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SA responds to club funding mishap

At the beginning of the semester, Oswego State’s Habitat for Humanity requested $1,500 from the Student Association contingency fund to go toward an event on March 28 because the organization never received a budget. After the initial annual budget bill…

SUNY’s Got Your Back helps survivors

Over 150 volunteers came together to pack comfort bags for victims of sexual violence from noon to 8 p.m. at Sheldon Hall on March 5 for Oswego State’s third annual SUNY’s Got Your Back event.  Oswego State also brought in…

Health Center to move for renovations

The Mary Walker Health Center will be moving in late May to the second floor of Hewitt Union. This move is not permanent and is due to construction and renovation plans for the building. Kathryn Wolfe-Lyga, the director of Counseling…

Oswego marches for women

The cold weather may have stopped members of the Oswego State community from going outside for the annual Women’s March, but it did not stop them from marching through the Marano Campus Center on March 4. Hosted by the Women’s…

Students to vote on next SA president, vice president

Oswego State will choose between two candidates to select who will be the president of Student Association for the 2019-2020 school year. Omar van Reenen, the current president of SA, is running for reelection in hopes of continuing the work…

Lawson, van Reenen on ballot in SA presidential election

Oswego State will choose between two candidates to select who will be the president of Student Association for the 2019-2020 school year. Omar van Reenen, the current president of SA, is running for reelection in hopes of continuing the work…

Swetman gym hosts late-night parties

Oswego State extended the hours student organizations can reserve Swetman Gym for social events, such as dances or parties to 3 a.m., in order to give students a venue on campus for socialization past regular hours. “Students love to have…

Student account holds policy changes

The Oswego State student accounts office has updated their policies, and students with financial holds may now register without first clearing the hold from their accounts.  Victoria Furlong, the vice president of finance and budget for Oswego State, said while…

Oswego State alumnus runs for Congress

Kenny Belvin graduated from Oswego State fall semester 2017 and now, at the age of 24 going on 25, decided to help solve the issues in the U.S. by running for Congress next year. Belvin, a Democrat from New Rochelle,…

SA passes flag resolution

After much debate, Oswego State’s Student Association voted to pass the resolution to request the Flag Policy Committee add five new flags to the Marano Campus Center when the other flags return from being cleaned and renewed. While not nearly…