African wildlife restoration
Scientists have taken measures to protect and maintain the wildlife in Angola and South Africa, as much of the wildlife is eaten for food, big cats are in danger of extinction and rhinos are killed for their horns. Wouter van…
Sustainability minor aids green initiative
A new sustainability studies minor offers a structured yet flexible way for students to learn about sustainability in several disciplines, said Rhonda Mandel, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The minor brings together classes from 10 disciplines…
Meditation workshop offers breath of fresh air, clear outlook
In Zen, meditation helps return a person to oneness and suppress the ego. More than 100 students crammed into room 114 of the Campus Center for a Zen workshop instructed by Shinge Roko Sherry Chayat Roshi, abbot of the Zen…
Students scale Africa’s highest peak
It’s 7 a.m. on a cold, November morning and behind Funnelle Hall on a steep hill several students and faculty at Oswego State are running hill sprints. Every Thursday morning before sunrise, students and faculty participating in the Winter trip…
Into Oswego: Safe Haven
Most Americans go through their entire lives never learning how President Franklin Delano Roosevelt granted 1,000 World War II refugees asylum at Fort Ontario. “Usually, their first reaction is they’re shocked they never heard of this,” said Kimberly Steele, three-year…
Oswego refugee legacy
Most Americans go through their entire lives never learning how President Franklin Delano Roosevelt granted 1,000 World War II refugees asylum at Fort Ontario. “Usually, their first reaction is they’re shocked they never heard of this,” said Kimberly Steele, three-year…
Italy, Greece facing dismal economics, Spain speculated as next to fall in Eurozone crisis
In the ongoing European debt crisis, Italy’s economic woes now rival that of Greece, and these overseas problems could spell trouble for the United States. While yields on Greek debt have reached levels well beyond what Greece could ever afford…
SUNY Briefs 11/18/2011
SUNY Twenty-one SUNY schools across New York state participated in an online event called College Week Live on Tuesday. College Week Live is a virtual college fair designed to help international students seek an education in the United States. The…
Journalism eats world
What I’m about to say won’t be on the nightly news. It won’t run in The New York Times or the Wall Street Journal either. You won’t hear about it on CNN and pundits will not sit at a round…
Mass media forget fundamentals
The media is slowly becoming less and less definable. Year after year, new technologies and advances in old ones increase the size and scope of the media. It’s gotten to the point where any person with an email address and…
