Trump win concludes election after campus glues eyes to live coverage
Angel Danchalski and their friends broke out into applause as a screen projected PBS News Hour’s live coverage of Democrats winning seats in the Senate and electoral votes in the presidential election. But the next morning would inevitably disappoint them,…
Behind the Ballot Blitz: Vote Oswego campaign challenges student volunteers
Their headquarters are smaller than one might imagine for a group so visible across campus: inside the cramped room in Mahar Hall, there are a bunch of posters and boxes, an election trivia spinning wheel and the base for a…
Where graffiti sparked controversy, students paint mural of positivity
A wintertime scene on the Hewitt Quad; two figures dancing by candlelight; a dragon flying over hands of many colors—these are a few of the paintings a team of students worked on to compose a six-panel mural outside Tyler Hall….
Nwosu inaugurated president after year leading campus
John B. King Jr., chancellor of the SUNY system, bestowed the presidential medallion onto Peter Nwosu, officially inaugurating him as the 11th president of SUNY Oswego. “As I inaugurate Peter Nwosu today, I also inaugurate you all,” King said. “We…
Reports of rape, dating violence on campus rising, report says
Reports of rape and dating violence on campus rose in 2023, according to the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report released on Oct. 1. The university campus had a total of ten reported cases of rape last year, compared to…
Alumni share stories of navigating intense media landscape
Finding a job after graduation can be the most stressful part of college. Pew Research found that at the end of 2021, 41% of college graduates aged 22 to 27 were underemployed, which means working in a job that typically…
Media summit panel treads shallow on tech topics
This year’s media summit promised a discussion on the evolution and future of television technology. The panel itself, made up of alumni with careers at large media companies, concluded that social media was taking over television’s territory. Jake Piacenti, a…
Peace Walk interrupted by racist heckling, university investigating incident
UPDATE: Two anonymous sources provided The Oswegonian with documentation that the Office of Student Conduct exonerated the student accused of yelling hate speech at the ALANA Peace Walk in September. A source relayed that the university collected accounts from five…
Puerto Rican poet finds strength in vulnerability
Ricardo Nazario y Colón wears a suit to his formal, professional dealings in university administration. He did the same in Penfield Library, not to officiate a meeting, but for his other passion: poetry. “Writing is therapeutic,” Nazario y Colón said….
Seneca artist Luanne Redeye colors kinship on canvas
A family of four poses for a group portrait, two children in front, their parents’ heads cropped from the top. At a brief glance the image may seem like a typical painting, but looking longer, one notices something peculiar: the…
