Oakland University’s THE Independent Student OAKLAND POST Newspaper Feb. 14, 2018 NO MERCY FOR DETROIT The Grizz Gang makes lots of noise as Men’s Basketball defeats Detroit Mercy in intense rivalry game PAGE 10 LETTER GRADES HIGH ROPES EXPANSION PROGRESS Grading system to change this fall Trustees introduce plan and funding Christopher Reed talks safety and to letter grade scale for recreation expansion schedule concerns of the OC PAGE 4 PAGE 5 PAGE 8 Photo by Elyse Gregory / The Oakland Post ontheweb Tune in online to listen to Samana Sheikh’s interview with Muslim fashion icon Ruma Begum about life and issues. thisweek www.oaklandpostonline.com February 14, 2018 // Volume 43. Issue 20 POLL OF THE WEEK What do you wish was a Winter Olympics award? A “Biggest snowboarding faceplant” B “Most vigorous curling sweeper” C “Best hockey boxing match” D “Most stylish team uniforms” Vote at www.oaklandpostonline.com LAST WEEK’S POLL What did you think of the Super Bowl? A) Fly Eagles, fly! 17 votes | 49% B) It’s impossible for me to care less PHOTO OF THE WEEK 7 votes | 20% C) The kid who took a selfie with JT tho PREGAME PARTY // Before the fan-favorite rivalry game against the University of Detroit 7 votes | 20% Mercy, alumni gathered in the Oakland Center to relive younger days and hang out with everyone’s favorite mascot: The Grizz. D) The Tom Brady era is over Photo // Brendan Triola 4 votes | 11% Submit a photo to [email protected] to be featured. View all submissions at oaklandpostonline.com THIS WEEK IN HISTORY February 16, 1962 Michigan State University - Oakland held its first dramatic play with “Alice in Wonderland.” February 14, 1963 MSU - Oakland officially became Oak- land University, totally independent of 9 15 19 Michgan State University. BUCKETS AND BARS JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE VALENTINE’S DAY February 14, 1996 Reporter Mike Pearce “Man of the Woods” holds Take some advice from a The residence halls on campus got matches MBB players with a unique sound, but is it any guy who has absolutley no cable so students could live with a TV in similar rappers good? game their rooms. Photo// Brendan Triola Photo// Billboard Photo// Erin O’Neill BY THE 2,601 36.9% 31 90 NUMBERS Models appeared in Of the models were Transgender models Plus-sized models 2018 Spring Fashion men and women of walked on the took the stage over FASHION WEEK Week shows color runway the week Fashionista Looking Back OTHE OAKLANDTHE P POST Digital class registration begins Address 61 Oakland Center, Rochester, MI 48306 Phone 248.370.2537 or 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 editors copy & visual Trevor Tyle Campus Editor AuJenee Hirsch Chief Copy Editor [email protected] Megan Luttinen Copy Editor The Oakland Post Archives Mina Fuqua Copy Editor Laurel Kraus Life Editor Alexa Caccamo Copy Editor [email protected] Cheyanne Kramer addition, faculty and staff were trained on the Erin O’Neill Graphic Designer Managing Editor Prakhya Chilukuri Graphic Assistant new system prior to student registration. Skylar Tolfree Sports Editor “When you’re on-line, you need to know [email protected] oday, we all have portable computers. Nicole MorsfieldPhotographer what you’re doing,” Laura Schartman, assistant Samantha Boggs Photographer Simon Albaugh Social Media Editor Whether it be a laptop, tablet or phone, registrar, said. “You can’t tie up computer time. Brendan Triola Photographer [email protected] T many of us have technology right at our Students will need to be prepared.” Samuel Summers Photographer fingertips. The hardest part of course registra- Professors needed to be prepared, as well. tion is waking up on time to get in the class- Part of this process gave professors the oppor- es you want. And if your dream class is filled tunity to watch their courses fill up, and if they writers distribution up, you can quickly browse for another class to noticed an influx of students all signing up for Katie LaDuke Staff Reporter Rachel Burnett Distribution Director take its place. one course, they were able to go in at the same Falin Hakeem Staff Reporter Maxwell Pelkey Distributor But in 1986, the Oakland University campus Mary Siring Staff Reporter Christian Hiltz Distributor time and reserve a larger room if needed. Ariel Themm Staff Reporter Austin Souver Distributor was stunned by the idea of computer regis- Students at the time were advised to have Katarina Kovac Staff Reporter Dean Vaglia Distributor tration. After four years of planning, students back up courses planned, as they would not Dakota Brecht Staff Reporter Maxx Han Distributor would be able to register for spring 1986 classes be allowed to look up alternative classes at the Sadie Layher Staff Reporter Brittany Brewster Distributor through a computer. terminal. Michael Pearce Staff Reporter There were 12 computer terminals available Jessica Leydet Staff Intern At the time, this online system was not tied to Jordan Jewell Staff Intern advising for students to use, though during registration financial aid, though they eventually planned Emily Morris Staff Intern as little as five were available at once. These Garry Gilbert Editorial Adviser to link the two departments. [email protected] were IBM computers, and Oakland hired tem- In the beginning of April 1986, students were advertising 248.370.2105 porary “specially trained operators” to assist able to use the system for the first time. Whitney Roemer Ads Director Don Ritenburgh Business Adviser students in the registration process. “It was ten times better than my previous ex- [email protected] [email protected] 248.370.4269 The Registrar at the time, Lawrence Barta- perience,” one student who used this new sys- 248.370.2533 lucci, told The Oakland Sail, the student news- tem told The Sail. “Regular registration was a Angela Gebert Ads Assistant paper at the time, that each student would only j o k e .” need about five minutes to register for their When students actually went to use the sys- classes at these terminals. tem, they faced a process time anywhere from However, there was the risk that most stu- five to 20 minutes. Some students said the ex- follow us on Twitter dents at the time had no clue how to use one of perience was “very unmemorable,” and that it @theoaklandpost these machines. didn’t save time. Because of the risks of college students not However, it’s safe to say that most students follow us on Snapchat knowing how to use a computer, there were agree today that computers make the thought theoaklandpost two open houses in the Oakland Center for stu- of human interaction while registering for follow us on Instagram dents to get a first look at the new process. In classes seem like torture. @theoaklandpost Corrections Corner: The Oakland Post corrects all errors of fact find us on Facebook facebook.com/theoakpost Know of an error? Let us know at [email protected]. find us on Issuu issuu.com/op86 www.oaklandpostonline.com The Oakland Post // February 14, 2018 3 Campus Reverting to POLICE FILES Suspicious persons On Jan. 27 at 11:31 p.m., a Jet’s Pizza employee came to the OUPD dispatch window and spoke letter grades with an officer regarding a suspicious individual he had first encountered at his own store, mak- ing a violent and loud disturbance, who he believed he saw again at Oak View Hall while deliv- Beginning fall 2018, Oakland will implement ering pizzas. Officers were able to make contact with the individual, who they suspected was displaying signs of schizophrenia. He yelled about God, Jesus and Mohammad and threatened to new grading system changing student GPAs kill and behead officers multiple times. Officers brought the man into custody and transferred him to OUPD booking. He was then transferred to a hospital to receive treatment. Shelby Tankersley seen as a B. Editor-in-Chief Assigning letter grades to such a wide A phone painter range of GPAs resulted in Oakland stu- A student arrived at 8:45 a.m. on Jan. 26 to make a report of larceny at the Oakland University n initiative of an Oakland dents appearing to have worse grades Police Department. He stated that around midnight on Jan. 15, while playing on the baseball club University Student Congress than they actually do when it comes team at the Sporting Dome, he lost his phone. He was unable to locate it, began searching the APresident from the past is fi- time to apply for graduate education. internet and believed that he had found it being sold on Facebook, as the two phones shared the nally coming into fruition. The 2015-16 So, starting in fall 2018, Oakland will as- same dent in the back. The seller seemed to be selling multiple phones. The complainant believed OUSC President, Nick Walter, set out to sign letter grades for classes instead of that the one that is his, the seller painted a rose gold color to sell and what he believed to be an fix what he called the “Big 4.” He want- individual GPAs. altered timestamp on the photo. The complainant tried to contact the seller with no response, with ed more electrical outlets, more swag, “This is going to be more like many police waiting for further theft verification to move forward. more study space and more 4.0’s for other institutions,” said Tricia Wester- students.