The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

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Nov. 2, 2024

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Editor-in-Chief’s column: Sharing some good news amid all the bad

There is a lot going on right now. In the world, on campus, everywhere. It is definitely an interesting time to be a student journalist. Breaking news seems to be an hourly norm these days.  My columns have been very…

Students protest conservative speaker

The presence of and subsequent talk delivered by Cherise Trump at SUNY Oswego on April 5 created tension on campus due to her viewpoints on the matter of free speech. Trump is the executive director of Speech First, an organization…

Final two presidential forums conclude current portion of presidential search

The final two presidential search open forums were held on March 30 and April 3 with the fourth and fifth candidates, respectively.  David P. Jones, the fourth candidate for the SUNY Oswego presidency, spoke at his community open forum on…

Design Club hosts exhibition, gives awards

SUNY Oswego’s Design Club kicked off their student exhibition March 31 in Tyler Hall’s second floor corner art gallery.  This exhibition is only the club’s second since reforming in the fall of 2021 after having been inactive for some time….

Potential TikTok ban could affect students

The United States is trying to ban the popular app, TikTok, claiming they are concerned over user data being stolen by China.  The nation’s main concern with China is that TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, could be taking data such as…

SAPB announces OzFest headliner

The Student Association Programming Board (SAPB) announced on March 31 that OzFest will be headlined by PARTYNEXTDOOR. According to Discogs, PARTYNEXTDOOR is a “Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer.” He is signed to Drake’s OVO Sound record label and…

New café in Rich Hall to be run by business students, grand opening April 11

The new Rich ‘N’ Pour Cafe and Lounge, located in Rich Hall, will host its grand opening event on April 11 at 11:30 a.m.  Rich ‘N’ Pour is unlike any other restaurant or cafe on campus because it is entirely…

Campus Events Campus News News

Tabling events encourage studying abroad

SUNY Oswego was the first among the SUNY system to restart its study abroad activities in January 2022 and continues to actively promote the program, Dr. Joshua McKeown, the associate provost for international education and programs, said. After the past…

Professor’s passion for night sky demonstrated in college planetarium 

Natalia Lewandowska has always been fascinated by the night sky.  Now, she is living out her dreams as an associate professor of physics and as the director of SUNY Oswego’s planetarium. Growing up in Poland and Germany, Lewandowska was always…

Discussion begins on removing Native American names from campus locations

The SUNY Oswego Faculty Assembly has approved the creation of a task force to consider renaming some or all campus buildings, roads and fields with Native American-related names.  Michael Chaness, the director of the Native American studies department at SUNY…