New president takes office
Since entering Oswego as a freshman biochemistry major, much has changed for Becca Witkin. Now going into her senior year, a political science major with two minors, she has also been elected Student Association President. “I’ve been incredibly involved at…
Arts fee brings Pakistani musical superstar Lohar to Oswego’s Caravanserai
ARTSwego Director Mary Avrakotos sits at her desk with a poster of Pakistani musician Arif Lohar spread out on the floor in front of her. Lohar is not well known in the United States, but he is a superstar in…
Easing embargo allows music exchange
Music professor Eric Schmitz and undergraduate student Nate Felty spent a week in Cuba from March 31 through April 7 studying Afro-Cuban music with renowned music professor Emilio Del Monte. The two were able to travel to Cuba due to…
Zen eases daily stresses
Zen meditation helps Oswego State students relieve stress during crunch time as the end of the 2012 spring semester approaches. Zen meditation class, held every Thursday evening in Campus Center room 205, is an alternative way to help students relieve…
Service fraternity plans ballroom dance
The brothers of the Rho Xi chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. believe they have had a great influence on the Oswego State community. “I love to think we have impacted in a very positive sense,” said Castelli Laflotte,…
Red meat: a raw deal
Meat eaters might want to think twice about eating that burger after a major study released linked the consumption of red meat to increasing the risk of early death. In the Archives of Internal Medicine, where the study was published,…
SUNY Briefs – 4/13/2012
Potsdam The SUNY Potsdam AIDS Education Group will take part in the annual Candlelight Memorial Service on Wednesday, April 25, at 6 p.m. The event, which is being run in conjunction with the Global Health Council, is open to the…
Critics claim SUNY selling seats for extra revenue, not case at Oswego
With over $1 billion having been cut from SUNY budgets in the past five years, SUNY schools have had to be inventive to make ends meet. Some outspoken citizens, however, are accusing SUNY schools of taking this inventiveness too far….
String of burglaries, larcenies instigate fear in off-campus students, residents
With an increase in burglaries and larceny in Oswego, city police aim to educate the public on keeping their belongings safe, especially when away for extended breaks. Between Feb. 23 and 26, three individuals were charged with six counts of…
Johnson creates new scholarship
The 15th Annual Bidding Bonanza changed venues to the Sheldon Hall Ballroom, which helped make it the most successful auction yet, said Bonanza organizers. The event was Candyland themed and some of the proceeds will go toward a new scholarship….
