Cooper needs more vegetarian options
Will somebody please think of the vegetarians? In non-Western cuisines, meatless diets are not only conventional but often expected and even considered holier. In America, however, vegetarians have to deal with awkward carefulness and annoying conversations. As a reparation for…
Student petition calls for Black studies department
Unlike many of its peers in the SUNY system, SUNY Oswego does not have a Black studies major program, a fact that graduating senior Rickey Strachan is hoping to change with other students’ help. Inspired by Professor Kenneth Marshall’s Black…
Parasites, cardinals, urbanization studied by honors student in thesis
Urbanization, parasites and cardinals all come together in one Oswego student’s honors thesis. Sonia Hernandez, a senior majoring in zoology, is in the final semester of her research project. After spending time working on fieldwork and microscopy throughout the summer…
Administration for Native Americans Commissioner speaks at SUNY Oswego
On March 8, Patrice Kunesh, of Standing Rock Lakota descent, joined SUNY Oswego professor Jason Zenor’s American Indian Sovereignty class via Zoom. Kunesh is an American attorney who has served as commissioner for Native Americans and was recently appointed by…
Officer-in-Charge Toale participates in forum as presidential search candidate
The SUNY Oswego faculty, community and students were invited to take part in the first open forums regarding the university’s search for its next president on March 20. The first candidate announced to be making a visit was SUNY Oswego’s…
Accessibility resources available to students
Disclaimer: This article is being written as a follow up for an editorial published in the March 3 edition of The Oswegonian titled “The Editor-In-Chief’s Column: Oswego Is Not Safe Or Accessible.” Accessibility resources at SUNY Oswego are not just…
Warm weather affecting local government, campus
It is a bad time to be a snowman. As of Feb. 12, this is the least amount of total snow to fall in Oswego in 92 years of recorded history, Jon Hitchcock, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service…
Outages in Cooper, Hart, Funnelle affect students
Surprise struck central campus last on Feb. 10 when an email was sent out alerting students and faculty that there had been a water main break outside of Funnelle Hall that morning. The break was unexpected and had some less-than-ideal…
Jewish Life club reflects on removal of holidays
SUNY Oswego is the latest member of the SUNY system to remove observance of Jewish holidays from its calendar after allotting a one week break to Thanksgiving this year. The reasoning behind this change has been stated in vague language,…
Honoring Veterans Day: local women, men reflect on time spent in service
Veterans Day, previously known as Armistice Day, was established by President Woodrow Wilson on Nov. 11, 1919, a year after World War I ended. The goal was to remember and commemorate the dead troops of World War I for…
