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Go Green Club revived by students at SUNY Oswego

Go Green has been an on-and-off club at SUNY Oswego for years. It last made its appearance several years ago in an attempt to continue its mission to spread environmental awareness but was unable to gain enough support to get…

Theatre department plans for 1 spring show

While this academic year has led the theater department at SUNY Oswego to adapt to numerous changes, both faculty and students show optimism for the future. As opposed to its typical three plays for the school year, the department has…

Importance of sleep emphasized in program

Sleep can be hard to come by, especially for college students. To help students, SUNY Oswego held a sleep workshop on March 18, titled “Up All Night,” which was hosted by Julie Yankowsky, a psychiatric nurse practitioner with the Counseling…

Local movie theater reopens after year-long shutdown

After almost a year of the COVID-19 induced shutdown, Oswego Cinema 7 has announced its reopening. Gov. Andrew Cuomo allowed for the reopening of theaters outside of New York City on Oct. 23, but Oswego Cinema 7 remained closed. Conrad…

National Association of Black Accountants offer advice

In the past year, many students have struggled to adjust to their new digital classrooms. Others have found it difficult to advance their careers after school, with a large amount of internships and other opportunities either being canceled or shifting…

Students, professors face odd circumstances with digital snow days

Wednesday, Feb. 10, was the first day of the Spring 2021 semester that SUNY Oswego had to cancel in-person classes due to hazardous weather conditions. Cancellations due to snow are no strange occurrence to the students at SUNY Oswego, but…

COVID-19 pandemic hits student employees at SUNY Oswego

As students continue to settle into the Spring 2021 semester, places all around campus are looking to help students keep their on-campus jobs.  Last semester, many employment locations around campus needed to shut down in order to meet the pandemic…

Hope for return to normalcy rises following vaccine

As University Police officers, front-line health services and, most recently, college instructors teaching in-person become eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine, many are reflecting on what this means for the university moving forward. While the duties to ensure everyone’s safety…

Students warned to stay off ice on lake

On Feb. 12, all SUNY Oswego students received an annual warning from the Office of Student Affairs: “Lake Ontario ice is not solid. PLEASE STAY OFF THE ICE.” Sent by Dr. Jerri Howland, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean…

SUNY crosses testing milestone; plans to increase weekly testing capacity

The State University of New York has crossed yet another milestone when it comes to COVID-19 testing: over 1 million campus-conducted tests since the start of the academic year. As of Wednesday morning, SUNY had conducted 1,001,444 campus-administered tests. SUNY…