ResLife sees decline in number of R.A. applicants
Resident Life and Housing saw a high number of Resident Assistant applications in the spring of 2009, which has dropped this year as economic troubles decline. This year a lot of positions have gone down in numbers across the board…
Planting a different kind of seed
Vanilla beans propose a lot of importance. For cooks, the long and skinny brown pods make the difference between crèmes busting with flavor, and those that fall flat. The seeds, harvested by splitting the bean lengthwise and scraping them away…
New code to help reduce carbon monoxide worries
Local landlords and City of Oswego code enforcement officials are taking steps toward enforcing Amanda’s Law, which took effect in February and requires carbon monoxide detectors in all homes. A survey conducted by Brown Yardley and DecisionAnalyst in October 2009…
Future of non-IST students in Hart up in the air
As housing selection for the fall semester begins, students in Hart Hall are wondering if transfer students not in Hart’s Global Living and Learning Center will be filling potential extra spaces next year. Residence Life and Housing won’t know if…
After-hours hotline comes to Mary Walker
In an effort to better serve Oswego State students after regular hours and on weekends, Mary Walker Health Center has begun using a hotline that provides health information services. FONEMED, which takes over when Walker closes, offers a medical hotline…
Full speed ahead
Renovations for Piez Hall are under effect and classrooms and offices are being relocated to other buildings on campus. The first phase of the science facilities plan will call for displacing classrooms in Piez to other buildings such as Hewitt…
S.A. court names DiMarzo student president
After a week full of filed grievances and pretrial hearings, Steven DiMarzo was officially sworn in as Student Association president last Thursday. Michael Johnson, who was elected president by the election, was disqualified from taking office because his GPA did…
Police investigate parking lot assault
A female Oswego State student was allegedly the target of an attempted sexual assault just after midnight Tuesday morning, according to university police. The victim was at her parked car in lot number 1 next to the Mary Walker Health…
Gen. Ed. program review underway
Oswego State’s general education program is under review, as officials throughout the SUNY system rethink how to apprach general education classes. "At this point in time, we have not decided as a campus exactly what will be changed in our…
Deep cuts, deeper repercussions
The proposed 2010-2011 Student Association budget will leave a majority of student organizations facing steep cuts. Total spending on S.A. organizations is set to decrease by $2,000 while 38 Tier III organizations will see their budgets slashed by an average…
