Gym hours considered for expansion
Student Association recently passed a bill requesting Residence Life and Housing to extend hours of operation at the Cooper and Glimmerglass Fitness Centers on the Oswego State campus. After hearing concern of students being too busy to exercise in the…
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…
SCMA Winter Bash struggles to find audience
The Oswego State SCMA Winter Bash got off to a slow start, but the social gathering picked up the tempo after a performance by Vocal Effect. A small group of around 30 students and faculty from the School of Communications,…
Oswego State professor gets grant for battery research
Mohammed Islam, a faculty member in the physics department at Oswego State, recently received a grant that will further his research into sodium-ion batteries, which he said he believes will have a beneficial environmental impact. Sodium-ion batteries, meant to be…
Shaun Cassidy Fan Club brings entertainment to campus with improv
The Shaun Cassidy Improvisation Club is one of the many clubs that Oswego State offers and hosts a show at 8 p.m. every Saturday. “It was very different than what I expected,” senior Natalie Peña said. “I honestly thought it…
Smoking committee to reboot smoking ban
Walking across the campus of Oswego State, students can see one of the college’s most apparent forms of pollution: cigarette filters. Although the college implemented a tobacco-free and smoke-free policy in 2015, individuals have not followed it. As a result,…
