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Planetarium shows continue

Despite the various challenges presented around campus due to COVID-19, the Sunday night planetarium shows have been able to continue this semester. The sessions, which are typically held inside the Shineman Planetarium, are now being held virtually via Zoom every…

Media Summit theme to look at 2020 through lens of first amendment

On Friday, Oct. 9, SUNY Oswego’s School of Media, Communication and the Arts announced the theme for the 16th annual Dr. Lewis B O’Donnell Media Summit, which will take place virtually on Oct. 28. This year’s theme is “On the…

‘Yappy hour’ allows for virtual puppy love

Leaving pets at home while going away to college can be really tough, and it is even worse now that there is a global pandemic, meaning most students are unable to go home to see their furry friends. Tensions have…

ALANA Conference Kicks Off with Little Rock 9 Speaker

The 34th annual ALANA Student Leadership Conference began on Wednesday night with a keynote address by Minnijean Brown-Trickey. As a member of the Little Rock Nine, Brown-Trickey made history in 1957 when she and eight other students desegregated public schools…

Naief Yehya speaks on campus

On March 11, Oswego State hosted “Drones: Hunting Humans from the Middle East to the Southern Border,” presented by keynote speaker Naief Yehya. Yehya has published four novels, multiple essays and written for a few publications in Mexico, Spain and…

Museum of Sex celebrates women, empowerment

On Friday, the Museum of Sex was held by HeForShe in the Hewitt Hall Ballroom and highlighted gender, sexuality, individuality and liberation. HeForShe is an organization that was created by the United Nation in 2014 as a way to create…

Oz After Dark puts on sign making program

The Alcohol and Other Drugs Education Group hosted an event last week where students could create their own neon sings to take home with them. The event, Oz After Dark, took place last Friday in the Marano Campus Center, which…

New art exhibition held to showcase faculty work

After a four-month sabbatical for research, the Oswego State gallery presents Benjamin Entner’s exhibition titled “Mortals and Gods.” The series is held in the gallery in Tyler Hall and is advertised as objects of childhood memory and experience that “translates…

Ski & Snowboard Club Rail Jam Gallery

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Author Harlan Cohen visits campus

Living without fear of rejection and failure can be achieved by having people, places and patience, New York Times Best Selling Author and speaker, Harlan Cohen, told audience members at Oswego State.  “I had a rough first year in college….