Are public bathrooms too public?
You are sitting around in your Oswego State dorm watching television. Suddenly, the urge to go to the bathroom hits you. You proceed to get up off your bed and head, slowly, down the hall to the bathroom. You know…
Abortion remains legal to support women’s choice
It’s been my experience that if you don’t discuss sensitive topics then people will be less likely to think about them. Thought is the first step toward progress. What progress am I trying to make today? Progress on the fact…
College experience vs. academics: why are we here?
New York State resident students entering as freshmen this academic year at Oswego State are paying $3,353 in tuition and an additional $8,897 for room and board. Compared to other schools outside the SUNY system and even within the SUNY…
Jumping over Thanksgiving in haste for Christmas
Like everyone else on campus, I really can’t wait until Thanksgiving break. I’m ready to go home and relax with my family and friends for a couple of days, away from Oswego. Yet for some reason, I’m not in the…
He Said – 10/30/09
The interaction of guys and girls in college goes from three different levels: hooking up, seeing each other and dating. Sometimes people can’t see which one they fit into and other times they just want to be left in their…
Staff Editorial – Words cut deep
The news business can be unforgiving, both on readers and on the reporters and editors that work to produce it. Last week we dealt with a story that certainly hit home to the college community. We lost two people that…
Plus Plan trouble ahead?
Plus Plan. At Oswego State, those two words remain sacred in the heart of almost every student on campus. Plus Plan essentially equals free food, and though we pay for it, it is the type of food that comes as…
Shortie Says – 11/20/09
Shortie, My friends are always making jokes about cunnilingus. I always laugh along, but still have no idea what it means. -Giggling Gary Giggling Gary,Cunnilingus means performing oral sex on a female. Other like terms that you might be able…
A look from abroad: Don’t take America for granted
I was recently talking to probably one of the ten people who read my opinion piece, a freshman named after the "actor" Vin Diesel, and he pointed out the fact that a lot of my opinion pieces are on the…
Professor partiality a slippery slope, political biases influence students’ decisions
It would be reasonable to say that professors in any institution have an incredible amount of influence on students’ political views and participation in political elections. They have the ability to intelligently praise, mock, or vilify political figures in their…
