Oakland University’s Independent Student THE Newspaper OAKLAND POST Jan. 3, 2018 RING IN THE NEW SEMESTER NEW VISION ICYMI SILVERDOME The Board of Trustees approves new A roundup of movies you might Oakland’s history with the Pontiac mission statement have missed this season Silverdome PAGE 4 PAGES 8 & 9 PAGE 11 Photo by Elyse Gregory / The Oakland Post ontheweb THE OAKLAND The D-III club hockey team might not be POST part of the NCAA, but it has a winning Your campus. Your news. tradition of its own. thisweek www.oaklandpostonline.com January 3, 2018 // Volume 43. Issue 14 POLL OF THE WEEK What did you think about Trump’s first year as U.S. President? A He’s making America great again! B I’m still #FeelingTheBern C He did ‘aight D My dog could have done better Vote at www.oaklandpostonline.com LAST WEEK’S POLL Are you ready for finals? A) HAHAHAHAHA 33 votes | 28% B) I’m becoming a stripper PHOTO OF THE WEEK 45 votes | 38% C) I have killer note cards BEAMS IN PLACE // The Oakland Center renovation reached a milestone in December with 12 votes | 10% the placement of its final beam. The beam was signed by the campus community in Octo- ber as part of a campus tradition. D) C’s get degrees, amirite? Photo // Nicole Morsfield 29 votes | 24% Submit a photo to [email protected] to be featured. View all submissions at oaklandpostonline.com NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS Mina Fuqua - Copy Editor “In 2018 I’m gonna be mover and not a shaker.” Stephen Armica - Satirist “I want something really attainable, so my resolution is to quit doing meth. Alexa Caccamo - Copy Editor 6 7 15 “My goal is to meet my weight goal, talk slower and meet guys who are actually interested in having a relationship.” PLUM MARKET EMINEM IS BACK WILFRED GIVES BACK As a staff... The popular grocer has an- Slim Shady disses President Oakland soccer player We’ll be trying to stop having mental nounced it will have space Donald Trump in new rap makes sure kids had a great breakdowns during the making of the in the Oakland Center album Christmas paper. Photo // Oakland University Photo // eminem.com Photo // Wilfred Williams BY THE 80,311 2 11 2 NUMBERS Stadium seats were Pro teams played Years the dome has Tries to knock the in the Pontiac there: the Lions and been closed to the Silverdome down through THE SILVERDOME Silverdome the Detroit Express public implosion Campus OTHE OAKLANDTHE P POST Firearm found in Kresge Library Address 61 Oakland Center, Rochester, MI 48306 Phone 248.370.2537 or 248.370.4268 The Oakland University Police Department reminds Web www.oaklandpostonline.com community of local ordinance prohibiting weapons Email [email protected] editorial board Shelby Tankersley “We have a property card that we give people Shelby Tankersley Editor-in-Chief so they have a receipt to pick the weapon up Editor-in-Chief with,” Gordon said. “It only takes 10 minutes of [email protected] student walked into Kresge Library on your day.” 248.370.4268 Nov. 19 to use the bathroom. The stu- There is no time limit to how long OUPD can Cheyanne Kramer dent has a Concealed Pistol License hold a weapon for someone. Gordon said stu- Managing Editor A [email protected] (CPL), so he walked in with his pistol strapped dents who live on campus and like to go hunt- 248.370.2537 around his waist. He took his holster off to use ing will leave their firearms with OUPD for the the bathroom and, upon leaving, accidentally duration of the academic year except for when Elyse Gregory John Bozick left the pistol behind. Photo Editor Web Editor they want to go out and hunt. [email protected] [email protected] A student who works at Kresge found the If students, staff or faculty ever find them- 248.370.4266 firearm and called a superior to handle the selves face-to-face with a firearm, Gordon situation. While the Oakland University Po- recommends people act as the student work- lice Department was on the way, an employee er from Kresge did and secure the area until editors copy & visual unloaded the firearm and secured the area. It OUPD officers can retrieve the weapon safely. Trevor Tyle Campus Editor AuJenee Hirsch Chief Copy Editor is not a crime to accidentally leave a firearm [email protected] Megan Luttinen Copy Editor somewhere and the student who forgot the Mina Fuqua Copy Editor Laurel Kraus Life Editor Alexa Caccamo Copy Editor [email protected] weapon complied with OUPD, so police of- Erin O’Neill Graphic Designer ficers did not have to take any action against “Please use OUPD as a Prakhya Chilukuri Graphic Assistant Skylar Tolfree Sports Editor him. safekeeping mechanism. [email protected] Nobody was hurt and the problem was solved Nicole MorsfieldPhotographer Samantha Boggs Photographer without incident. But the question remains of If you want to have your Simon Albaugh Social Media Editor whether or not a firearm should have been on weapon with you when you [email protected] campus in the first place. According to Michigan’s CPL laws, having a leave campus, please bring firearm on a college or university campus is ac- it to us.” writers distribution ceptable outside of a dormitory or classroom. Katie LaDuke Staff Reporter Rachel Burnett Distribution Director However, Oakland University has an ordinance Mark Gordon Falin Hakeem Staff Reporter Maxwell Pelkey Distributor in place that prohibits any kind of weaponry on Mary Siring Staff Reporter Christian Hiltz Distributor Police Chief of the Oakland Ariel Themm Staff Reporter Austin Souver Distributor campus. This includes weapons that are held University Police Department Katarina Kovac Staff Reporter Dean Vaglia Distributor with a CPL. Dakota Brecht Staff Reporter Micheal Hartwick Distributor OUPD offers a service for Oakland’s cam- Sadie Layher Staff Reporter pus community allowing anyone who wants Kade Messner Staff Intern to have a firearm with them for an off-campus He noted that, although a Kresge employee advising activity can leave the weapon with OUPD for felt comfortable unloading the weapon, peo- safekeeping. Garry Gilbert Editorial Adviser ple should not feel like they have to touch the [email protected] “Please use OUPD as a safekeeping mech- weapon if they are not comfortable. advertising 248.370.2105 anism,” OUPD Police Chief Mark Gordon said. Even if one is comfortable handling weap- Whitney Roemer Ads Director Don Ritenburgh Business Adviser “If you want to have your weapon with you ons, Gordon said it is safer for everyone to let [email protected] [email protected] 248.370.4269 when you leave campus, please bring it to us.” police handle such things. 248.370.2533 With a campus of over 20,000 students, there “Call us [OUPD] immediately and secure Angela Gebert Ads Assistant is no way for OUPD to check every person on the area where it is at,” he said. “Better to be campus for weapons. Gordon asked that CPL safe than sorry, just don’t touch the weapon. I holders make themselves aware of the ordi- wouldn’t touch it myself, I would let someone nance and comply with OUPD’s safekeeping else come in who has authority to be in posses- follow us on Twitter system. sion of it.” @theoaklandpost follow us on Snapchat Corrections Corner: theoaklandpost follow us on Instagram The Oakland Post corrects all known errors of fact. @theoaklandpost find us on Facebook Know of an error? Let us know at [email protected]. facebook.com/theoakpost find us on Issuu issuu.com/op86 www.oaklandpostonline.com The Oakland Post // January 3, 2018 3 Campus Board of Trustees approves mission statement and receives donation The BOT ends the year on a high note, highlights OU successes in 2017 Shelby Tankersley ment was last updated during sion statement is not required and AuJenee Hirsch the 2013-14 academic year, by the Higher Education Com- Editor-in-Chief but the BOT requested to re- mittee’s guidelines, but Pesco- and Chief Copy Editor view and update both the mis- vitz feels it is important that sion and vision statements. Oakland has one. The vision ith some members The mission statement was statement went through a sim- trudging in late be- put through a rigorous ap- ilar approval process as the Wcause of bad traffic proval process that included mission statement, but was and snow, the Board of Trus- groups such as the president’s approved by Pescovitz and the tees held its last meeting of cabinet and Oakland Univer- BOT before the Dec. 11 meet- Photo courtesy of Oakland University 2017 on Dec. 11 at 2:00 p.m. in sity Student Congress before ing. OU President Ora Hirsch-Pescovitz, OU study abroad student Natalia the Oakland Center. After the being approved by Pescovitz. A revision of Oakland’s Boyko, OUCU CFO Sara Dolan and OUCU President and CEO April Clobes showing of a holiday video, The Oakland University Sen- goals also took place. The are pictured above with the OUCU’s $1,000,000 donation for study abroad. the BOT voted on a revised ate read the full statement goals were implemented with mission statement and ac- twice before approving it on the 2013-14 strategic plan, but her, OUCU gave a holiday sur- vitz said. “The experiences cepted a donation of $1 mil- Nov. 9. The BOT unanimously 2017 added a new goal to the prise to the BOT. just like Natalia was able to tell lion from the Oakland Univer- approved the mission state- lineup.