The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

DATE

Mar. 6, 2025

News

Official end of COVID-19 crisis to cause little change locally

Almost three years after its proclamation as a health crisis by the Department of Health and Human Services, the COVID-19 pandemic is running in its last few months under the official titles of both a national and public health emergency….

Businesses to replace JCPenney in Oswego Plaza

The recent announcement of the addition of a Hobby Lobby and Texas Roadhouse to Oswego Plaza provided some answers to the questions about the potential closing of JCPenney.  Rumors of JCPenney’s closing have been circulating since 2020, as both the…

SUNY Oswego alumnus gives concert titled “American Fruit with African Roots”

SUNY Oswego alumnus Larry Watson returned to give a concert titled “American Fruit with African Roots: A Black Swan Song by an Affirmative Action Baby,” on Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. The concert featured seven songs from a selection of…

Campus janitors thrive under union contract

Disclaimer: This story was written in the fall semester of 2022 after Issue X was published. Some information may have changed since that time. After a semester under a new union contract, the campus custodial staff continue to thrive as…

Clay Bodies Club to host pottery sale

Members of SUNY Oswego’s Clay Bodies Ceramics Club will sell a variety of homemade ceramic goods Feb. 17 as part of their fundraising vendor sale. The sale, which will take place from 3-7 p.m. in the main lobby of Tyler…

Businesses to replace JCPenney in Oswego Plaza

The recent announcement of the addition of a Hobby Lobby and Texas Roadhouse to Oswego Plaza provided some answers to the questions about the potential closing of JCPenney.  Rumors of JCPenney’s closing have been circulating since 2020, as both the…

Emergency Preparedness Training released to campus on Brightspace

SUNY Oswego’s Campus Safety Advisory Committee released the SUNY Oswego Emergency Preparedness Training on Feb. 1 to all students, faculty and staff via Brightspace. The training provides information about the Standard Response Protocol (SRP), a program used in schools across…

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…

Vote Oswego talks elections

SUNY Oswego has encouraged students to not only register to vote but also go to the polls and fill out absentee ballots for the 2022 midterm election. Vote Oswego is a campaign run during election years that reaches out to…