The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

DATE

Jan. 11, 2025

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With season over, Lakers graduate 4 true leaders

The Oswego State field hockey team fell two wins short of both of its team goals: obtaining a .500 record and making the SUNYAC playoffs. The Lakers went 6-10 on the season overall and finished with a 2-4 conference record….

Penfield Library celebrates milestone

Penfield Library celebrated its 50th anniversary in its current building in the center of campus on Oct. 27. The current building that Penfield is housed in was opened in 1968. Prior to that, the library had been housed in Rich…

Different student housing options available

Students at Oswego State have several housing options other than the residence halls. These options include privately owned houses, The Village on campus, Premier Living Suites in Oswego and the most recent option, Lakeside Commons. For first-year students, options are…

Writer Adjei-Brenyah visits, discusses book with class

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, a fiction short story writer, visited Oswego State’s Living Writers Series Oct. 29 when he was invited to the River’s End Bookstore by co-owner Bill Reilly.  Upon his visit, Adjei-Brenyah was celebrating the first week of his…

WNYO celebrates 50 years on air

Oswego State’s student-run radio station began in 1968 as WOCR and, 50 years later, now named WNYO, is celebrating its golden jubilee. Amna Sadique, the current general manager, joined WNYO the end of her first year at Oswego when she…

Dana Balter addresses campus

Dana Balter, the Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives for New York’s 24th District, spoke on campus at Oswego State at a town hall meeting on Oct. 29. Speaking to a nearly full auditorium, Balter took the opportunity to…

Oswego man shot during traffic dispute, in stable condition

After a traffic-related dispute, Thomas E. Schrader, 58, of Oswego, shot  a 34-year-old male also of Oswego, multiple times in the torso Oct. 26 between East 10th and Duer Streets in the city of Oswego. Upon investigation, Oswego City Police…

Essays useful to punish children, educate them

Spanking is not the same as child abuse, but just because you should not be arrested for spanking your child does not make it an effective parenting tool. In 2016, Elizabeth Gershoff, a professor of human development and family sciences…

Discounts not worth abuse of retail workers

It has been nearly 10 weeks since I have been back home on Long Island, and I will have to wait another three until I see my family again for Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a day to spend time with family,…

Staff Editorial

As the spooky season comes to a close, it is truly disturbing to see the cultural appropriation and disrespect that is still evident even in 2018. Halloween is a time for fun and creativity, a chance to dress up as…