The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

DATE

Dec. 21, 2024

Alexander Plate

Staff Editorial

On Friday, Sept. 13, an email was sent to a swath of Oswego State students, purporting to be from a man named Dickey Elliot Douglas, looking for a student to fill an assistant position while they are still at school. …

Cory Booker took debating to different level

It is September. Another Democratic primary debate just happened and hostility is in the air. The purpose of the debate is to narrow down who is running for president, but with only a bit more than a year until the…

Second Amendment protections

Gun control is one of the most contentious conversations you can have in politics these days, whether conservative or liberal, and even among these groups, the extent to which gun control should be implemented is an issue. However, when gun…

Textbooks to be made more accessible

The Oswego State Student Association has been in talks about some changes that could come in future years. Two of these are extended library hours and improved accessibility for textbooks. By making textbooks easier to access and the library being…

Improved gun legislation necessary

On Dec. 14, 2012, the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting took place. This event was so shocking that many believed it would lead to the end of the gun control debate and the start of real, impactful gun legislation.  Since…

“Avengers: Endgame” takes sharp turn with beloved characters

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars “Avengers: Endgame” opened this past weekend and smashed box office records for opening weekend with $1.2 billion dollars spent on tickets. This is almost double the highest opening weekend number by almost double. Second…

Student Association examines rules

Oswego State Student Association passed several changes to its bylaws April 16, with many pertaining to how SA will handle elections in the future. While the SA elections for president and vice president were held in early March, the election…

Oswego County faces climate change

Data from last year’s Fourth National Climate Assessment revealed Oswego County  could be greatly affected by climate change over the next century. The assessment predicted that the northeastern United States will experience differences in the lengths of the winter and…

Oswego State discusses climate change

A panel of five Oswego State professors from various departments discussed the effects of climate change April 24 as part of “Climate Change: A Wider Lens,” one of the events throughout Earth Week on campus. The Campus Environment Advisory Council…

SA president announced

After weeks of uncertainty regarding Oswego State’s next Student Association president, current Vice President Edward Kelly announced April 17 that Takeena Strachan, director of civic engagement and legislative affairs, will be sworn in as president in May. “I’m really confident…