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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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February 2, 2022 Family / Immigration

From War to Poverty, to a Stable Life

By Vedad Jazic Editor: Katie Williams In his home office hangs a diploma from Oakland University, next to a Shinola

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January 10, 2022 Climate change

Fast Fashion: How the Clothes We Wear Affect the Environment

By Sidney Rayba Editor: Katie Williams “The fashion industry is responsible for 10 % of annual global carbon emissions, more

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January 8, 2022 Ethnicity / Family / Gender / Identity / Religion

First Generation American

By: Alicia Macias Editor: Katie Williams Excelling in the classroom, trilingual, strong to her faith, family oriented, and independent –

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January 4, 2022 Climate change / Family

Going Through Life and Climate Change

By Monique Bedford Editor: Katie Williams I guess I can say that I’m going through a paradigm shift. I’m saying

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January 2, 2022 Ability / Acceptance / Community stories / Family

Surviving Polio Without Pity

By Allison Ludwig Editor Katie Williams Kathleen Sims is a wife, mother, grandmother and retired nurse but also a polio

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December 27, 2021 Climate change

Thrifting is an Easy Way to Make a Change

By Bridget Janis Editor Katie Williams Thrifting is something I looked into a lot when I first started doing it,

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December 18, 2021 Climate change

Leave Nothing But Footprints

By Olivia Juliano Editor Katie Williams Growing up, climate change was never something that was talked about in my family,

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December 13, 2021 Family / Identity / Immigration

Finding Your Team

By Myia Danek Editor Katie Williams Vera Asare is a student athlete from West Africa, playing for the Oakland University

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December 11, 2021 Ethnicity / Family / Gender / Immigration

First-Generation College Student and an Immigrant

By Lauren Champagne Editor Katie Williams Maria Pappas is a first-generation college student who graduated from Oakland University in 2011.

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December 7, 2021 Climate change / Family

Wildfire Survivors Still Fight for Survival

By Daniel Carr Editor: Katie Williams California’s wildfires are destroying people’s homes, and many of those people have no where

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