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BSU variety show, ‘315 To My City,’ celebrates black culture

Behind the Hewitt Union ballroom stage, the executive board of the Black Student Union came together in a football-style huddle. Their apparent encouraging words and chant was inaudible as the Caribbean jams of DJ Tumbo welcomed incoming students to the…

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Music of Samuel Barber resonates through Sheldon Hall

To the casual music fan, the name Samuel Barber may not ring a bell. However, Barber is one of the most well-known and accomplished American composers of the 20th century, in both vocal and instrumental music. To celebrate his work,…

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Black Student Union Variety Show Sneak Peak

On Feb. 21, Black Student Union will have its annual variety show, held in the Hewitt Ballroom at 6 p.m. The variety show is a cultural display of how unique and talented we are as a culture. Being able to…

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Rising Student Artists: ‘4 Guys in a Booth’s’ farewell season

Four Oswego State students are sending their voices over the WNYO airwaves for the last time as they enter their eighth and final season. The show is “Four Guys in a Booth.” The guys are John Mongiello, Allen Wengert, Adam…

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Vocal Effect’s musical medley show kicks off semester right

Vocal Effect, Oswego State’s fifteen-member student-run show choir, brought their range of talents to Waterman Theatre in a concert  on Jan. 30. The fifteen-song show featured “hit songs made famous by artists in their twenties,” including artists ranging from Smokey…

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51 annual Juried Student Art Exhibition opens in Tyler Hall

At the Jan. 31 opening of the Juried Student Art Exhibition in Tyler Art Gallery, a small crowd walked among the large, diverse collection. The artists admired the work of their peers, feeling no small satisfaction at having been selected…

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Living Writers Series: Owen Benjamin

  Owen Benjamin visited Oswego State to speak to students about his success as a comedian Monday and got quite a few laughs. The talk was for the Living Writers Series class with Donna Steiner in the Campus Center auditorium…

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Rising Student Artists: Alternative pop band to release EP

You wouldn’t expect a band to find their missing piece on Craigslist, but that’s exactly how, at age 15, Shaune Killough met his counterparts in making music. That’s how the band Shiffley came to be. “None of us had any…

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Guitarist wows audience with silent film score

Waterman Theatre had dim, dramatic lighting on Saturday night, as the audience met American master guitarist, Alex De Grassi.  De Grassi performed his guitar for the audience on Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. to accompany a well-known Japanese black and…

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Visiting artist discusses inspirations

Students, fellow artists and professors gathered in room 105 in Lanigan Hall on Tuesday night to listen to Aaron Sinift, the fourth artist in Oswego State’s Visiting Artist series, talk about his work. During the two-hour event, Sinift focused on…