Festival warms up city
The cold wintry weather did not stop Drew Pascuzzi and other local residents of Oswego from enjoying the jam-packed events of this year’s Warm Up Oswego Festival. “It breaks up the cold weather and lets people get out of the…
Blue Light phones on campus broken, need replacement
Oswego State students coming back from a late-night study session at the library have good reason to be nervous while walking back to their dorms. All four of the Blue Light emergency phones on the school’s campus are currently out…
Freshmen, transfers decline in fall 2012
An increasing number of colleges and universities are facing declines in enrollment according to a recent New York Times article. Moody’s Investor Service, a credit ratings agency, released its annual survey on higher education, which stated that half of the…
Campus drug arrests rise
Over the last three years, drug-related arrests by the Oswego State University Police have nearly doubled from the previous three-year total. From 2010-2012, U.P. reported a total of 322 drug-related arrests, up from 170 total from 2007-2009, according to reports…
Brazil, Spain favorites for 2014 World Cup
Brazil, a celestial, yet recently shaky soccer team and host of the FIFA World Cup in 2014 has automatically qualified, however; other fearful countries such as, Spain, Italy, France Germany, the Netherlands and Argentina are slowly proving themselves to be…
Second Amendment outdated, NRA wrong
“The right to bear arms.” Five words that people like Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the NRA, live their entire life by. LaPierre and his colleagues believe that this statement has so much to do with the liberty and protection that…
Protein should be consumed through foods, not shakes: Real Talk with Shelly & Ted
Shelly Sloan is the health promotion coordinator and Ted Winkworth is the alcohol and other drug program coordinator. You can find them at The Lifestyles Center in Walker Health Center. Shelly received her master’s degree in community health education and…
As final semester begins, real world becomes more ‘real’
For the last time, I will write my first story. For the last three-plus years, I have looked out my window and decided what I thought the Oswego community deserved to hear about. The window has changed and so have…
Risk worth it for X Gamers
Competitive sports are built on two concepts: competition and danger. The higher the intensity level for either, the more enticing the sport becomes. The more competitive a sport becomes, the more athletes are required to train and devote themselves to…
Letter to the Editor 2/8/13
At the age of 70 and retired, I still look forward to hearing about what is happening in Oswego. Why is that? I think about that often. My only answer is that something special happened there. I am sure it could…
