Out, proud shirts help out
Why would a baseball team of LGBT players never win? Because everybody would be out. That’s what happened last weekend, as a record number of “Out and Proud” shirts were worn, even outnumbering the “Ally” shirts. But what is coming…
Put your noisy hand down in class
The worst offense in the classroom is to raise your hand while someone else is speaking. Countless times I sit in class listening to the professor, only to be interrupted by the screeching and soundless waves of a classmate’s hand….
Historic 10th annual media summit
The 10th annual Lewis B. O’Donnell Media Summit focused on the new age of information and how new sources affect how people gather their news. Louis A. Borrelli Jr., who graduated from Oswego State in 1977, created the media summit…
Oswego State conducts diversity, inclusion trainings
Oswego State has been making strides to further educate the campus community about diversity and inclusion. Previous issues have rendered concerns about the acceptance of differences on the Oswego State campus. This has recently driven student leaders recently to head…
This Week in SA
The Student Association held their fifth weekly meeting of the semester Tuesday evening. Sixteen senators were present. Two new senators were sworn in, taking the oath of office on the SA constitution. Then the minutes from last week were approved…
Oswego city holds first pride parade
Communities throughout the U.S. gathered to celebrate National Coming Out Day, which celebrates the coming out of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGBT) on Oct. 11. Large cities like Philadelphia host events that attract nearly 40,000 people and Oswego…
10th annual Lewis B. O’Donnell Media Summit Live Blog
Follow every event today as they happen live! Stay tuned for coverage of the 10th Annual Lewis B. O’Donnell Media Summit featuring Al Roker, Connie Schultz, Dennis Thatcher, Charlie Rose and Ken Auletta. Tweets from https://twitter.com/TheOswegonian/lists/reporters 5:30 a.m. Â Â Wake Up…
Where are the political advocates in Oz?
It’s hard to recall instances when there have been protests on Oswego State’s campus. My only fuzzy memory is of the small Occupy Oswego protest back in 2011. Besides this teensy blip on the protest radar, protests aren’t heard of…
Extreme fire safety rules in the way of student expression
As of last week, Resident Assistants have begun their annual fire safety checks for the semester. Their job is simple: Go into the room, make sure the room is up to code and meets fire safety regulations and codes and…
Cuomo initiates first-ever SUNY policy to combat sexual assault
Gov. Andrew Cuomo met with the State University of New York Board of Trustees Oct. 2 to introduce a system-wide policy preventing, investigating and prosecuting sexual assault on college campuses. “There has been an epidemic of sexual violence in this…
