Study: CSC, economics best for jobs
The National Association for Colleges and Employers recently released data providing a ranking of college majors by the number of graduates who had at least one job offer before they graduated in 2013. Computer science majors ranked highest on the…
Student Protection Unit to investigate loan industry
An investigation has been launched by Gov. Andrew Cuomo into companies who are part of the process of loan refinancing. The investigation, announced in a press release from Cuomo’s office, will run through a division of the New York State…
Mandatory student activity fee to face March student body vote
The student activity fee is currently a mandatory $97 charge each semester. In a few weeks, the student body will be given the opportunity to vote on whether or not to make this fee voluntary or not. On March 11…
Rail Jam takes to Academic Quad to provide entertainment
Students that happened to walk through the campus last Saturday may have noticed a miniature mountain directly in the center of campus. The third annual Rail Jam was held with the help of the Oswego State grounds crew and a…
This Week in SA
The Student Association Senate met for its third official meeting of the semester on Tuesday. It added three new senators and 19 senators were present. The senate began the meeting by approving the minutes from the previous meeting and the…
Discussion on issues with Great Lakes
Oswego State’s Spring 2014 Sustainability Series started off with success as Richard Back, interim dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, led a talk about the “Issues Confronting the Sustainability of the North American Great Lakes.” At 1…
Pay attention to your fees
Our plan for this week’s Vox Pop was simple. The student activity fee students are charged each semester is going up for a vote: should it be voluntary or remain mandatory? We asked students what they thought of the fee…
Knowing yourself inside, outside
The amount of women I have met that do not know what their private areas look like is staggering. I’ve had friends who simply feel “afraid” to look at what’s down there and how it works. Sounds ridiculous? Well, this…
Making friends takes time, courage
Friendships are very important to most college students. At a time when we are away from home and doing things that do not involve our families, friends are all we have to keep us treading the waters of college. People…
Keep it together teach’
If college fees are about to put us into debt for the next 10 years—and for most of us, they will—we had better be getting our money’s worth. Though this conservation rightly gravitates around a concern for how our degrees…
