Community service a labor of love
We’ve all learned that community service is admirable. In the eyes of a student, however, community service may be considered a pain (sometimes literally). Perhaps after having been required to fulfill community service hours in high school, it would most…
Basements, babes and blue
It’s not every week we salute a true artist in the pages of this here Oswegonian. Usually we’re too busy paying homage to the puck-slapper of the week or running stories about the newest strange animal in Oswego County. (By…
Metro Center looks to increase enrollment, programs offered
Graduate school classes are being held at the Metro Center in Syracuse due to the location and proximity to a majority of the students, which causes some distress for those students closer to campus. The Metro Center opened in May…
Lori Moreth – 3/5/10
The question is whether the government can implement bans, restrictions, regulations and mandates on its citizens without those actions violating the Constitution. Some would argue that if the end justifies the means, as in protecting the public or the environment,…
Keith Harris – 3/5/10
The role of government should only be to serve and protect the interests of the people it represents as well as those of the global community. The moment a government takes any action which violates the freedom or welfare of…
Media should never lionize a Tiger
Over the past three months, we’ve been bombarded by the Tiger Woods fiasco. It’s not surprising, since it’s not everyday that the world’s most dominant athlete gets involved with a major sex scandal. Since everyone in the known world knows…
U.P. to look into Rave Guardian’s effectiveness on campus
The Rave Guardian program is receiving a second look as data shows that as few as 300 to 500 students may be utilizing the safety initiative, which replaced the campus’s iconic blue lights. According to Oswego State University Police (UP)…
Honor society teams up with middle school to help youths
The Oswego circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, has partnered with the Oswego Middle School in hopes of lighting some inspiration in a group of at-risk eighth graders. The project, titled "Take the Lead—Strengths, Leadership, and…
She Said – 3/5/10
They looked hot when you two first got together, but now he has put on 30 lbs. What’s with that? When we talk about people letting themselves go, most of the time we are talking about women. However, men also…
Oswego business owners discuss loan programs
Oswego’s Office of Community Development meets with the city’s small business owners every week in hopes of spurring commercial growth downtown through microenterprise loans. The group of Community Development leaders and business owners holds an Oswego Network of Entrepreneurs (ONE)…
