Biochemistry students complete stress level study
As Oswego State students return from spring break relaxing after the stressful midterm week, biochemistry majors Kaitlyn McCue and Christina Li are finishing their research experiment examining whether stress could affect the immune system. McCue and Li studied the connection…
Student Association election season begins
The election season for Student Association president and vice president has officially begun, and the two candidates for president are Andre Nichols and Omar van Reenen. Both candidates are current members of SA, with Nichols serving as a senator and…
Jerald Woolfolk, VP of Student Affairs, to leave Oswego State
Lincoln University has found its new president from within the Oswego State faculty. Jerald Woolfolk currently serves as the vice president of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management as well as the interim chief diversity officer. June 1 will mark her…
Oswego State Women’s Center hosts march to protest gender inequality nationally, at Oswego State
Women and men gathered by the dozens to march around Oswego State’s campus to advocate for equal rights between genders on Wednesday March 21. Organized by the Women’s Center, the Women’s March drew in students who wanted to voice…
Utica College Shooting Threat
Utica College students sheltered in place for over six hours Monday, as a gun threat caused the campus to lock down. An assailant called the Utica Police Department and reported that he was in Utica College’s Gordon Science Center, reportedly…
Caribbean taboos, culture discussed at program
More than 30 people at Oswego State were in attendance at “Taboos of the Caribbean Culture,” hosted by the Caribbean Student Association on March 6. The event intended to showcase practices that were looked down upon in different Caribbean cultures…
Shiza Shahid discusses Pakastani culture, gender inequality
On March 1, Oswego State gave a warm welcome to the I Am Oz guest speaker Shiza Shahid, the well-renowned co-founder of the Malala Fund. The Malala Fund was started after the tragic shooting of Malala Yousafzai by the Taliban…
Proposal drafted to raise student fees by $39 for coming academic year
Student fees for the health center, athletic department, campus-based transportation and campus technology are proposed to increase by $19.50 per semester for the 2018-2019 school year. Those fees are paid by every Oswego State undergraduate student and are meant to…
Oswego State psychology professor, students share thoughts on effects of divorce on children
Some experts suggest that children are greatly affected by the divorce of their parents, but others claim that there are minimal effects. Evelyn Benavides, Oswego State sociology professor, said older children are more affected by their parents’ divorce than younger…
HIV diagnoses falling nationwide, even among IV drug users
Intravenous drug users are at a higher risk of contracting HIV and other blood-borne diseases than the rest of the population, but those numbers are unsteadily decreasing nationwide. “Sharing needles, syringes and other injection equipment puts people who inject drugs…
