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…
Oz Talks hosts final presentation for semester
Emmanuel Agyapong felt he always had the potential to stand out, but his mindset held him back time and again. “I went to high school and I was the star of the [basketball] team,” said Agyapong, now a senior wellness…
Oswego State food pantry helps students out
Oswego State’s food pantry, Students Helping Oz Peers, or SHOP, has been open for over a year and has already had a big impact on campus. The pantry opened in October of last year and has been rather successful. Students…
Student Association hotly debates resolution
For three weeks, debate and personal grievances have plagued Oswego State’s Student Association before senators voted down a proposed resolution focusing on sustainability in dining hall facilities on campus. Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Omar van Reenen, with the…
School safety, shootings discussed in presentation based on Columbine
On Nov. 7 in the Marano Campus Center Auditorium, Jaclyn Schildkraut took the time to address and share her insights on the pressing matter of school safety. Schildkraut is an assistant professor in the department of public justice at Oswego…
Disgusting roommate attack was racially motivated as well
Eighteen-year-old Brianna Brochu was a freshman student attending Hartford University who was expelled and arrested after boasting about having contaminated her roommate, Chennel Rowe’s, toothbrush, backpack, face lotion and other belongings over an extended period to drive her from the…
Student Association theatrics
Typically, if someone has an issue on campus, they are encouraged to reach out to a representative of the Student Association to advocate on their behalf. But the Student Association functions less as a student advocacy organization and more as…
Inefficient class registration process back for spring semester
With the month of November beginning, many students have already started thinking about next semester. Of course, the reason for this is that registration for courses offered during the spring 2018 semester has begun. For many students, registration season is…
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…
Workshop encourages dating violence prevention
Title IX coordinator, Lisa Evaneski, presented a workshop on escalation in dating violence to students in Mackin Complex on Monday to foster active prevention. Attendees consisted of students that came from numerous resident halls, their friends and employees that work…
