Family, food more important than debates during dinner
Next week, Oswego State students will be flocking home to celebrate Thanksgiving, the marvelous holiday where families gather around the table to demolish a 20-pound turkey. There is nothing that compares to seeing relatives and busting out the fancy dishware…
Student protests show need for unity, not division at college
Last week’s election left half the country emotional, unstable and concerned for their well-being. Donald Trump becoming our president-elect stirred hatred, fear and disbelief across the U.S. Riots and protests broke out among anti-Trump groups, blocking streets and flooding college…
Civil rights activist Joan Trumpauer Mulholland shares sit-in experience, lessons
Sheldon Hall Ballroom was filled to capacity on Wednesday night when Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, an American civil rights activist and freedom rider from Arlington, Virginia, spoke at Oswego State. She shared her experience with sit-ins and other known voices in…
College earns ‘Best for Vets’ ranking
Oswego State has been ranked as one of the Military Times’ Best for Vets colleges for the third consecutive year. This honor comes alongside the college’s opening of its Battle Buddy Center on Nov. 11. Military Times, an independent newsweekly,…
Oswego State President Stanley assumes role as chair of board of American Association of State Colleges and Universities
On Nov. 1, Oswego State President Deborah Stanley assumed the two-year role of chair of the board of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). Stanley has been a member of the association since she took over the…
Stanley addresses SA questions, concerns in second town hall meeting
On Monday, the second town hall meeting of the semester with Oswego State President Deborah Stanley met in the Marano Campus Center auditorium. These meetings serve as a way for the student body, administration and faculty to speak frankly with…
Filmmaker Jeremy Moss screens ‘creepy’ movies, shares experiences in art
Jeremy Moss, a filmmaker and cinematographer from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, came to visit Oswego State on Monday. Moss is also a professor at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster. He teaches motion picture production, history and theory. He received his bachelor’s…
Oswego professor Alok Kumar receives SUNY-wide award
Oswego State physics professor Alok Kumar received one of the SUNY system’s highest honors. On Nov. 10, Kumar was one of eight faculty in the SUNY system recognized as a Distinguished Teaching Professor by the SUNY board of trustees. Kumar…
‘Indigenizing Campus Culture’ talk informs students on Native American culture
On Wednesday, I AM OZ presented “Indignation: Indigenizing Campus Culture.” Chelsea Sunday, Jonel Beauvais and Louise McDonald Herne were the three Native American speakers at the event. Sunday is in the Turtle Clan and is a mother of two from…
Election results spark student protest, chants across campus
“United we stand, divided we fall.” That is what students were chanting as they walked across campus in an “anti-ignorance” protest at approximately 11 a.m. Wednesday in response to election results from Tuesday, which declared Donald Trump the United States’…
