Jewish students forced to make choice
“What are you doing tonight? There’s no school tomorrow…” This is a question I have heard several times during the course of the week. While most students and faculty members at Oswego State will be throwing back a beer and…
Tips for freshmen, first year students
So you have survived your first week at Oswego State. I am sure you have all been getting adjusted to the change and having a lot of fun. It might take some time to feel comfortable here, especially if you…
New Shineman Center causes confusion
After a decade of planning and three years of construction, the Richard S. Shineman Center for Science, Engineering and Innovation has opened to universal excitement. However, some people around campus are wondering if the college overhyped the new building. The…
Take more chances, you never know
Opportunity is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as a good chance for advancement or progress. In life, opportunities are not always granted; sometimes they happen by chance. Chance. Something happening, almost always, unpredictably and sometimes without a cause. By chance,…
Buy Local, Support City
Greetings, readers. With our first issue we wanted to stress something important. Something that, as students of Oswego State, is a near civic duty: supporting the community we live in. While many students argue that Oswego does not have that…
Professors should better utilize Angel
One of the most promising signs for the outlook of a semester, at least academically, is a full courses tab on your Angel page a few weeks before the semester begins. Seeing multiple courses loaded up onto Angel before you’ve…
New rule for spelling bee is bad idea
I remember the opportunity to participate in the Scripps National Spelling Bee all too well. I was in third grade when two other classmates and I were taken into the hallway during recess, where we were told that we had…
RESPECT YOUR ADVISERS
Advisers get blamed a lot at Oswego State. Whether or not they are the reason you didn’t graduate on time, we should learn to respect these superiors. They are in this role for a reason: to help us. But it’s…
Racism still found around Oswego
Smooth hip movements and laughter followed the clack of high heels that made their way to the empty D-Bus. We were having a good time. “We” being a group of diverse, curvaceous “colored” females. An uncommon sight in the county,…
Letter to the Editor #1, 4/19/13
Dear Editor, The Oswego State Men’s ACHA Division 1 hockey team ended its 2012-2013 season last month. This successful season could not have happened without the financial support of the Student Association of Oswego State University, Damn Good T-Shirts, Tavern…
