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Day: September 19, 2013

Campus News News

Proposed presidential plan’s effects monitored by Oswego State

President Barack Obama unveiled a proposal for changes to higher education in a series of speeches over this summer. He outlined student loan plans and how he sees colleges improving the learning experience as a whole. Should parts of the…

Nostalgia meets digital at Midway Drive-In

[slideshow_deploy id=’13431′] For most students the question isn’t “have you ever been to the Midway Drive-In theater?” But rather, “have you ever been to a drive-in theater at all?” If you haven’t been to one at all, you are in…

Archives Campus News Community News

Premier Living Suites increases prices $500 after 1 year

Despite already being known as a more expensive option for off-campus housing, the Premier Living Suites have increased their cost for the 2014-2015 school year. Last year, PLS sparked a lot of interest in students who were looking to live…

Archives Campus News News

Novelty ice creams no longer provided in dining halls

Some students love having ice cream at their fingertips in the dining hall – or at least last year they did. This year, students returned to school to find all the ice cream freezers removed. Craig Traub, director of resident…

Opinion Staff Editorial

Are loans worth debt?

Whether they attend a public or private institution, the majority of college students in the United States have one thing in common: they’re in a lot of debt. We do not know about you, but we sure feel buried from…

In the Office Opinion

Loans become more than numbers

Student loan debt must be one of those things that doesn’t hit you until senior year. I’ve been at Oswego State for three entire years and before my fourth and final year began this August, I was mostly concerned with…

Opinion

Lance Armstrong returns bronze medal

Alright, serious question right now. What more can we possibly say about Lance Armstrong? The man who was once considered “the greatest thing on two wheels” has been stripped of that moniker, along with his seven Tour de France titles,…

Campus News National Issues Opinion

Loans remain big concern

I graduated from Oswego State in May, started an internship that paid $15 hr in June which ended in August, and in October I’ll be starting a full-time job in the field I studied for.  I took out about $40,000…

Campus News National Issues Opinion

Big money schools may not be worth it

I’ve returned from the other side. Like many state college students, I’ve wondered of the lives lived by our counterparts in those charmingly quaint private liberal arts colleges. But I did more than just wonder. I enrolled, I attended and…

National Issues Opinion

President Putin writes editorial concerning Syrian conflict

A couple of days ago, America was slapped in the face by Russian President Vladimir Putin. He gave his opinion on President Obama’s speech about his plans to take action in Syria over dictator Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons…