The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

Opinion

Opinion

Enjoy fleeting, beautiful Oswego fall

One week of fall has all ready passed us by. It felt short, but then again, it always does. Fall has always been my favorite season, whether it is the mild weather, the slight chill of a breeze or perhaps…

Opinion

Get true education abroad

Oswego State has a beautiful campus, but it doesn’t compare to Paris. When I studied abroad, the city itself was my school. The academic buildings were scattered around the Latin Quarter, frequented by artists, and cafĂ©s loved by Hemingway. Every…

Opinion

Art department division leads to social segregation

The phrase “art major” now includes a vast gamut of practices, abilities and perspectives, but the two applications most often conjured by this phrase are studio art (aka fine arts) and graphic design. Oswego State offers Bachelor of Fine Arts…

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor – 9/30/11

Matthew, Having read your article in the Oswegonian about the death penalty and how it was nothing short of murder and how we should all stand against it I had to answer. I don’t know what your Religious affiliation is…

Staff Editorial

Future just got real

Watch an episode of “The Jetsons” and you will see the future, and the past. The idealized future has the human racing in the clouds, almost godlike with their technological breakthroughs and interstellar travel to the masses that can only…

Opinion

Death penalty provides justice for none

There were no Parisian candlelight vigils for Lawrence Russell Brewer, no pleas for a stay of execution, no expressions of anger and frustration at the carrying out of his death sentence. No one would consider his execution a miscarriage of…

Staff Editorial

Pay attention to pay

This week began with a flurry of talk about how much professors and college administrators are paid. Last week’s Oswegonian included a prominent article, the cover story, in fact, that included facts about payments for campus workers, some examples of…

Opinion

Banned book changes desecrating, not liberating

Below the radar of the American people, a dangerous public enemy exists. It is not always distinguishable, but is slowly corroding the history of culture. This treacherous demon could be a wolf in sheep’s clothing and often goes by the…

Opinion

Lack of parking unfair to commuters

It’s a regular sight every weekday morning on Oswego State’s campus – a frenzy of cars lined up waiting in the commuter parking lots, frantic drivers competing to stalk out a student walking toward the parking lot. Not only is…

Opinion

Don’t Ask Don’t Tell only the first hurdle

As the clock struck 12:01 a.m. on Sept. 20, 2011 the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) was put to action. After 18 years of discrimination, the military code that dismissed more than 14,500 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender…