The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

DATE

Dec. 21, 2024

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Professor opens new chapter of networking group for broadcasting, cinema students

For Oswego, there will be a new organization for broadcasting and cinema screens studies students to participate in. The Broadcasting Education Association (BEA) has a new chapter of its association opening doors at SUNY Oswego. David Crider, a broadcasting professor…

Seneca artist Luanne Redeye colors kinship on canvas

A family of four poses for a group portrait, two children in front, their parents’ heads cropped from the top. At a brief glance the image may seem like a typical painting, but looking longer, one notices something peculiar: the…

Aspiring sailor revives student sailing club: ‘I came to Oswego for the body of water’

Initial looks can be deceiving. The small 8.5″ x 11″ flyers for the Oswego Sailing Club may have seemed mildly intriguing at first. Tropical music greeted a line of students signing in, a turnout much larger than club president and…

LGBT students find belonging in expanded living space

Following last year’s debut of the All In Living Learning Community (LLC), a living space dedicated to queer students, Residence Life and Housing expanded the community to a second floor of Waterbury Hall to accommodate the wave of interest in…

Professors ponder approach to ‘post-literacy world’

The encroaching influence of social media has stoked fears in experts of a “post-literacy world,” in which popularity and controversy impede on truth.  In the premiere of a series of panels on civil discourse, university faculty from various fields took…

Dedicated worker, veteran maintains Rice Creek alone

Rice Creek Field Station is a research unit of SUNY Oswego, located about one and a half miles southwest of the university’s main entrance. The property spans 350 acres and, across all of its trails, measures five miles in total….

Editor-in-Chief’s Column: What grinds my gears: logos and locations

Why is the logo at center ice in the Deborah F. Stanley Arena facing the way it is? It makes absolutely no sense. Every logo in professional sports faces the broadcasting booths in order for the logo to be spotlit…

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Advisement programs assist students as semester begins

With the end of its introductory phase, the fall 2023 semester has gone into full swing and brings about the expectations of professors in their respective classes. As such, academic pressure begins to build and new students who have yet…

University searches for honorary title candidates

In order to celebrate its most distinguished and widely-recognized alumni, the SUNY collegiate system annually chooses up to five of its former students to be the recipients of an honorary doctorate degree, labeled by SUNY Oswego as “the highest form…

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Campus medical emergency response: SUNY Oswego’s protocol, partnerships

[This story was written in the spring 2023 semester, but was not published.]  What can students expect when an on-campus medical emergency happens? According to Chief of University Police Scott Swayze, the response should be similar no matter if 911…