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It’s about that time of year. It’s 40 degrees after a cruel glimpse of summer over Spring Break. The trees are beginning to bud and those buds fly off in the wind and smack you in the face. Your roommates…
Easing embargo allows music exchange
Music professor Eric Schmitz and undergraduate student Nate Felty spent a week in Cuba from March 31 through April 7 studying Afro-Cuban music with renowned music professor Emilio Del Monte. The two were able to travel to Cuba due to…
Zen eases daily stresses
Zen meditation helps Oswego State students relieve stress during crunch time as the end of the 2012 spring semester approaches. Zen meditation class, held every Thursday evening in Campus Center room 205, is an alternative way to help students relieve…
Service fraternity plans ballroom dance
The brothers of the Rho Xi chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. believe they have had a great influence on the Oswego State community. “I love to think we have impacted in a very positive sense,” said Castelli Laflotte,…
Red meat: a raw deal
Meat eaters might want to think twice about eating that burger after a major study released linked the consumption of red meat to increasing the risk of early death. In the Archives of Internal Medicine, where the study was published,…
SUNY Briefs – 4/13/2012
Potsdam The SUNY Potsdam AIDS Education Group will take part in the annual Candlelight Memorial Service on Wednesday, April 25, at 6 p.m. The event, which is being run in conjunction with the Global Health Council, is open to the…
George Orwell – “Animal Farm”
“Four legs good, two legs bad,” chanted the pigs, horse and dogs. The theme of animals overtaking their farm from humans parallels the Russian Revolution in George Orwell’s famous novel “Animal Farm.” Old Major, a pig with great revolutionary ideals…
Caravanserai presents Pakistani folk-pop
Oswego State’s Campus Center Arena hosted and celebrated cultural diversity Wednesday night in the last event of Caravanserai series. Presented by ARTSwego, world-renowned contemporary Pakistani singers and musicians gathered together to present a unique blend of pop and folk. With…
Sisters work to Pierce mainstream of US music
In a world of Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj it is difficult for artists that do not fit into the narrow world of mainstream music to gather much attention or catch on to wide audiences. Such is the case with…
Debating if third generation iPad is worth hype
The 3rd generation iPad, has now graced us with its presence. Boasting the best pixel density ever with a 2,048 x 1,536 pixel Retina display crammed into a 9.7 inch tablet, the new iPad seeks to make the Internet as…
