The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

DATE

Dec. 22, 2024

Jordan DeLucia

Mental health experts speak on available resources

The end of the year brings many fun activities to local communities that lift people’s spirits and draw friends and families closer together. However, the fall and first few winter months can also be the hardest for those living with…

SAVE, Peer2Peer program reach out for suicide awareness

Suicide Awareness Voices of Education is a nationally chartered suicide prevention and awareness organization founded in 1989 by Adina Wrobleski after her daughter killed herself 10 years prior. Since then, SAVE has founded 20 charters nationwide, working with their local…

CTS hosts cyber-security program with ethical hackers

Not all computer hackers play for the dark side. “Ethical hackers” James Carroll and Eric Fiske from Secure Network Technologies represent the good guys of cyber security penetration. Carroll and Fiske are Offensive Security Certified Professionals (OSCP), or security technicians…

Lil Pump still pumping out garbage on self-titled album

Somehow, the hip-hip world has actually managed to find somebody worse at “rapping” than Young Thug. Meet Gazzy Garcia, aka Lil Pump, the lean-sippin’, 17-year-old embarrassment to the music industry that blew up on SoundCloud in the spring of 2016…

University Police, students talk over coffee

Many U.S. police offers have been trying to establish good community relations with their citizens in addition to building on the ones already present. The Oswego State University Police is looking to do the same through the Coffee with a…

Change comes in various types

Many students are guilty of liking that beautifully worded, heartstring-tugging Facebook post that claims to be in support of ending world hunger or that 140-character message on a timeline that ends with the phrase “please retweet.” Then, what happens is…

Business community on campus organizes start-up competition

To provide students with an opportunity to showcase their ideas and teamwork skills, Oswego State’s chapter of Enactus, the School of Business and the Office of Business and Community Relations are holding their special event, Launch It. Launch It is…

Archives In the Office Opinion

Logic raps up mental health issue; awareness

It is funny to hear the host’s corny jokes and see the artists’ creativity in their music and performances at the MTV Video Music Awards. However, there was one performance in particular that stood out from all the rest this…

Mother of drunk driving victim pleads for students to make better choices

Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death among teens in the United States, Kevin Velzy, University Assistant Police Chief said. These facts opened the fourth annual “Drive Safe, Live Safe” program in the Hewitt Ballroom on Monday evening…

Embrace different forms of media, standard journalism is out

From the invention of the printing press until the spawn of the web browser, the most popular form of journalism was in print. Magazines, newspapers and any other tangible source of news was the common medium for all Americans. Fast…