Racial bias-related incident sparks email to students
On Thursday, Sept. 17 , an offensive racial slur was written on a whiteboard outside a room in Seneca Hall that later sparked a mass email from the Department of Residence Life and Housing. Although the incident is still under…
Al Roker visits Oswego to promote novel
On Sept. 25, Al Roker, author of “The Storm of the Century” and Oswego State graduate of ’76, came to campus. Roker arrived after his morning news cast on NBC’s “Today” to talk about his new book. In this historic…
Author discusses this year’s Oswego Reading Initiative novel
Every summer the Oswego Reading Initiative (ORI) chooses a book for the students of Oswego and the community to read. This past summer the book “We Are All Completely Besides Ourselves” by Karen Joy Fowler was selected. On Wednesday,Fowler came…
Auxiliary Services’ cash dining now accepts debit cards across campus
A year ago, Crossroads was the first on-campus eatery to accept debit and credit cards. This fall, Auxiliary Services has expanded this service across campus. “We decided to do the test with Crossroads last year,” said Director of Cash Dining…
ALANA Peace Walk joins students together to display campus diversity
“It’s our duty to fight for our freedom,” chanted dozens of Oswego State students marching from Oswego City Hall to the Marano Campus Center for the fifth annual ALANA Unity Peace Walk. On a warm fall afternoon, over 20 fists…
Administration responds to SUNY diversity policy
Oswego State has started to implement the new SUNY-wide diversity policy announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sept. 10. “Under the leadership of President Deborah Stanley, SUNY Oswego continues to move forward in increasing the diversity on our campus climate…
Lifestyles promotes bystander intervention
The Lifestyles Center is partnering with a full-service advertising company in order to produce an Oswego State bystander intervention video with the hope of getting a strong message across. The message of this video is inspired by another video produced…
Mary Walker Health Center experiences increase in student counseling wait list
A lack of staff at the Mary Walker Health Center has increased student wait time for counseling services. “We are down somewhat in counselor staffing and hope to have some part-time counselors on board within the next two weeks,”…
ALANA hosts fifth annual fashion show with spotlight on culture
Last Saturday the 29th Annual ALANA Fashion Show demonstrated to students what it means to be culturally diverse. ALANA (African-Latino-Asian-Native American) is an umbrella title for several major racial and cultural groups that congregate on campus and includes Black Student…
Oswego walks to raise suicide awareness
This past Saturday the Oswego State hosted the Fifth annual Stride to SAVE Lives 5K Run/Walk on campus to raise suicide awareness. This day was a community event sponsored by Suicide Awareness Voice of Education (SAVE), which brought together not…
