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Apr. 25, 2024 

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Aunrée Houston discusses generative AI as Quest symposium keynote speaker

“People are too horrible,” Aunrée Houston, keynote speaker for the 2024 Quest symposium, uttered. “Oh my god.” Houston intended to demonstrate the abuse of artificial intelligence by playing a YouTube video titled “AI Gone WRONG.” The video showed a montage…

SUNY Oswego graduation rate drops by 5% over three-year period

SUNY Oswego’s graduation rate has decreased by 5% in the last three years. However, President Peter Nwosu’s Vision 4040 plan aims to stabilize degree attainment. Based on data tracking freshmen cohorts from four years prior, the university’s graduation rate fell…

Theatre department begins showing production of ‘The Addams Family’

The theatre department’s production of “The Addams Family,”  a musical adaptation of the beloved characters of Charles Adams, opened on April 16 in Waterman Theatre .  Rehearsals began in February and took place six days a week from 6 to…

BFA students show years of work, learning to public in Tyler Art Gallery exhibition

The end of the semester at SUNY Oswego brings the stresses of compulsory final exams and presentations; for Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) students, the last hurdle of anxiety comes with the BFA exhibit, where their work is displayed to…

Oswego alumnus discussesscientific career paths

On April 12, SUNY Oswego welcomed Bruce Ellsworth, a 1987 alumni of the university to present the Augustine Silveria Jr. Distinguished Lecture Series, “Becoming a Scientist: The Path from Curiosity into Academics and a Career in Drug Discovery, Including the…

Debate over mail-in ballots brews as presidential election approaches

In the fall semester, students may see some of their peers tabling outside for Vote Oswego, encouraging them to vote in the upcoming 2024 election. One of their main strategies: handing out forms to request a mail-in ballot. Mail-in voting…

SAPB selects Offset to perform at OzFest celebration

At 12:30 p.m. on April 10, SUNY Oswego announced that the artist to perform at OzFest 2024 will be American rapper Kiari Kendrell Cephus, known by his stage name Offset. The former Migos group member will perform at the yearly…

City of Oswego hosts block party for eclipse featuring singer Jess Novak

The City of Oswego held a block party for the eclipse on April 7, featuring food, live music and games. The city held the event on West 1st Street, which spanned from West Bridge Street to West Oneida Street. At…

Solar eclipse watch party brings students, visitors outside Marano for entertainment

Crowds of people, from students to faculty and more, gathered on the grass next to the Marano Campus Center (MCC) to take in the total solar eclipse. The event was equipped with a live DJ that provided music for the…

Speaker discusses voting, abortion, women’s rights

On April 10, Chelsea H. Jones, a voting rights researcher at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, discussed with SUNY Oswego students the significance of abortion rights to Black women and the subsequent criminalization…