Health center struggling to keep pace with sick notes
Officials at Mary Walker are fighting a two-front war against the flu, with nurses trying to help students overcome by illness just to remain hampered by professors’ requests for students to obtain written documentation of their illness. "The fact is…
New planters added in hopes of sprucing up West Campus
Set to absorb another punishing budget cut from the state, Oswego State has still found a way to keep a little green on campus. October saw the college allocate $70,000 for improvements including planters, plants, benches and trash receptacles, with…
Keeping business more sweet than sour
Chinese restaurants in Oswego are still managing to scoop out a portion of the college market, despite the opening of a new competitor earlier this year. "We have more business now than ever before," said James Tiam, owner of Hong…
After VFW ban, organizations look for new place to socialize
Recently the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) banned all Oswego student activities from their facilities. There has been much student speculation as to why they have made this decision. "They have always threatened to ban [student activities], but they never…
Oswego State scraps plagiarism program
The Committee on Intellectual Integrity (CII) at Oswego State plans to hold off on the addition of text-matching software until they find something that better fits into the college’s budget. During the spring 2009 semester, CII ran a pilot project…
Interest in Oswego State increases Acceptance rate drops as competition rises
If trends from recent years are any indication, Oswego State has evolved into a top destination for many incoming and transfer students. Applications from incoming students topped 10,500 for the fall 2009 semester (up 600 from last year), which has…
Summit stresses importance of digital communication
Media organizations have turned their gears toward the digital world, and if Wednesday’s Media Summit was any indication, all roads lead through Facebook. Touting the theme "Your GPS Directions to the Digital Media World," Oswego State held its fifth annual…
Delivery drivers struggle with on-campus tipping
Turns out braving the harsh winter weather might not be the worst aspect that Oswego deliverymen have to endure. Oswego State students have earned a bad reputation among some city food joints of not appropriately tipping for on-campus food deliveries….
For elevators, problems rising Students continue to play waiting game as malfunctions persist
Forget grid lock, students on West Campus are becoming wary of a new delay: out-of-service elevators. John Moore, director of engineering and sustainability at Oswego State, said the number one reason for elevator malfunction is vandalism from students. These acts…
Program to let freshmen view mid-semester grades Goal to help target students at risk of failing
The Student Retention Committee has put a pilot program into motion to help keep students at Oswego State. The committee, which began as a retention task force by faculty assembly, evolved into the student retention committee in November 2008 as…
