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Month: April 2012

Opinion

‘Stand Your Ground’ fails to defend innocent

For over a month now there has been controversy over two people in Florida. One of them is Hispanic, and the other was African-American. George Zimmerman was a self-appointed neighborhood watchman at a gated community in Sanford, Fla. and Trayvon…

Opinion

Being religious from afar

Ever since my Bar Mitzvah eight years ago, I have slowly drifted away from my religion. In my mind, a person’s Bar Mitzvah is the pinnacle of the Jewish religion; it is what you have worked toward during the many…

News

New president takes office

Since entering Oswego as a freshman biochemistry major, much has changed for Becca Witkin. Now going into her senior year, a political science major with two minors, she has also been elected Student Association President. “I’ve been incredibly involved at…

In the Office

Journalism still thrives in many forms

It’s a gift from my father’s family. Passed down from father to son, until I was born a daughter. But it knows no gender. And now I have that same ink running through my veins. Following in the footsteps of…

News

Arts fee brings Pakistani musical superstar Lohar to Oswego’s Caravanserai

ARTSwego Director Mary Avrakotos sits at her desk with a poster of Pakistani musician Arif Lohar spread out on the floor in front of her. Lohar is not well known in the United States, but he is a superstar in…

Staff Editorial

BEGIN QUEST FOR KNOWLEDGE

It’s about that time of year. It’s 40 degrees after a cruel glimpse of summer over Spring Break. The trees are beginning to bud and those buds fly off in the wind and smack you in the face. Your roommates…

News

Easing embargo allows music exchange

Music professor Eric Schmitz and undergraduate student Nate Felty spent a week in Cuba from March 31 through April 7 studying Afro-Cuban music with renowned music professor Emilio Del Monte. The two were able to travel to Cuba due to…

News

Zen eases daily stresses

Zen meditation helps Oswego State students relieve stress during crunch time as the end of the 2012 spring semester approaches. Zen meditation class, held every Thursday evening in Campus Center room 205, is an alternative way to help students relieve…

News

Service fraternity plans ballroom dance

The brothers of the Rho Xi chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. believe they have had a great influence on the Oswego State community. “I love to think we have impacted in a very positive sense,” said Castelli Laflotte,…

News

Red meat: a raw deal

Meat eaters might want to think twice about eating that burger after a major study released linked the consumption of red meat to increasing the risk of early death. In the Archives of Internal Medicine, where the study was published,…