The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

DATE

Dec. 24, 2024

John Custodio

SUNY Oswego lifts mask mandate effective March 4

By John Custodio SUNY Oswego has ended their mask mandate on March 4 for students and faculty that have completed a full COVID-19 vaccination and booster shot series, in an email sent by Officer in Charge Mary C. Toale. In…

Student poet Rickey Strachan published

By Brandon Ladd SUNY Oswego student poet Rickey Strachan published his second book: “What I Did With Those Words.”  This book serves as a sequel for Strachan’s first publication “Things Cupid Whispered” which he published in 2021. The first book…

City of Oswego Police launch new task force

By Spencer Bates A new Drug Task Force within the Oswego City Police Department has been announced that will fight the increase of illegal drugs within the city.  On Feb. 24 Oswego Mayor Billy Barlow announced that in order to…

$1 billion in funding to clean Great Lakes

By Natalie Bardan $1 billion from President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will be dedicated to restoring Lake Ontario and the other Great Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron and Erie. The majority of the funding will be used by the U.S….

New tech security protects against identity theft

SUNY Oswego Campus Technology Services (CTS) is adding a new layer of security for all students, faculty and staff beginning March 14. “Passwords by themselves are no longer considered to be the most secure way to protect data and digital…

Waterman Theatre to host “Imagining Kerouac”

By John Custodio Tyler Hall’s Waterman Theatre will be hosting “Imagining Kerouac” on March 8 as a celebration of the poet and novelist Jack Kerouac’s 100th birthday on March 12. Kerouac, born on March 12, 1922, was a poet and…

SA President candidate, Ehrhard has vision

By Brandon Ladd The only candidate running for the upcoming SUNY Oswego Student Association President’s election is sophomore Thomas Ehrhard.  Ehrhard is a politics, philosophy and economics major, who is on a political economics course in that major. He also…

Lakers punch ticket to second NCAA tournament in 3 seasons

By Spencer Bates The Oswego State men’s basketball team has conquered the SUNYAC following a championship win at home against SUNY Oneonta. The Lakers and Max Ziel Gymnasium played host to the SUNYAC semifinals and finals over the days Feb….

Lakers women’s hockey fall in SUNYAC semi’s

By Alexander Abramovich After an above-par season, the Oswego State women’s hockey team lost a hard-fought 1-0 game in the NEWHL semifinal to SUNY Cortland. The Lakers played tough the whole game, both teams were held scoreless throughout the first…

From my desk: The Editor-in-Chief’s column

By Brandon Ladd WTOP-10 TV continued its excellence with its last hockey broadcast of the season on March 2. The broadcast featured the SUNYAC men’s hockey Semifinal matchup between the SUNY Cortland Red Dragons and the Oswego State Lakers. The…