, see the mayor taking this action. the other hand, I don’t think that satisfied as the first to have a main character as The downtown area of the city was many people. part of the LGBTQIA+ community. being shut down to protect demonstrators This caused more protesting in the PHOTO COURTESY OF AMAZON Disney is more of a conservative network and those who live and work in the area. streets — resulting in 46 protesters in Shows like “The Legend of Korra” compared to others like Cartoon Network I think differently, as I’m sure other custody and two police officers wounded. display LGBTQIA+ representation. and Netflix, and as a staple in most people do. The protests are mostly I think that there’s no good way to households, having a show like this will peaceful, and they only become violent handle these situations, but blocking off “The Legend of Korra” reach thousands. when the police start throwing around tear places from protestors makes it worse. “The Legend of Korra” gets a lot of “The Owl House” is already renewed gas and rubber bullets. Protesters can get more publicity and heat from viewers for not having enough for a second season, and many have high Mayor Fischer said the officials’ goal awareness in a major area like downtown, representation — especially considering expectations for what’s to come. was to ensure space and opportunity for but when it gets blocked off, they will the final cut of the show never explicitly Although there is still a long way to go, potential protesters to gather and express only try to get there more. revealed the nature of the relationship representation matters — even more so in their First Amendment rights when the Obviously, I’m not in a place of power, between the main character Korra and children’s shows. announcement was released. so I can’t tell people how to do their jobs Asami Sato. While this may be true, the While Zillenials didn’t get to enjoy My bone to pick with this entire or how to run a city. Nor, would I know context the show came out in is important shows like these when we were kids, it’s situation the mayor created is that I how to handle this situation, but I don’t to consider. nice to turn on some Y7 cartoons, kick thought we all learned that these protests think this was the answer. With the season finale airing in 2014, back and relax, even as a 20-year-old. are going to end how they will. the show’s creators continually pushed These shows are worth it. Blocking off an entire area isn’t going to show a romantic relationship between to do much. If you have police on the the two women, but were censored by SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 | 13 SPORTS Women's golf team begins practicing

MICHAEL PEARCE With less competitive tournaments Editor-In-Chief against other schools, the competitive nature of the tournaments will be differ- The women’s golf team had their spring ent, whether they are within the team or season taken from them in March, and is through other organizations. now resuming practicing for the first time “When we go out and play with just in six months. our team, it is slightly different than a “We’re playing 18 holes two to three tournament,” Gaudio said. “One of two times a week and then we practice short things can happen — you can be more game two to three times a week,” Head focused because you want to play well, Coach Alyssa Gaudio said. “We’re just or you could be less focused because it’s working on things that we noticed on your friends and you’re out there having the course and trying to tighten up all a good time.” aspects of our game right now.” Recreating that tournament environ- Despite just beginning practice now, ment where “every point counts,” ac- the golf team has the distinct advantage of cording to Gaudio, is the hardest part golf being one of the only sports deemed about not having normal tournaments. free to play by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. “That’s the hardest part about not having Michigan tournaments still took place tournaments — not taking it out there in over the summer, and most of the team were competition against other players and other able to compete in tournaments like any teams to really see how we’re improving other summer season. and how we’re doing player-by-player,” “A lot of them got to play in tourna- she said. ment play all summer, which was awe- Even though the spring season is some,” Gaudio said. “This fall there are months away, there is still uncertainty some organizations within the state of regarding the season. However, with Michigan and other ones that are host- other sports going on, the golf team ing tournaments for college players so has hope their season will take place they can play on an individual, one-on- on time. one basis.” “It’s a little bit of a waiting game, The Golf Coaches Association (GCA) but I feel pretty positive about it and has set up two tournaments in Michigan that should be pretty good for us,” already for the fall, and the Top 50 Junior Gaudio said. Tour has set up a college division for the fall, according to Gaudio. Most golfers will be competing in the fall as much as they can to get ready for the spring competitive season. Though the spring competitive sea- son is far away, COVID-19 restric- tions will inevitably remain throughout the U.S. regarding travel and lodging, which becomes cumbersome for the golf team, considering they travel for every tournament. In addition to sponsored tournaments, Gaudio and the team will be simulating qualifying rounds to gain a sense of where the team stands. “The tough part is keeping them moti- vated as players,” Gaudio said. “We’ll try making some mini tournaments where half of the team competes against the other half and even doing some match play tournaments to keep it competitive and fun.” From these samples, Gaudio will pick the travel squad to compete in spring tournaments. “That’ll help me get a little base for [the travel squad],” she said. “Then just watching them short-game wise and on the range just to see where they’re PHOTO COURTESY OF OU ATHLETICS at from the summer to see what we can Coach Alyssa Gaudio and the golf team improve upon.” have began practicing again. 14 | SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 SPORTS Esports teams compete in tournaments for the first time The main difference between Oakland and the other The most important aspect Azzam took away from the first MICHAEL PEARCE schools was simply time. round of qualifiers was mental fortitude and toughness. Editor-in-Chief “I felt as a team we performed really well for how long The team met with their sports psychologist to prepare for we’ve been together,” McCutcheon said. “These teams we future competitions. All three Esports teams competed for the first time starting were up against have been together for a couple years or “I feel like we can definitely give it out best and prove on Saturday, Sept. 19 after practicing, scrimmaging and more, practicing all summer long. We practiced two weeks to everyone at Oakland that we are here to be a force in the competing in show matches. and then went to the tournament.” east,” Azzam said. The League of Legends team competed in the HUE The League of Legends team competed in qualifiers on The Rocket League team competed in the second round of Invitational, the Rocket League team competed in the Tuesday, Sept. 29 to fight for seeding in the Collegiate League CRL Qualifiers on Sunday, Sept. 27, dropping two of their Collegiate Rocket League (CRL) Qualifiers and the Super of Legends tournament. They also competed in the Michigan four matches. Smash Bros. team competed against Eastern Michigan Esports Conference tournament on Monday, Sept. 28. University (EMU) in a show match. Smash Bros. Rocket League While the Smash team did not have an official tournament League of Legends The Rocket League team competed in the CRL Qualifiers, or set of qualifiers to compete in, the team still gained The League team faced off against three teams, including finishing with a 3-2 record. The team won their first three experience against EMU. a two-time national champion in Maryville University. The matches, then dropped a pivotal fourth match to the University In the end, Oakland came out on top in their one-on-one new Golden Grizzlies team had a few weeks to prepare for a of Michigan, 3-1. After losing to UM, they dropped the final round robin tournament against the Eagles, 5-4. team that had years of team-building experience. match 2-1 to Kent State University. The challenge for Oakland was the match taking place “We’ve been hearing about these teams since we entered “The CRL qualifiers are very difficult to get in to qualify,” online. The Smash team was recruited based on their in- college,” Kealan McCutcheon said. “You kind of look at it Leone said. “I think it’s 352 teams competing and only eight person skills. like a movie — you’ve heard about these teams all your life spots available.” “There’s a big difference between the players playing in a and you’re going up against them now.” With so few spots available, the team would have to be local offline tournament as opposed to an online tournament,” Despite losing all three games in the HUE near perfect to qualify. Leone believed the performance on Leone said. “There’s some lag there and so there’s significant Invitational, Head Coach Carl Leone saw positives Sunday, Sept. 20 was not the peak the team could be at. changes in the strategy when you’re playing online and when from his team’s performance. “U of M is one of the teams we lost to on Sunday, and you’re not playing online.” “The HUE Invitational is a very prestigious League of that’s the team we’re very familiar with,” he said. “I think Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the team was forced to Legends event,” Leone said. “It’s probably the second biggest last Sunday, our showing was not the cap of our potential — I play online. EMU’s team was accustomed to playing online, event of the year. What it did for our team is that it kind of think we can go a lot further than that” which led to a close-fought match between the two squads. inspired us to get to that level ourselves.” Eddie Azzam, Rocket League player, believes the first “I think it was a good showing and I think it’s promising For about 20 minutes, the Golden Grizzlies were round of qualifiers better prepared the team for the future. that we took the match — although it was a lot closer than I leading Arizona State University (ASU) but eventually “After not being able to qualify, we got a little bit down on had hoped,” Leone said. lost. Leone and the ASU coach were both impressed with ourselves,” Azzam said. “I think right now, our heads are in a The Smash team and Leone are looking for more events to Oakland’s performance. better space, and we’re more prepared.” come out around Michigan to compete in. The Oakland Post is looking for SPORTS REPORTERS Responsibilities Skills necessary Contact • Write two sports stories per • Ability to write in journalistic style [email protected] week • Knowledge of sports Send three writing samples of any • Provide fair coverage to all kind and a resume • Knowledge of AP Style sports • Good communication skills and • Attend weekly virtual budget punctuality meetings • Receptive to criticism and • Maintain positive relationship motivation to learn with OU Athletics SATIRE SEPTEMBER 30, 2020 | 15 Himbos are the superior breed of man LAUREN KARMO Kronk really supported Yzma so well. He was willing to Staff Reporter kill Kuzco — who lowkey deserved it — but was just too dumb to actually do it right. Not to mention the mus- After seeing the “Da Vinky?” video this past week, I cles. He was the blueprint. have only solidified the idea that himbos are, in fact, the The prime example of classic himbos are the “Da best group of men on planet Earth. Step aside jocks and Vinky” boys. With their four inch hair poofs and inabil- simps, the himbos are here to stay. ity to recall the number of days in a year, they really just For those who may not be as familiar with the himbos, make me feel at home, you know? imagine a Venn diagram with three overlapping circles Dear readers, all week I cannot stop thinking about the — hot, dumb and respects women. A himbo is a man Da Vinky boys. I have watched that TikTok at least twice a who falls in the centerfold. If he is just dumb and re- day since it first came across my “For You Page.” spects women, he’s a simp. If he is hot and dumb, he’s a I have sent it to nearly everyone in my contacts, I even fuckboy. If he is hot and respects women, he’s a unicorn found the follow-up videos where they say Earth is the and probably hiding something. Himbos are the ideal closest planet to the Sun because it’s so hot. They aren’t combination of all three. wrong. It is hot. While I haven’t always been able to put a name to it, They’re just free. Ignorance is truly bliss — what I himbos have always been the highlight of my day. My would give to just go through my daily routine without a best friend is a himbo, and I love him dearly. There’s care in the world and so confident in my life. nothing more refreshing than a happy-go-lucky, smiley As we get closer to the election, everything has be- boy — head empty, no thoughts. come so dominated by politics, but I think it’s time we Himbos are the perfect platonic pairing to an overthink- take a step back and consider who we want to spend ing yet powerful woman. While she deep dives into what- our energy on. Himbos are the lifeblood of this society ever is on her mind that day, he just sits there and listens, — we would truly be nowhere without them. Get rid of only occasionally speaking up to ask about what’s for Joe Biden and Donald Trump. We just need squirrel- lunch. It’s a trope that will never get old. PHOTO COURTESY OF GQ MIDDLE EAST chasing college boys. Himbos are the men I don’t mind seeing on T.V. — These Himbos represent the purest form of man alive. We as a society have progressed past the need for Nick from “New Girl,” Jason from “The Good Place” any other type of man. It’s himbos or bust, no question and, of course, Kronk from “Emperor’s New Groove.” about it.

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