The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

DATE

Dec. 22, 2024

Racism

Walk of Shame: racist incident needs addressing

Oswego is two for two this year for racist incidents. The first one being the student saying, “F*** all of y’all, f*** all y’all Blacks and f*** your flags, put them down,” during the Peace Walk. The second incident was…

Alumni of color react to racist incident at Peace Walk, call for university to take action

Alumni returning to campus did not expect overt racism to remain on campus. They want action. “We students of color are all familiar with Oswego’s past,” Lola Osoria, a 2012 graduate, said. “Put pressure on our new president in terms…

Peace Walk interrupted by racist heckling, university investigating incident

UPDATE: Two anonymous sources provided The Oswegonian with documentation that the Office of Student Conduct exonerated the student accused of yelling hate speech at the ALANA Peace Walk in September. A source relayed that the university collected accounts from five…

Addressing racism in sports: hate needs to be tackled on and off court

Recently the Utah women’s basketball team suffered racist insults, which is far from being the first and last, raising a debate on how to address this issue. Utah women’s basketball coach Lynne Roberts said, in a press conference according to…