Mayoral hopefuls spar over student issues
Candidates for city of Oswego mayor struck different postures on issues affecting college students in a debate Wednesday. The factors the candidates thought would lure young people to the area and keep Oswego State students in the city after…
99-percenters occupy quad
In solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement, where thousands are protesting economic exploitation, SUNY students left class to rally in the quad on Wednesday. “Corporations influence government to a point where people have no say,” said Alex Lykins, co-president…
Guilty before proven innocent
Earlier this week, American citizen Amanda Knox was freed from an Italian prison after her 26-year sentence stemming from the murder of Meredith Kercher, one of Knox’s flatmates while the two were studying in Italy, was overturned. She had been…
Don’t call Obama Hitler
On Monday, country singer Hank Williams Jr. was a guest on Fox News’ morning show “Fox and Friends.” This is newsworthy is because Williams got in some trouble when he became the latest contestant in the let’s-compare-Obama-to-Hitler game. Monday was…
Wall Street hypocrisy
It started on Sept. 17th, 2011 with a group of protesters made up mostly of college students, anarchists and others. They called this uprising “Occupy Wall Street.” At the time it began there was no leadership and no stated goals….
Anonymous support of radical activism
Over the last week or so, I’ve been asked by numerous people if I knew about the situation on Wall Street, where internet activists from the organization Anonymous are currently organizing a mass protest known as Operation Occupy Wall Street….
Letter to the Editor – 10/7/2011
Hi! I’m the owner of the little used bookstore on Utica Street in Oswego. It was so nice to hear of someone not of my generation that grieves the same way I do over the loss of many physical books….
Rape doesn’t have to be politically correct, just correct
Unlike some words in the English language, sexual assault and rape are not interchangeable; they do not mean the same thing; they do not have the same definition. Sexual assault by definition is illegal sexual contact that usually involves force…
Protestors might ultimately go unnoticed
For three weeks now, a group called Occupy Wall Street has been protesting economic practices and looking to instill change, and the only thought that comes to my mind is: why? The crowd of protestors, consisting of hundreds of people,…
Loss of an innovator
Innovation is a word that gets bandied about a lot these days; Steve Jobs defined that word. Looking over Jobs’ life work, which includes the personal computer, the iPod and the iPad, it’s hard not to marvel at the way…
