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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…

SUNY Oswego professor honors hometown in her work

As the three-year anniversary of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting approaches on Feb. 14, one SUNY Oswego faculty member is reflecting on how the tragedy has shaped her lectures. A long-time Parkland, Florida, resident, criminology professor Dr. Jaclyn…

Cayuga Museum of Art, History offers storytelling internship

The Cayuga Museum of Art & History and Seymour Library in Auburn have announced an open internship for the second year of their “Voices of Cayuga County” oral history collecting project. The museum and library explained that the project’s main…