Wheeli website to help students carpool home during college holidays, breaks
Wheeli, launched in July 2014, is a new website that makes hitchhiking “cool again” through technology. While using it, college students can search for a ride to or from campuses, connecting with other students and traveling together. The founder is…
Students to honor mark of alumni for National Philanthropy Day
Oswego State students are organizing to celebrate National Philanthropy Day in their own way. Oswego’s Future Alumni Network (FANs) created Tag Day to recognize the many alumni who have donated to the school. On Nov. 14, dozens of spots in…
Indie series offers free experience for music fans
On Saturday, Nov. 22 in the Village Commons, WNYO will re-introduce the Indie Series, an annual event honoring lesser-known but talented bands. Greg Giannantonio, the music director of WNYO, described it as “a concert series for up-and-coming artists that aren’t…
Screeching sounds alarm students
Last Thursday I woke from a deep sleep at about 6:30 a.m. thinking it was still very early and my first class wasn’t until 12:45 p.m. I figured it would be a good idea to try to go back to…
Katko unseats Maffei in Congress
Republican candidate John Katko defeated Democrat incumbent Dan Maffei for New York’s 24th district in the House of Representatives in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Less than two hours after the polls closed in New York state, Maffei conceded. Katko spoke vibrantly…
Cuomo wins another term as governor
Gov. Andrew Cuomo was re-elected to another 4-year term in office on Tuesday in a Democratic Party sweep of statewide elections. According to the New York State Board of Elections unofficial election result tracker, Cuomo and his lieutenant governor running…
Yik Yak raises campus safety concerns
College campuses across the country have banned or considered banning Yik Yak in an effort to deflect the negative effects of the anonymous social media app. Yik Yak is an anonymous social media app that all posts, called Yaks, can…
WebAssign causes students to petition
This semester, all labs for college physics and general university physics classes adapted the online homework system WebAssign for the pre-lab assignments. The new assignments have upset some students in the course, which is the largest in the physics department…
This Week in SA
The Student Association held its eighth meeting of the semester Tuesday evening. The number of senators needed to make quorum was satisfied. One new senator took the oath of office on the SA constitution and was sworn in to the…
Sen. Gillibrand aims to ban microbeads
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand recently visited the port of Oswego to discuss urging Congress to pass new legislation to ban plastic microbeads in personal care products that are frequently found in the water of the Great Lakes. Microbeads are the…
