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THE OAKLAND POST DECEMBER OAKLAND UNIVERSITY'S INDEPENDENT STUDI N 1 NEWSPAPER 2015- 0 KUNSELMAN TAKES OFFICE OAKLAND UNIVERSITY'S CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OPEN P ABOUT FILLING NEIN ROLE ',AGE 9 Photo hy Dant Cojocari / The Oakland Post RESIDENCE HALLS. DAY OF SERVICE. MAKING AN IMPACT. Director of housing addresses Recap and photos from a day Oakland athletic teams sign young frequently occurring issues of giving back kids battling illness PAGE 8 PAGE 11 PAGE 20 ontheweb Make sure to check out the Oakland Post's review of The Good Dinosaur, only available at thisweek oaklandpostonline.com December 2, 2015 // Volume 41. Issue 13 POLL OF THE WEEK Upcoming plans for the winter break? /3 Turn off my alarm and sleep for a week. O Literal Netflix and chill. ▪ Recover from this semester; emotionally, mentally and financially. Seeing Santa at the mall and asking for a higher GPA. Vote at www.oaklandpostonline.com LAST WEEK'S POLL Favorite Thanksgiving activity? A) Eating my weight in food and then passing out on the couch. 32 vnt,,,s B) Fi hting PHOTO OF WEEK my conservative extended family... sparing my body for the shopping excursion. 2 votes LET IT BE LAW // The official law school partnership agreement signing ceremony was held on Nov. 30 in the Oakland Room to celebrate the new alliance between Oakland University and Wayne State University. D) Gonna watch the Lions win! (pfft, loll 6 vutt.:6 Dongfu Han // The Oakland Post Submit a photo to [email protected] for a chance to be featured. View all submissions at oaklandpostonline.com THIS WEEK IN HISTORY December 8, 1993 The Board of Trustees met to consider the possibilities of either remodeling the resident halls on campus or removing them entirely from the campus environment. December 4, 1991 Over 200 Oakland students responded to a survey about their sexual habits, finding that many students didn't use condoms, as they used birth control instead. However, this doesn't protect students against STDs. OU DAY OF SERVICE CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FLEECE AND THANKS Oakland University staff, students Students gathered last week on With OU soccer alum Nick Kristock December 6, 1995 and volunteers gathered in the campus to mourn the lives lost at the helm, Fleece and Thank You The proposed Adam's road expansion posed problems Gold Rooms to work on service in recent terrorist attacks in a moves to benefit children in need of for the solitude of many faculty homes, the Dodge projects to better nonprofits in the candlelit walk. a warm blanket. farmhouse and the Meadow Brook gatehouse. The road community. would expand 28 inches on each side. — Compiled by Cheyanne Kramer, staff reporter BY THE 4 $29.14 $1.16 NUMBERS pounds of fruitcake are Season's Greetings pro- average amount spent per person billion spent on presents of customers buy billion dollars spent on duced in Claxton, Georgia on holiday cards each year each year in America holiday items online Christmas trees in America Perspectives The views expressed in Perspectives do not necessarily represent those of The Oakland Post. Refugee crisis enables ISIS ••THE OAKLAND POST Address 61 Oakland Center, Shelby Tankersley in the U.S., including Atlan- ing the refugees to Amer- Rochester, MI 48309 Staff Reporter ta and New York City. ica's first settlers saying Phone After what happened in that the Native Americans Web wwvv oaklandpostonhne torn Aflot has happened in Paris, 31 states, including accepted us, so we should Email t, the world these past our own, declared that they accept the refugees. ew weeks. A Russian will not accept refugees. I For one, the Native plane was bombed, killing think that's a good idea. Americans didn't take set- editorial board everyone on board, Bel- Why? tlers in — it was more like Kristen Davis gium has The people running ISIS an invasion. Second, those Editor ,1 -Crdoi been put on editor4oiiklaridposto,Ilire aren't stupid. If anything, pictures always leave out 248 /0-4268 lockdown, they're brilliant. They've the part where some of Paris was been wreaking havoc on those settlers and their de- Scott Davis Dani Cojocari bombed Managing Editor f_,711or the world for months now scendants killed thousands photosgo,-,l COrll and Syrian and have put fear into the upon thousands of Native [email protected]) refugees hearts of many. If you think Americans 248-370-2537 landed that ISIS members didn't In comparison, ISIS has sections copy & visual in New America with the killed come to over 170,000 people, KevinTeller Campus Editor Megan Carson Orleans. refugees, you're wrong. and that number is grow- hjteileraoakland.edu Morgan Dean . China, If anything, the refugee ing. Nicholas Kim Shelby Tankersley Russia and crisis is a great way for ISIS The refugee crisis has al- GraceTumer Life Editor Faith Brody Staff Reporter France have members to get around ready put ISIS members gmturnerCoakland edu Brian Curtin hinted at or the world. The refugees as everywhere. They've killed declared all-out war with a whole aren't dangerous, Russians, Japanese, Leba- Jackson Gilbert Sports Editor Dave Jackson • ISIS. but ISIS members could be nese, French and Syrians. iigilberaoakland edu Nowshin Chowdhury Last week, I went out with them. And that makes And they've claimed that Erika Barker , with some friends. On our Cheyenne Kramer Web Editor Dongfu Han the refugee presence in the British and Americans dthameraoakland edu Bohdanna Cherstylo way back home, the topic America or anywhere else are next in line. of ISIS and the refugee cri- dangerous. It's no coinci- We don't need to sit back writers Jason Bombaci sis came up. dence that the Paris attack and be scared — that's what Rachel Williams Staff Reporter I was shocked to hear one happened about a month they want. What we need Ally Racey Staff Reporter Olivia Krafft of the girls saying that she is after refugees landed on is to do something. Right Katlynn Emaus Staff Reporter not afraid of ISIS, but of the French soil. now, one of the only things ShelbyTankersley Staff Reporter "white people" who want In fact, two of the three we can do is not accept the Alexus Bomar staff Reporter advertising to do something about suicide bombers involved refugees since our govern- Sarah Lawrence Staff Reporter Hailee Mika ISIS. She said that any ISIS in that attack got to Europe ment does not want to get Ads Director members who may come by posing as Syrian refu- involved in another war. Jake Smith Intern ads@oaklandpostonline corn over with the refugees and Kelsey Killingbeck Intern 248 370.4269 gees. This was discovered Not accepting the refu- Benjamin Peterson Blog intern the refugees themselves are through passports and fin- gees would keep America Alvin Pitris in far more danger than we gerprints and confirmed by safe. The quicker they get Assistant Advertising Manager are. news outlets like the Wall here, the quicker the mur- distribution Amanda Bibi ISIS put out a list in May, Ads Assistant Street Journal and ABC derers that travel with them Parker Simmons Distribution Director which was first reported by News. As of a few days ago, get here. We should do Fox News, of seven states the third bomber is also something to stop them. Jacob Chessrown Senior Distributor promotions Christian Hiltz istributor they are ready to attack. suspected to have posed as We're human beings, and Kelly Baum Guess which one was on a refugee. we need to stop these mon- Maria Juarez i',.tributor Amruta Lachake Distributor the list? Michigan. They've I've seen so many pic- sters. Drake Dawson Distributor also threatened large cities tures on Facebook compar- Lauren Osgood Distributor advising Nicholson Reed Distributor Holly Gilbert Kayla Bates Di,tributor Editorai Advise, Jana All Distributor Corrections Corner 248 370 4138 Don Ritenburgh In our Nov. 18 issue, we wrote a review of Oakland's Music, Theater and Dance program's performance of Equus. Although the review was positive and applauded the actors' work, some took offense to the manner in which we mentioned the nudity that occurred during the performance. We apologize to those we have of- fended. follow us on Twitter The Oakland Post corrects all errors of fact. If you know of an error, please e-mail managing@oaklandposton- @theoaklandpost line or call 248.370.2537. You can also write us at 61 Oakland Center Rochester, MI 48309. find us on Facebook Letters to the Editor facebook.com/theoakpost Writers must provide full name, class rank, phone number and field of study. Please limit letters to 250 words or find us on lssuu less. Letters may be edited for content, length and grammar. issuu.com/op86 www.oaklandpostonline.com The Oakland Post // December 2, 2015 3 Perspectives The views expressed in Perspectives do not necessarily represent those of The Oakland Post. The President's Report: Checking up on executive promises Nick Walter of the progress on The Big Four. yours truly, a criminal justice certain you know from painful ward, but that's how university Contributor My hope is that you do not take major, for details). The good experience, OU does not have administration works. It starts this as me saying how awesome news is that OU plans to put a centralized grading scale. In- at that level, and it will only f I can divert your attention I am. With your votes, you hired more outlets in new buildings deed, within most departments move forward if we the students for a brief moment from that me to be President.