FitzPatrick nuclear power plant announces closing, causes job loss
Energy Corp, a local energy company called a meeting with employees on the morning of Nov. 2 to announce the shutdown of FitzPatrick nuclear power plant, located in the town of Scriba, near Oswego. This announcement comes after Entergy officials…
Youth solitary confinement evokes change
Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney has effectively enacted changes that relocated all 16 and 17 year olds held at the Onondaga County Correctional facility in Jamesville to the Justice Center in Syracuse as of Oct. 19. This came in response…
Campus crime cut by one-third
The decrease in criminal offenses across the Oswego State campus has improved police-community relations, according to the University Police. In the 2015 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, student misconduct has been cut by a third over the last three…
Postcard campaign urges bill signage
Oswego State students were given the opportunity to send postcards to the governor’s office as a part of an initiative to get a bill signed that guarantees SUNY and CUNY schools funding. The Maintenance of Effort (MOE) bill would ensure…
County legislative candidates pre-pare for election
Laura Brazak and Tim Stahl, two Oswego State graduates, are both first-time candidates in the running for County Legislator of the 20th District. Brazak, the Democratic candidate and one of five women running in this year’s election, has been a…
Administration reacts to students left homeless
Students that are left homeless during breaks are given the opportunity to live on campus during winter and spring break, according to Richard Kolenda, director of Residence Life and Housing. “We are about helping people who need a place to…
Photography project frames Oswego’s past
Hundreds of images from Oswego’s history have been collected by Oswego State students and staff who plan on displaying 15 of these community visuals in an upcoming showcase. The Found Negatives project is a collection of images from the 1960s…
Diversity drives Media Summit
Five professionals in the media industry came together as panelists on stage in the Sheldon Ballroom to discuss diversity in the media. Moderated by Student Association President Christopher Collins-McNeil, the 11th Dr. Lewis B. O’Donnell Media Summit, titled “A Mile…
Preacher sparks debate, controversy
This report is from 2015. For the 2019 article on Jesse Morrell’s visit to Oswego State, go here. A group of students gathered around a lone traveling preacher on Monday afternoon on the Oswego State campus. The man, Jim Deferio,…
Some Students left without home to return to during breaks from school
Three months out of the year, crashing on a friend’s couch is the norm for Senior Dylan McGill. With his nearest relative in Ohio, McGill scrambles to find a place to live on school breaks. “Nine months out of the…
