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Graphic Flash Comes Back In Collaborative Style

On Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at 6:30 p.m., there will be another installment of Graphic Flash, a collaborative project that includes work from fiction writers, filmmakers, music students, and high school artists. The fiction writers write a flash fiction story…

Campus Recreation Report: dodgeball action

Dodgeball has been heating up with a brand new week filled with more ducking and dodging action. In the first game of the week in the men’s recreational league, Fishsticks fell to Beef Brisket by a final score of 3-1,…

Proposal drafted to raise student fees by $39 for coming academic year

Student fees for the health center, athletic department, campus-based transportation and campus technology are proposed to increase by $19.50 per semester for the 2018-2019 school year. Those fees are paid by every Oswego State undergraduate student and are meant to…

Mackin hosts conversation with Richard Kolenda

“Mackin Chat with Mac and Cheese: Featuring Richard Kolenda,” held in the Mackin main lounge on Feb. 12, encouraged students and residence assistants living on campus to build strong relationships with other on-campus students. The event was hosted by assistant…

OzFest day activities funding on thin ice

Oswego State Student Association receives about $1.8 million in installments from the student activity fee each year, and the senate determines how much funding each organization gets. After budgets are given to organizations and clubs, there is a remaining portion…

Chinese opera performs in Sheldon ballroom

Imagine an opera where the cast swings swords at one another or comes out in massive, complicated, culturally significant and intensely symbolic costumes. That is the essence of Beijing Opera. On Feb. 10, the Oswego State division of the Startalk…

Student Association addresses unequal club sports funding

Male club sports teams at Oswego State typically get more money than their female counterparts, sometimes thousands of dollars more per year. At the Student Association sports funding forum on Feb. 12, the presenters of the event and student affairs…

Oswego academic calendar may be reviewed

The Oswego State faculty assembly met on Monday, Feb. 12, and will consider a motion to review the academic calendar on Feb. 19. Casey Raymond, a professor of chemistry and lab coordinator for general chemistry at Oswego State, proposed the…

Open source teaching materials could lower textbook costs, faculty at Oswego say

Faculty at Oswego State are pushing to make educational materials more cost effective by encouraging the use of open source materials that could be freely used for little to no cost. The initiative is being pursued thanks to an $8…

Look back at major stories of this semester

The past semester at Oswego State has been a busy one. From the implementation of the Excelsior Scholarship to the Blue Route bus catching fire, the past 10 issues of The Oswegonian have covered many events on campus. The first…