Waterbury nears start of renovations
At the end of this semester, Waterbury Hall will have no vacancies as renovations begin, leaving some residence displaced into other resident halls. Waterbury residents were informed of the renovations in early spring 2014 and advised to decide their choice…
Meningitis annual concern for colleges
Winter is coming. That means so is sickness. Many illnesses share common symptoms, so it can be difficult for students to know if they simply have the common cold or something more serious. This year, there was a case at…
Boeheim visits Oswego on book tour
Legendary Syracuse Orange men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim was at the River’s End Bookstore in Oswego on Nov. 17, signing copies of his new autobiography, “Bleeding Orange: Fifty Years of Blind Referees, Screaming Fans, Beasts of the East, and Syracuse…
Graphic Flash explodes with student creativity
Graphic Flash, a collaborative project between Oswego State students, is having a gallery opening Nov. 20 at Oswego State Downtown and will continue into late January. This is the fourth Graphic Flash offered for exhibition and is an “explosion of…
Alley Cat addresses violations
Alley Cat, located on 23 W. Bridge St., was evacuated and shut down Oct. 30 around 10:30 p.m. when a smoke machine caused the fire department to find them in violation of multiple safety codes. “My building filled up with…
Oswego State hosts SUNY SA town hall meeting
Oswego State hosted the monthly SUNY Student Assembly town hall meeting Nov. 7 in the Marano Campus Center. The SUNY Student Assembly is another level of student government in which students are represented on a SUNY-wide level. Every month, the…
SUNY looks to increase participants for study abroad by 2020
The State University of New York is attempting to increase undergraduate study abroad participants by 20 percent by 2020. SUNY is the first comprehensive system of higher education to join the Institute of International Education’s Generation Study Abroad program. The…
This Week in SA
The Student Association held its ninth meeting of the semester Tuesday evening. The number of senators needed to make quorum was satisfied. The minutes from last week’s meeting were approved and the agenda for that Tuesday’s meeting was amended as…
Snygg Hall demolition complete, new commuter parking lot opens
The demolition of Snygg Hall took place after the Richard S. Shineman Center for Science, Engineering and Innovation opened up to Oswego State students in the fall of 2013. As a continuation of that project, the construction of a parking…
Schumer hopes Oswego to export grain
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) aims to deem the Port of Oswego as qualified for a designation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to export grain to other countries around the world for the first time. According to Schumer, the port…
