Students chalk up Tyler Hall for Banned Books Week
With some chalk and a little bit of elbow grease, students blanketed the Tyler Hall wall on campus with a variety of challenged and banned book covers. While some may feel censorship is becoming a thing of the past, Amy…
Porn star Ron Jeremy to debate anti-pornography speaker at Oswego State
Student Association Programming Board is presenting a Debate on Pornography on Wednesday, Oct. 2 at 8 p.m. in the Hewitt Union Ballroom. The debate will feature former porn star Ron Jeremy and Canadian author and activist Susan G. Cole. Jeremy…
Vox Pop: Shineman
The Oswegonian opinion staff roams the campus looking for student views on questions pertaining to the Oswego State campus and its student body. Question: Did the Richard S. Shineman Center live up to the hype and was it worth all…
Open Mic Spotlight: Sarah Benson
Oswego Open Mic Spotlight is a segment showcasing the Oswego State campus talent that performs at the Lifestyles Open Mic Night every Thursday at 7pm in the academic quad or Lake Effect Cafe. Sarah Benson is a comedian on the…
‘Worst Hard Time,’ ORI book author Timothy Egan visits Oswego State
Timothy Egan, author, journalist, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and opinion columnist for The New York Times, visited Oswego State on Wednesday to speak about his book, “The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great…
UP, Lifestyles combat drug abuse on campus
According to the annual crime reports for Oswego State, the amount of incidents on campus involving drug possession/abuse has neither increased nor decreased. But, with this stabilization in the trend, along with a crackdown on drug abuse and distribution in…
Oswego bars take to social media to bring in customers
Tweeting out nightly specials and new drinks on tap, bars around Oswego have started to use social media platforms to draw in customers, attracting thousands of likes and follows. Hurricane’s, a bar located on Water Street, uses a Facebook account…
Meth arrests bring attention to Oswego
The discovery of a mobile meth lab Sept. 15 in the Lowe’s parking lot in Oswego is the latest incident in a string of meth related problems in the region. Methamphetamine incidents have also been reported in Mexico, Williamstown, Hannibal…
COM 211 hosts panel of students from business department
The School of Business at Oswego State is now requiring freshmen to take COM 211: Strategic Communication in Business as its first choice course, which teaches students writing and speaking skills. Professor Sarah Bozek created COM 211 after the Business…
First fall TED Talk proves successful
On Sept. 23, Ranjit Dighe, chair of the department of economics, gave a lecture titled “Inequality & Perceptions of Fairness” in Campus Center room 132. Dighe said in the lecture that inequality has been pervasive nationwide since the 1960s. The…
