Students should be free to publish
High school student journalists are facing a new wave of problems concerning their First Amendment right to free speech. According to Katina Paron of New York Daily News, 10 states across the U.S. offer the same journalistic protections for both…
Newly built lactation rooms create safe, clean spaces for pumping breastmilk
Nursing mothers at Oswego State now have the option to breastfeed or pump in private inside the newly opened lactation rooms around campus. Over the summer the process of designing and building the rooms began, but the idea to create…
Presidency not legal safeguard for sexual assault charges
A world without order is chaos. The word anarchy, meaning without control or order, carries a negative connotation in society today. When people hear anarchy, they think of rebel groups and issues. This is why we have laws. Though people…
Survivors of traumatic events share their stories
Nearly all 500 seats in Lanigan 101 were full on Wednesday evening for a presentation on school safety and preparedness from two survivors of two of the worst school shootings in United States history. Law enforcement officers, school officials, community…
New program benefits drug users
Fear of punishment is a large factor keeping opiate addicts in the shadows instead of coming forward for help. Oswego City Mayor Billy Barlow recently announced a new drug policy called the Rapid Evaluation for Appropriate Placement Program, or REAP,…
Web-based tools launched in over 100 languages
SUNY expanded their Sexual Assault and Violence Response (SAVR) resources by translating the Affirmative Consent, Amnesty and Bill of Rights provisions of Enough is Enough legislation into more than 100 languages alongside recently added web-based tools. “We developed SAVR with…
Crayola wisely scraps one of its multiple obsolete colors
On children’s drawings, the sun will no longer shine due to the retirement of one of the many shades of yellow in a crayon box. Crayola scratched the color “dandelion” from its 24-count crayon box with an event in Times…
Mental health counseling program meets 156 standards, opening new options
Oswego State’s mental health counseling program received national accreditation opening new options for graduate students seeking a license to have a career in the field. In the fall of 2016, the mental health counseling program within the Counseling and Psychological…
Ivanka’s new role lacks seriousness
While Ivanka Trump may have good intentions moving into the West Wing to advise her father on issues like maternity leave, as the daughter of a billionaire reality TV personality and married to Jared Kushner, another real estate mogul, her…
Reported child abuse increasing in Oswego County
In 2016, more than 3,200 child abuse cases were reported to the state from Oswego County, an increase in recent years, according to the Oswego County Department of Social Services. Christine Patrick, the director of services at the Oswego County…
