The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

Opinion

Women should take precaution when solo traveling

Traveling alone is dangerous. Traveling alone as a woman is even more so. This is not an opinion; it is a blatant fact. Does this mean, however, that women should stop traveling alone? Absolutely not.  ​ People all around the…

Amirah’s Advice

Question: My roommate and I do not connect well due to a language barrier. It seems as if she is distant to avoid trying to understand me. What do I do about this?  Answer: Although getting through language barriers can…

New chapter; A long awaited dream

Becoming Editor-In-Chief (EIC) was always a dream of mine since before I even joined The Oswegonian.  Once I fell in love with journalism, I knew I had to get involved. I quickly found The Oswegonian and never left. This organization…

RFK Jr. makes ignorant comments on autism

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has vowed to the Trump administration that he will find the cause behind autism. He has called autism a “preventable disease” that “tears families apart,” and has said that autism never existed this much in the…

Coachella improves; people should plan for next year

Coachella was never a place that I wanted to go to. I have seen it for years and never truly had a desire to go, but this year has changed that for me. Specifically, Megan Thee Stallion’s performance piqued my…

Celebrity space trip: highlighting disconnect from real-world issues

Lately, I have been hearing Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez, Gayle King and Kerianne Flynn were the celebrities on the Blue Origin all-female crew on April 14.  Accompanying them were aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe and bioastronautics researcher Amanda Nguyen. The flight…

Gabby’s Guidance

Question: What do you do about roommates that do not wake up to their alarm clocks? I am about to tweak. Answer: You can call out to them after a minute or two of not turning it off. Sometimes people…

Quest presentations; worth waking up for

Everyone should do something for Quest at least once during their time here. If you do not know exactly what Quest is, it is  a day dedicated to sharing the scholarly and creative pursuits of students, faculty and staff at…

Violence ensues after anti-abortion interview goes wrong

On April 10th, Live Action News, an anti-abortion organization that advocates for the denial of federal and state funding to Planned Parenthood and outright ban of abortion nationwide, went viral due to the interviewee assaulting the interviewer, Savannah Craven, on…

Dire wolves should not be genetically modified 

Lately, I have been hearing that the dire wolves that have been extinct for over 10,000 years will be brought back.  A company named Colossal Biosciences claims that they have brought back the dire wolf and that it is the…