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Newly-elected S.A. president still faces uphill battle to inauguration

The recent Student Association election turned from a matter of counting ballots to a full blow court case on Tuesday night. Michael Johnson won the election but was soon after deemed ineligible to take office due to concerns about his…

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Committee looks to centralize stance on academic dishonesty

The Oswego State committee in charge of plagiarism has begun a search to form a centralized way to handle cheating on campus. The committee is looking for a way to provide faculty with the tools to prevent it from happening….

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Metro Center looks to increase enrollment, programs offered

Graduate school classes are being held at the Metro Center in Syracuse due to the location and proximity to a majority of the students, which causes some distress for those students closer to campus. The Metro Center opened in May…

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U.P. to look into Rave Guardian’s effectiveness on campus

The Rave Guardian program is receiving a second look as data shows that as few as 300 to 500 students may be utilizing the safety initiative, which replaced the campus’s iconic blue lights. According to Oswego State University Police (UP)…

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Honor society teams up with middle school to help youths

The Oswego circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, has partnered with the Oswego Middle School in hopes of lighting some inspiration in a group of at-risk eighth graders. The project, titled "Take the Lead—Strengths, Leadership, and…

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Oswego business owners discuss loan programs

Oswego’s Office of Community Development meets with the city’s small business owners every week in hopes of spurring commercial growth downtown through microenterprise loans. The group of Community Development leaders and business owners holds an Oswego Network of Entrepreneurs (ONE)…

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Not all according to plan

Limited interest in six-person housing in The Village and problems with the lottery system used to place students caused minor problems with the selection process earlier this week. A technical problem with the software used to generate lottery numbers needed…

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CTS prepares to switch campus to new e-mail client

As soon as fall 2010, Oswego State students could be checking mail and receiving status updates via a somewhat "lighter" campus e-mail system. The Campus Technology Advisory Board (CTAB) has made the decision to host the college’s e-mail client in…

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S.A. election continues to confuse

Student Association presidential candidate Michael Johnson withdrew his grievance from the S.A. Supreme Court last week that claimed the S.A. Constitution unfairly mandates a GPA requirement for the position. Johnson originally filed a grievance against Article Seven of the S.A….

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Campus Center rooms renumbered

Three years after its official completion, the Campus Center is going through some growing pains as it undergoes a complete room renumbering and several aesthetic changes this semester and into the summer. Effective immediately, all Campus Center departments and organizations…