UP advisory board searches for members
Oswego State University Police are seeking to expand their current community policing strategy through the introduction of an advisory board. This board is a new way for students to connect with UP surrounding any arising issues around campus communication. The…
Author explores identity, gender, sexual orientation
“Beyond Binaries: Identity and Sexuality,” headed by author Robyn Ochs on Feb. 26, led Oswego State students and other attendees through interactive presentations and activities to explore traditional and nontraditional expressions of gender, sexuality and sexual orientation. Ochs said she…
Bikes lanes to connect city with Oswego State campus
Under the guidance of a $250,000 grant from New York state, the West Seneca Street Bikeway project in the city of Oswego has been set in motion. The bicycle lanes are planned to stretch from West Sixth Street to…
Pizza Villa plans to move locations
On Feb. 12, Mayor Billy Barlow announced Pizza Villa, the oldest pizzeria in the county, will be receiving a $25,000 grant to help it move to its new location on 145 W. Bridge St. Pizza Villa, established 53 years ago…
Proposed flag resolution tabled until next week
Sixteen members of the Oswego State community spoke their beliefs and opinions on Feb. 19 at the public comment portion of the first Student Association meeting of the spring semester. The topic of the debate is rooted from the proposed…
SA passes, signs in Period Act
Student Association passed a resolution Feb. 19 to provide free tampons and menstrual pads to all women’s restrooms, gender-neutral restrooms and one third of men’s restrooms on campus. The Women’s Center Period Act: Free and Equal Access to Menstrual Products…
Rogue flyers condemn xenophobia, hate
Students entered the campus discussion on politics and free speech last week by posting flyers on several campus bulletin boards, prompting questions on student political expression and appropriate venues of expression. The flyers, posted to bulletin boards in at least…
Oswego State students enter competition
Nayancie Matthews, a freshman business administration major at Oswego State, spearheaded the introduction of the nonpartisan campaign and competition, Up to Us, to campus this year. “Up to Us is a program that empowers students to educate peers on our…
Conservative organization faces threats
Following a day of Oswego State’s Young Americans for Freedom club tabling in the Marano Campus Center Tuesday, a string of both constructive and violent comments on the organization’s social media post continued throughout the week. The conservative political club…
NYS Winter Fest brings taste of summer
It may be winter, but that did not stop upstate New Yorkers from experiencing a mini-version of the great New York State Fair last weekend at the Exposition Building at the Syracuse Fairgrounds from Feb. 8 to 10. The fair…
