Lawson, van Reenen on ballot in SA presidential election
Oswego State will choose between two candidates to select who will be the president of Student Association for the 2019-2020 school year. Omar van Reenen, the current president of SA, is running for reelection in hopes of continuing the work…
Author explores identity, gender, sexual orientation
“Beyond Binaries: Identity and Sexuality,” headed by author Robyn Ochs on Feb. 26, led Oswego State students and other attendees through interactive presentations and activities to explore traditional and nontraditional expressions of gender, sexuality and sexual orientation. Ochs said she…
NYS Winter Fest brings taste of summer
It may be winter, but that did not stop upstate New Yorkers from experiencing a mini-version of the great New York State Fair last weekend at the Exposition Building at the Syracuse Fairgrounds from Feb. 8 to 10. The fair…
Winter Fest offers free ice skating for students
On Feb. 10, the housing development center hosted Winter Fest in the Marano Campus Center, which offered students the opportunity to take part in activities like crafting gingerbread houses, free ice skating and designing snow globes. The event was hosted…
Science Today lecture explores plastic waste
Chemistry professor Matthew Baker told students that the world produced over 448 million tons of plastic in 2015 at a Science Today lecture on Tuesday. “If that seems like a lot, it is. It’s almost incomprehensible,” Baker said during his…
BSU celebrates culture, history
Oswego State’s Black Student Union, in collaboration with other organizations, is celebrating Black History Month with numerous programs throughout February to embrace the black community’s culture and heritage. “To me, Black History Month means pride,” BSU Vice President Michaela Williams…
Oswego State Memorializes Victims of Hate
On Friday, Nov. 2, members of Oswego State gathered together in a somber dedication to the lives lost in the Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting and the Kentucky shooting of two African Americans in a Kroger grocery store. According to Omar van…
Penfield Library celebrates milestone
Penfield Library celebrated its 50th anniversary in its current building in the center of campus on Oct. 27. The current building that Penfield is housed in was opened in 1968. Prior to that, the library had been housed in Rich…
Writer Adjei-Brenyah visits, discusses book with class
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, a fiction short story writer, visited Oswego State’s Living Writers Series Oct. 29 when he was invited to the River’s End Bookstore by co-owner Bill Reilly. Upon his visit, Adjei-Brenyah was celebrating the first week of his…
Lifestyles Center hosts Zumba night to fight drug use
On Oct. 22, the Lifestyles Center had an open event for students to take part in a night of Zumba to fight alcohol and drug abuse on campus. The goal of the event was intended to motivate students at risk…
