OzFest day activities funding on thin ice
Oswego State Student Association receives about $1.8 million in installments from the student activity fee each year, and the senate determines how much funding each organization gets. After budgets are given to organizations and clubs, there is a remaining portion…
Chinese opera performs in Sheldon ballroom
Imagine an opera where the cast swings swords at one another or comes out in massive, complicated, culturally significant and intensely symbolic costumes. That is the essence of Beijing Opera. On Feb. 10, the Oswego State division of the Startalk…
Student Association addresses unequal club sports funding
Male club sports teams at Oswego State typically get more money than their female counterparts, sometimes thousands of dollars more per year. At the Student Association sports funding forum on Feb. 12, the presenters of the event and student affairs…
Oswego academic calendar may be reviewed
The Oswego State faculty assembly met on Monday, Feb. 12, and will consider a motion to review the academic calendar on Feb. 19. Casey Raymond, a professor of chemistry and lab coordinator for general chemistry at Oswego State, proposed the…
SCMA Winter Bash struggles to find audience
The Oswego State SCMA Winter Bash got off to a slow start, but the social gathering picked up the tempo after a performance by Vocal Effect. A small group of around 30 students and faculty from the School of Communications,…
Oswego State professor gets grant for battery research
Mohammed Islam, a faculty member in the physics department at Oswego State, recently received a grant that will further his research into sodium-ion batteries, which he said he believes will have a beneficial environmental impact. Sodium-ion batteries, meant to be…
Shaun Cassidy Fan Club brings entertainment to campus with improv
The Shaun Cassidy Improvisation Club is one of the many clubs that Oswego State offers and hosts a show at 8 p.m. every Saturday. “It was very different than what I expected,” senior Natalie Peña said. “I honestly thought it…
Smoking committee to reboot smoking ban
Walking across the campus of Oswego State, students can see one of the college’s most apparent forms of pollution: cigarette filters. Although the college implemented a tobacco-free and smoke-free policy in 2015, individuals have not followed it. As a result,…
Safety inspections commence
With the beginning of every new semester comes fire safety inspections in all residence hall rooms and, sometimes, confiscation of personal belongings. Oswego State junior Julie Loney previously had a foldup table taken from her room by a resident assistant…
MBA program ranked first in New York state
Many students come to college in hopes of earning a better education. To get an even higher level of education, many choose to take the extra step and opt in to a five-year MBA program. On Jan. 9, the U.S….
