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February 14, 2023 Acceptance / Community stories / Gender / Identity

Acceptance and Denial: Being Transgender in America

By: Nathan Katzenberger Editor: Katie Williams About 18 to 22 weeks into pregnancy, the medical professionals caring for a couple

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December 15, 2020 Family / Identity / Race

Defining Multiracial Identity

By Angel Brandon Maria Horn is a sophomore and Psychology major at Oakland University. The Ohio native has a unique

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December 8, 2020 Family / Healing / Pandemic

A Year Alone

By Sidney Richardson The COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it significant changes to nearly every aspect of life in 2020.

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June 20, 2019 Identity / Religion

Shaped by Being Jewish

Amanda Silvestri interviewed Logan Fletcher on her views about diversity. DIFFERENT AS: How would you describe yourself as a person

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June 8, 2019 Acceptance / Family / Immigration / Suburban

Two Countries. Two Cultures. One Girl.

By Layla Saad I was born in Michigan. My parents were born in Lebanon. Being born and raised in Rochester

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May 27, 2019 Family / Healing / Identity / Veterans

From Combat Medic to OU

Katerina Mihailidis tells the incredible story* of Jesse Jones, a veteran combat medic currently attending Oakland University. KM: Jesse Jones

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May 22, 2019 Identity

Expedition in Engineering

For a writing class, Giuliano Romano interviews alum Rani Karana. Read on about robots, internships, and learning from mistakes. I

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May 15, 2019 Acceptance / Gender / Identity / Sexuality

Asexuality Is Beautiful

Katie Valley created a poster to capture her interview with Kaitlyn Radoicic in a media design class in the Journalism

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May 9, 2019 Family / Suburban

His Family, a Machine

Page Gardner interviewed alumnus Noah Hubbard, who grew up in a low-income household, with his mother supporting three children after

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May 7, 2019 Family / Veterans

Motivation to Serve

Dave Kurshat tells a story about Joe Sharpe, a veteran and single parent, for his Public Speaking class at Oakland

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April 22, 2019 Ability / Acceptance / Healing

Facing MS

Emily Lackey and Andrew Dimmer interviewed Dory Jolin for a writing assignment. Dory’s story speaks of resilience and healing in

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April 17, 2019 Race

Living in Color

Kai Wilson is a senior majoring in Accounting at Oakland University. She expressed that being a minority isn’t necessarily something

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April 13, 2019 Acceptance / Family / Identity / Immigration

American and Micronesian

Rachel Reppert interviewed Vanessa Welly, child welfare major at Oakland University about her family and culture. Family and Culture Are

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