Graduation Return on Investment sends wrong message
Last semester, Oswego State introduced the Oswego Graduation Return on Investment (ROI), a policy that promises a $300 refund to students who graduate in four years or less. The refund falls under a larger umbrella of promises the college has…
Spring semester means better semester
âThe third time is the charmâ tends to be accurate. Because Oswego State has semesters and not trimesters, we will have to settle for âsecond time is the charm.â As we move away from the fall semester, the spring semester…
Love does cost a thing
The turkeys have been gobbled, the pine trees have been unadorned and the confetti was washed out of our hair on New Yearâs Day. The holidays over the break undoubtedly left college students with fuller stomachs, but emptier wallets. Nonetheless,…
Snow will not ruin your semester
So look at it outside. Just look. What do you see? I bet you see a cold, decrepit tundra filled with despair and crushed dreams, donât you? Well I see a land of opportunity, a land of adventure and camaraderie,…
Macklemore wins grammy, ârobsâ Kendrick Lamar
Without a doubt the timespan from December of 2012 to February of 2014 can be noted as the year Ben âMacklemoreâ Haggerty took over mainstream music. The Seattle-born rapper struck gold when his album âThe Heist,â produced by his good…
No. 2 not enough for Oswego
Oswego State is only the No. 2 snowiest college in America. This is, of course, devastating news. We want to believe our snow is special. More special than anyone elseâs. That it makes us important and tough. We want the…
Health comes before academics
On the Saturday before Thanksgiving break ended, I found out I had to have emergency surgery. The surgery story, featuring six months of misguided gluten-free living, a wise ER doctor and 15-pound ovarian cyst, is a cool one, but it…
New media bumps cable
Keeping up with television is not easy for a college student. So when it comes to watching shows, Hulu and Netflix are the best available resources. But which one is better? Netflix has thousands of TV shows and movies available…
Disney Channel makes progressive push with new couple
While people were anticipating BeyoncĂ© and Jay Zâs âDrunk in Loveâ live performance at the 56th Grammy Awards, others were awaiting a history-making episode of âGood Luck Charlieâ on the Disney Channel. The Disney Channel announced in June that it…
Nobel nod for âcyber fugitiveâ Snowden
Recently during a global politics class, my peers and I had a discussion focused on how someone who is considered to be a terrorist by one group of people might actually be considered a freedom fighter to others. Consider the…
