Campus to build gender-neutral restrooms
When Waterbury Hall renovations are completed next summer, one of its many new features will be bathrooms both men and women will be using at the same time. According to Oswego State Residence Life and Housing, the Waterbury renovations are…
Dining halls offer more ethnic foods
Oswego State has seen some recent changes in the dining halls across campus this year. Each month has a different heritage that is being celebrated. The reason behind the diverse food is last spring Jerald Woolfook, vice president for student…
This Week in SA
The Student Association held its 10th meeting of the semester Tuesday evening. The number of senators needed to make quorum was satisfied. The minutes from last week’s meeting were approved, and the agenda for that Tuesday’s meeting was amended as…
Students turn to online courses
The number of college students that take at least one online course has risen to 32 percent nationwide, according to College Atlas. Many Oswego State students also fall into this category. Over 130 courses are offered to “distant learners” of…
November brings in lake-effect storms
Oswego State received its first lake-effect snowfall of the season Nov. 14 with a reported four inches of snow throughout the day. The Oswego area receives an average of 141 inches of snowfall per year, making it one of the…
Tech Ed Department students compete in Virginia Beach competition
Seventeen members of the Oswego Technology Education Association (OTEA), all students in the department of technology, traveled to Virginia Beach, VA for the Technology and Engineering Education Collegiate Association’s (TEECA) Eastern Regional Conference/Competition. While there, the Oswego State team divided…
Greene’s hosts first wing-eating contest
Greene’s Ale House held an inaugural wing-eating contest on Nov. 13. Sean Ohnmacht, owner of the bar and grill, said Greene’s had been represented in the Oswego County wing eating contest for the past two years and won both times….
Waterbury nears start of renovations
At the end of this semester, Waterbury Hall will have no vacancies as renovations begin, leaving some residence displaced into other resident halls. Waterbury residents were informed of the renovations in early spring 2014 and advised to decide their choice…
Meningitis annual concern for colleges
Winter is coming. That means so is sickness. Many illnesses share common symptoms, so it can be difficult for students to know if they simply have the common cold or something more serious. This year, there was a case at…
Boeheim visits Oswego on book tour
Legendary Syracuse Orange men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim was at the River’s End Bookstore in Oswego on Nov. 17, signing copies of his new autobiography, “Bleeding Orange: Fifty Years of Blind Referees, Screaming Fans, Beasts of the East, and Syracuse…
