Art department division leads to social segregation
The phrase “art major” now includes a vast gamut of practices, abilities and perspectives, but the two applications most often conjured by this phrase are studio art (aka fine arts) and graphic design. Oswego State offers Bachelor of Fine Arts…
William Trowbridge spins witty poetry
Poet William Trowbridge gave a lecture as part of the Living Writers Series on Monday and explained why the poetry genre needs to lighten up. In his view, literature has traditionally put the serious, lofty and epic strains of poetry…
Letter to the Editor – 9/30/11
Matthew, Having read your article in the Oswegonian about the death penalty and how it was nothing short of murder and how we should all stand against it I had to answer. I don’t know what your Religious affiliation is…
Future just got real
Watch an episode of “The Jetsons” and you will see the future, and the past. The idealized future has the human racing in the clouds, almost godlike with their technological breakthroughs and interstellar travel to the masses that can only…
Death penalty provides justice for none
There were no Parisian candlelight vigils for Lawrence Russell Brewer, no pleas for a stay of execution, no expressions of anger and frustration at the carrying out of his death sentence. No one would consider his execution a miscarriage of…
Pay attention to pay
This week began with a flurry of talk about how much professors and college administrators are paid. Last week’s Oswegonian included a prominent article, the cover story, in fact, that included facts about payments for campus workers, some examples of…
Banned book changes desecrating, not liberating
Below the radar of the American people, a dangerous public enemy exists. It is not always distinguishable, but is slowly corroding the history of culture. This treacherous demon could be a wolf in sheep’s clothing and often goes by the…
Lack of parking unfair to commuters
It’s a regular sight every weekday morning on Oswego State’s campus – a frenzy of cars lined up waiting in the commuter parking lots, frantic drivers competing to stalk out a student walking toward the parking lot. Not only is…
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell only the first hurdle
As the clock struck 12:01 a.m. on Sept. 20, 2011 the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) was put to action. After 18 years of discrimination, the military code that dismissed more than 14,500 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender…
False networking not only on Facebook
To what do I owe the pleasure of speaking with you today? In sequential order I attribute technological credit to: writing (Which Socrates thought would compromise the powers of the mind) and the printing press (Denounced by Christian theologians to…
