Water main break shuts down portion of Bridge Street
A water main broke on Bridge Street in Oswego Friday night around 5 p.m. Traffic was reduced to one lane in either direction until it was closed completely between West First Street and East First Street around 7 p.m. During…
This Week in SA
Student Association Senate reconvened this week for its first official senate meeting of the spring semester. The meeting was held in room 205 of the Campus Center this week but will return to Lanigan next week. Six new senators were…
Oswego drug arrests ranks No. 3
On rehabs.com’s recent “Most On-Campus Drug Arrests Per 1,000 Students” list, which included national major schools across the country, Oswego State ranked third. The ranking, based on data from the Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Education and reported…
Oswego approves property tax hike
In December, city lawmakers passed Oswego’s 2014 budget, which included a 43 percent property tax increase. For Oswego State students living off-campus, the property tax increase presents the possibility of higher rent payments as the city’s landlords adjust to the…
Love-a-Donor Day to recognize benefactors
At Oswego State, students have the opportunity to receive a total of more than 250 scholarships, attend a variety of programs and events each year, and use some of the best equipment in their industries. But none of this would…
Top Albums of 2013: Individual Staff Picks
Given our first issue of the semester was published in February, our Best of 2013 music list may seem a little late. We hope you’ll forgive us. Regardless, we wouldn’t be a proper college newspaper staff without having a wide…
No. 2 not enough for Oswego
Oswego State is only the No. 2 snowiest college in America. This is, of course, devastating news. We want to believe our snow is special. More special than anyone else’s. That it makes us important and tough. We want the…
Health comes before academics
On the Saturday before Thanksgiving break ended, I found out I had to have emergency surgery. The surgery story, featuring six months of misguided gluten-free living, a wise ER doctor and 15-pound ovarian cyst, is a cool one, but it…
New media bumps cable
Keeping up with television is not easy for a college student. So when it comes to watching shows, Hulu and Netflix are the best available resources. But which one is better? Netflix has thousands of TV shows and movies available…
Disney Channel makes progressive push with new couple
While people were anticipating Beyoncé and Jay Z’s “Drunk in Love” live performance at the 56th Grammy Awards, others were awaiting a history-making episode of “Good Luck Charlie” on the Disney Channel. The Disney Channel announced in June that it…
