New York state takes strong steps to contain COVID-19, suspends SUNY classes, closes restaurants, limits public gatherings
UPDATE: March 16, 2020 COVID-19 is spreading throughout New York, and the state government is trying to match that spread with dramatic increases in testing and restrictions on the gathering of people. “We can only maintain public health by STAYING…
Gender-inclusive housing at Oswego State
Oswego State will join other SUNY schools in introducing gender-inclusive housing. SUNY schools such as The College at Brockport have experimented with gender-inclusive housing for a few years. The move to promote such form of housing means that male and…
Naief Yehya speaks on campus
On March 11, Oswego State hosted “Drones: Hunting Humans from the Middle East to the Southern Border,” presented by keynote speaker Naief Yehya. Yehya has published four novels, multiple essays and written for a few publications in Mexico, Spain and…
Museum of Sex celebrates women, empowerment
On Friday, the Museum of Sex was held by HeForShe in the Hewitt Hall Ballroom and highlighted gender, sexuality, individuality and liberation. HeForShe is an organization that was created by the United Nation in 2014 as a way to create…
Oz After Dark puts on sign making program
The Alcohol and Other Drugs Education Group hosted an event last week where students could create their own neon sings to take home with them. The event, Oz After Dark, took place last Friday in the Marano Campus Center, which…
Concerns about online classes rise
The Internet and Blackboard outages Oswego State students have experienced a few weeks ago left Student Association senators concerned about the transferring to online classes due to COVID-19 outbreak fears. At Tuesday’s SA meeting, program directors addressed the senate in…
Synchronized skating completes season
At the start of every semester, while Oswego State students are finding where their classrooms are and reading sylabi, the Ice Effects, Oswego State’s synchronized skating team, is doing all that while learning its new moves for the semester. The…
Women’s hockey to celebrate 4 seniors vs. Buffalo State
The regular season is coming to an end for the Oswego State women’s hockey team. The team has only three regular season games left before the playoffs with its final home game Saturday against Buffalo State. Saturday will also be…
Preacher disrupts campus; crowd forms, University Police responds
On Wednesday, Oct. 16 traveling preacher and YouTuber Jesse Morrell brought his sermon to the Oswego State campus. Speaking from the Hewitt quad in the center of campus, Morrell’s speech amassed a crowd of students, many who responded negatively to…
Marano Campus Center flags missing, still absent after removal for cleaning
In fall 2018, the flags of different nations, as well as the LGBTQ flag, that hung in Marano Campus Center at Oswego State were taken down to be cleaned and repaired. After a year, the flags are still not up….
