Bucs Booster Club board president discusses updates
Sean Callen remembers his time as a student in the Oswego City School District as a great experience during the 1980s and 1990s. Callen thinks about the wrestling match his father brought him to when he was only 7 or…
Local businesses to receive grants
Oswego Mayor Billy Barlow announced that 20 local businesses will be receiving a portion of $545,000 as part of one of the 12 projects of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative to rejuvenate downtown Oswego. The Downtown Improvement Fund was created with…
Lifestyles Center hosts Zumba night to fight drug use
On Oct. 22, the Lifestyles Center had an open event for students to take part in a night of Zumba to fight alcohol and drug abuse on campus. The goal of the event was intended to motivate students at risk…
Former NBA player discusses athletes, activism
Etan Thomas, a former NBA player, visited Oswego State Oct. 22 to discuss the topic of his book, “We Matter: Athletes and Activism,” which was released in March. Brian Moritz, an assistant professor in the communications department, hosted Thomas and…
It’s On Oz, Title IX hosts It’s On Us day
On Oct. 24, Oswego State students took to Marano Campus Center to take the It’s On Us pledge with It’s On Oz. It’s On Us started in 2014 and is a national movement to end sexual assault. According to the…
Poet practices patterns, fractals in literary work
The Living Writers Series poet Jamaal May visited on Oct. 24 in the Marano Campus Center auditorium. May, author of poetry collections “Hum” and “The Big Book of Exit Strategies,” began the conversation discussing the topic of patterning. He moved…
Wrestling begins season on Nov. 2, 3
The Oswego State wrestling team is ready to return to the mats and start the 2018-2019 season. The Lakers look to have wrestlers qualify for the NCAA Championships for their third straight season. Oswego State opens its season at the…
Players from Carleton Place, Oswego, held to same standards
Two towns that are 152 miles apart and in different countries have a lot of similarities. Both places have populations under 20,000 people and are right on bodies of water. But, the thing that ties the two communities together the…
Freshmen get first collegiate road trip
After a dramatic underdog exhibition win over the London Jr. Devilettes last weekend, the Lakers women’s ice hockey team will hit the road to Pennsylvania for two games this weekend, and look forward to two games against NEWHL rival Buffalo…
Volleyball avoids tie-breaker, makes playoffs
Last season, Oswego State finished its volleyball season in a three-way tie with SUNY Cortland and SUNY Oneonta for the fifth seed in the SUNYAC playoffs. Despite defeating SUNY Oneonta in the regular season, both of the opposing teams won…
