New York state takes strong steps to contain COVID-19, suspends SUNY classes, closes restaurants, limits public gatherings
UPDATE: March 16, 2020 COVID-19 is spreading throughout New York, and the state government is trying to match that spread with dramatic increases in testing and restrictions on the gathering of people. “We can only maintain public health by STAYING…
Gender-inclusive housing at Oswego State
Oswego State will join other SUNY schools in introducing gender-inclusive housing. SUNY schools such as The College at Brockport have experimented with gender-inclusive housing for a few years. The move to promote such form of housing means that male and…
Naief Yehya speaks on campus
On March 11, Oswego State hosted “Drones: Hunting Humans from the Middle East to the Southern Border,” presented by keynote speaker Naief Yehya. Yehya has published four novels, multiple essays and written for a few publications in Mexico, Spain and…
Museum of Sex celebrates women, empowerment
On Friday, the Museum of Sex was held by HeForShe in the Hewitt Hall Ballroom and highlighted gender, sexuality, individuality and liberation. HeForShe is an organization that was created by the United Nation in 2014 as a way to create…
Oz After Dark puts on sign making program
The Alcohol and Other Drugs Education Group hosted an event last week where students could create their own neon sings to take home with them. The event, Oz After Dark, took place last Friday in the Marano Campus Center, which…
Concerns about online classes rise
The Internet and Blackboard outages Oswego State students have experienced a few weeks ago left Student Association senators concerned about the transferring to online classes due to COVID-19 outbreak fears. At Tuesday’s SA meeting, program directors addressed the senate in…
Lakers end inconsistent season, fail to return to NCAA tournament
It was a tale of two seasons for the Oswego State men’s hockey team during its 2019-2020 campaign, which ended Saturday with a 4-1 loss against SUNY Geneseo in the SUNYAC Championship. The season began earlier than normal, players came…
Lakers, other Div. III institutions alter sporting events
Update: March 13, 2020 – 3:43 p.m. Thursday, March 12, the Oswego State Athletics Department canceled the remainder of all winter sports, as well as the spring sports season. Two days before the Oswego State baseball team was expected to…
Editor’s Column: ‘End of hockey season’
Men fall short of national tournament Just 151 days ago, I wrote that the Oswego State Lakers seemed primed to make a run at the NCAA Tournament. It was a team that brought in just two new players and had…
Beat Writer’s Column: ‘Men’s basketball season ends’
Back on March 11, the Oswego State men’s basketball team fell to The College at Brockport, ending its season. With that, my time as the beat writer for the team also came to an end. It is now time to…
