The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

DATE

Jan. 28, 2025

DATE

Jan. 28, 2025

Carson Metcalf

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This Week’s Horoscopes

Aries:  Your stars are unaligned right now. You may feel off kilter until next Friday, but things can get better. Someone in your life wants to tell you something, so try and get them to talk.   Taurus: There’s not…

Opinion

Macklemore wins grammy, ‘robs’ Kendrick Lamar

Without a doubt the timespan from December of 2012 to February of 2014 can be noted as the year Ben “Macklemore” Haggerty took over mainstream music. The Seattle-born rapper struck gold when his album “The Heist,” produced by his good…

Welcome to the tundra

  Oswego State has quickly lived up to its title this semester, hosting two snowstorms in the first two weeks of class after being named the No. 2 snowiest school in the country by Accuweather.com. On Wednesday, the Oswego State campus was…

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Oswego State receives $7.5 million donation

Oswego State received a $7.5 million gift from the estate of Oswego County resident Lorraine E. Marano in January. This is the largest single gift the college has received in its history. The money established the Nunzio “Nick” C. and…

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VP departure forces emergency SA senate vote

Student Association named a new vice president for the rest of the 49th session after the departure of the student-body elected official. Francisco Perez will take over responsibilities of overseeing the senate and other duties associated with the vice president’s…

Archives Community News

Lakeside Artisans event for friends and family

To reach out to the community and provide a morning of fun, creative activities, Lakeside Artisans of West First Street in downtown Oswego hosted an event called “Say it with Class, Say it with Glass.” From 10 a.m. to 12…

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This Week in SA

Student Association Senate reconvened this week for its first official senate meeting of the spring semester. The meeting was held in room 205 of the Campus Center this week but will return to Lanigan next week. Six new senators were…

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Oswego drug arrests ranks No. 3

  On rehabs.com’s recent “Most On-Campus Drug Arrests Per 1,000 Students” list, which included national major schools across the country, Oswego State ranked third. The ranking, based on data from the Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Education and reported…

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Oswego approves property tax hike

In December, city lawmakers passed Oswego’s 2014 budget, which included a 43 percent property tax increase. For Oswego State students living off-campus, the property tax increase presents the possibility of higher rent payments as the city’s landlords adjust to the…

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Love-a-Donor Day to recognize benefactors

At Oswego State, students have the opportunity to receive a total of more than 250 scholarships, attend a variety of programs and events each year, and use some of the best equipment in their industries. But none of this would…