Oswego State employee struck
A car struck an Oswego State employee on State Route 104W at Sheldon Ave. on Oct. 20. Director of General Education Christopher LaLonde of Oswego, was walking his dog shortly after 7 p.m. when he was struck by a 2001…
Media expert discussion
Oswego State students filled Waterman Theatre Thursday afternoon ready to take advice and information about diverse media from a group of five panelists during the Lewis B. O’Donnell 2011 Media Summit. Moderated by Dr. Michael S. Ameigh, general manager of…
Cultural knowledge expands horizons
Multicultural education is a tough but pleasurable expedition, a renowned educator told Oswego State students Wednesday. “I want to remove this table in front of me right now because students and teachers ought to be closer physically, emotionally, and intellectually,”…
Lessons in traditional Mayan culture
Women in Guatemala have to learn how to weave before getting married because they have to make a guipil, an item of clothing, for their future mother-in-law, a Guatemalan master weaver said. The Mayan master weaver, Alida Perez said weaving…
Oswego State invests in research
Oswego State has purchased a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) in hopes of participating with the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI). Together with software needed to operate the machine, the microscope cost about $240,000. Another suite of updates to be added in…
SUNY Briefs 10/21/2011
SUNY SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher and the SUNY Student Assembly praised State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli for his efforts on Oct. 24 to inform prospective college students in New York about financial options for education. DiNapoli recently published a newsletter to…
Morph mob reclaims title: unofficial hockey mascots
The first week that junior, transfer student Chase Kilmer arrived on campus, he was walking to a class in Lanigan Hall. All of a sudden, Kilmer saw a man donning a red suit and riding a bicycle. He had no…
Comparing Oswego mayoral hopefuls: White
Mayoral Candidate David White has big changes in mind for two of the city’s largest departments if he is elected in November. “The two biggest departments are the biggest problems of the city of Oswego [which] are zoning code enforcement…
Comparing Oswego mayoral hopefuls: Gillen
Mayoral candidate Tom Gillen has a plan to revitalize the community and he would like to include Oswego State. The draw to become mayor, for Gillen, lies in what Oswego used to be a prosperous factory city where people could…
Oswego program helps homeless, faces budget cuts
With record whiteout snowfalls and harsh, hot summers, being homeless in Oswego is no walk in the park. Add to that, the fact that programs designed to assist the homeless in Oswego County are facing budget cuts. Since October 2009,…
