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CTS plans for wireless campus by 2013

Campus Technology Services has completed the planning stages of implementing wireless internet in all dorms and have set a fall 2013 deadline to implement it across campus. Hart is now fully wireless while Johnson and Riggs will become wireless over…

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Discussions begin on Tyler Hall renovation

Administrators are studying Tyler Hall to make plans for renovations starting next year. Architects will be invited into the building to appraise it and decide which sections need to be updated. "What’s going to happen is, in Tyler, we have…

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Financial uncertainties have students weighing off-campus options

Oswego State students are jumping at the opportunity to move off-campus after their sophomore year to acquire a real taste of living on their own. Cheaper living expenses, personal privacy and less supervision are some reasons why students are eager…

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Woodshed one step closer to new owner

The Woodshed Tavern, a local bar and grill, could be one step closer to being under new ownership thanks to a reduction in its current selling price. William Galloway, owner of Century 21 Galloway Realty, has the listing and said…

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Newly-elected S.A. president still faces uphill battle to inauguration

The recent Student Association election turned from a matter of counting ballots to a full blow court case on Tuesday night. Michael Johnson won the election but was soon after deemed ineligible to take office due to concerns about his…

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Committee looks to centralize stance on academic dishonesty

The Oswego State committee in charge of plagiarism has begun a search to form a centralized way to handle cheating on campus. The committee is looking for a way to provide faculty with the tools to prevent it from happening….

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Metro Center looks to increase enrollment, programs offered

Graduate school classes are being held at the Metro Center in Syracuse due to the location and proximity to a majority of the students, which causes some distress for those students closer to campus. The Metro Center opened in May…

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U.P. to look into Rave Guardian’s effectiveness on campus

The Rave Guardian program is receiving a second look as data shows that as few as 300 to 500 students may be utilizing the safety initiative, which replaced the campus’s iconic blue lights. According to Oswego State University Police (UP)…

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Honor society teams up with middle school to help youths

The Oswego circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society, has partnered with the Oswego Middle School in hopes of lighting some inspiration in a group of at-risk eighth graders. The project, titled "Take the Lead—Strengths, Leadership, and…

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Oswego business owners discuss loan programs

Oswego’s Office of Community Development meets with the city’s small business owners every week in hopes of spurring commercial growth downtown through microenterprise loans. The group of Community Development leaders and business owners holds an Oswego Network of Entrepreneurs (ONE)…