TH POST 2NOVEMOBER OAKLAND NDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER - 2013 - MM. I 340-year-old pa nting discovered at ivleadow Bran II - Page 8-9 OU ALUM BACK ON KRESGE AMPS UP THE COURT 11W AFTER DARK Graduate Gillian Reilly Former basketball coach A look into who inhabits hosts radio show on Beckie Francis wins legal the 24/7 library in its late- Amp 98.7 fight against OU night hours PAGE 5 PAGE 10 PAGE 12 ontheweb Ferndale has decriminalized cannabis possession within its city limits. See how students and the local community are reacting. thisweek www.oaklandpostonline.com November 20, 2013 // Volume 40. Issue 13 POLL OF THE WEEK •,,o,enut ae your plans for the upcoming Thriksdiving break? O Spending time with family 13 Doing a lot of Black Friday shopping El I have to work I don't celebrate Thanksgiving Vote at www.oaklandpostonline.com LAST WEEK'S POLL What do you think of the free Scantron program? A) It will save me a lot of money B) I don't really care either way PHOTO OF THE WEEK C) I'll stick to paying for mine SHARING A PINT// Megan Kaake, a senior majoring in nutrition, lays on a cot to donate blood Tuesday, Nov. 19. classes use Scantrons "Giving blood is important," Kaake said. "When I can, I want to help out." The American Red Cross holds regular DI None of my blood drives on college campuses, looking specifically for certain blood types The organization also accepts red cell and plasma-only donations. HALEY KOTWICKI// 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 NOVEMBER 20, 1996 The Intercollegiate Athletic Review Committee unanimously voted to incease OU's standing to NCAA Division I AAA. NOVEMBER 17, 1980 A presidential search was narrowed down to three candidates. Among them was Joseph 1 Champagne, who served as president 1981-1991. NOVEMBER 19, 1965 IN THE BREAD REMEMBERING HAILEY PROLIFIC PROVOST A LINE A group of 600 students showed up at a meet- Editor-in-Chief Scott Wolchek Friends, family, the OU community In addition to his duties as OU's ing to protest the veto of Senate Bill 685, which peanut butter debate. Who and a Michigan State football provost, James Lentini is also a enters would have provided MSUO with more funding. player pay tribute to student composer and musician, having will win — Team Crunchy or Team Hailey Brouillet almost one month appeared on multiple albums Smooth? Ready your butter knives after her death. throughout his career. and duke it out. BY THE 540 30 1.5 $800 90% NUMBERS peanuts in a 12 thousand PBJ billion pounds of peanuts million spent spent every year of US households PEANUT BUTTER ounce jar sandwiches in an acre consumed each year on peanut butter eat peanut butter Perspectives The views expressed in Perspectives do not necessarily represent those of The Oakland Post. STAFF EDITORIAL The internet is yours - Defend it •THE OAKLAND POST a college student, do information, stand up for it. A.s If you like free access to Address 61 Oakland Center, you like the free flow Write your representation at both the state and federal Rochester, MI 48306 f information on the Phone 248.370.2537 or 248.370.4268 internet? levels. Let them know you won't stand by them if they Web www.oaklandpostonline.com Do you like being able to hand the Internet over to corporate interests. Email [email protected] look up information, watch streaming video, listen to music, read news and get in conglomerate. With a neutral ington, written by Senator Jay editorial board touch with your friends with internet, you should have no Rockefeller (D-W.Va), which Scott INolchek the click of a button? problem connecting to that would prohibit service pro- Editor in Chief Well, have we got news for site. viders from throttling your [email protected] you. But with a non-neutral in- access to streaming video 248-370-4268 A group of corporate ex- ternet, Company X can slow sites. The Consumer Choice is trying to make down access to that website in Online Video Act currently Brian Johnston ecutives Managing Editor all those things harder and or even block it altogether, only has a 10 percent chance [email protected] more expensive. Meanwhile, unless you pay a separate of being enacted, according 248-370-2537 of course, their pockets will monthly fee or the website to GovTrack.us. grow fatter. pays the ISP for faster speeds, This is not enough, and the sections copy & visual According to an article on according to advocacy group debate doesn't stop at just Timothy Pontzer News Editor Haley Kotwicki Chief Copy Editor Wired.com, a court decision Free Press Save the Internet what movies you watch. newsaoaklandpostonline corn will be made soon that could website. If you like free access to Natalie Popovski Co-duet Copy Editor overturn the FCC's 2010 In other words, it would information, stand up for it. Jake Alsko Sports Editor Brian Figurski Copy Editor Open Internet Rule. This de- make the Internet more like Write your representation at sportsQoaklandpostonline corn Rachel Moulden Copy Editor cision could allow corporate cable television. You could both the state and federal lev- Deleon Miner ,_opy Editing Intern entities to decide what parts only access the "channels" els. Let them know you won't reporters Jon Davis Photo Editor & Cartoonist of the Internet you have ac- you pay for, turning the open stand by them if they hand Kailee Mathias Staff Reporter cess to. In 2012, Verizon filed frontier of the internet into a the Internet over to corporate Chris Peralta Staff Reporter LeeAnn Brown Staff Reporter Salwan Georges Photographer suit against the FCC, claim- walled garden. interests. All DeRees tiff Reporter Kailey Johnson Photographer ing it had the right to "edit" The most obvious targets Let your internet provider David Cesefske Staff Reporter the Internet. are already in the crosshairs. know if they continue at- Katie Winkler Staff Reporter Christopher Chun Photography Intern Net neutrality is, in es- Four of the largest inter- tempting to seize control of Kaylee Kean Staff Reporter sence, a state in which your net service providers - Time the internet, you'll take your Matt Saulino toff Reporter Frank Lepkowski Graphic Designer internet service provider Warner, Comcast, Verizon business elsewhere. Oona Goodin-Smith Staff Reporter Ellen Searle Staff Intern Luke Lafountain Web Designer does not interfere with and AT&T - are also televi- And put the word out on (ISP) Alexis Parchell Staff Intern your ability to connect to oth- sion carriers. But subscrip- social media. Make sure Jennifer Pavkovich i,iff er parts of the Internet. "In tions are down partially due your friends and family know advertising essence, it argues that no bit to "cord-cutters;' according what's at stake. distribution Kelsey Lepper Ads Director of information should be pri- to Business Insider, because In the United States, me- adsktoaklandpostonline corn Brian Murray 248 370 2848 oritized over another;' reads cable television prices are dia conglomerates already Distribution Manager the Network Neutrality site driving customers away. control most of what you see Jessah Rolstone Lead Ads Manager at Berkeley University's Open Forbes puts the cost of on television and hear on the Rhoneshia Hudson Distribution Computing Facility. cable television at $78 per radio. Koran Williams Distribution In short, let's say you have month. Getting Netflix, Ama- Do you really want to hand cable from Company X, zon Prime (with a student over the internet, too? 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This week, IT writes in: what we know of student research needs, spe- They felt rather heavy, as they were lull folio publi- get D 1) What is the OU library sys- cial librarian resources, the general zeitgeist, cations(we'll into the history of book publishing forthcoming column).