The Oswegonian

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Residential dining halls present new issues

Upon returning to SUNY Oswego for the spring 2021 semester, Auxiliary Services decided to only have two dining halls open, Lakeside and Pathfinder. They assumed because of COVID-19 and a lot of students having mostly online classes, there would be…

Hope with new administration

Every ending is also a new beginning.  Or perhaps that may only apply to the Hispanic population — a collective that has long suffered the impact of the Trump administration. On Jan. 20, it was time to turn the page…

Remaining diligent crucial for future

There are glimmers of hope beginning to shine through as the new year rings in a new U.S. administration, and vaccines slowly become more widely accessible. These glimmers offer us only a sight of what could be and still leave…

Politics lacking morals, core beliefs

On Thursday, Feb. 4, Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene was removed from her committee appointments by the House of Representatives. Greene is a Republican and has made quite the name for herself as a far-right conspiracist who believes in Pizzagate,…

The Editor-In-Chief’s Column: Welcome back; let us do the right thing

I would like to think that last semester, we, as the student body, learned our lesson. SUNY Oswego, just like a few other schools within the SUNY system, experienced an outbreak of COVID-19 at least once during the semester.  Sure,…

Positive rhetoric renewed after election

On Nov. 7, millions of Americans tuned in to listen and watch the projected winners of the 2020 presidential election deliver their victory speeches. In an election plagued with a negative and spiteful rhetoric, each candidate offered a position of…

College sport cancellations best move

For The Oswegonian’s first issue this semester, I wrote a piece titled, “College football makes questionable plan.” It was due to the flurry of COVID-19 cases across the nation that I thought it was unsafe and unintelligent for athletic conferences…

Time for journalism to heal

If the Donald Trump presidency goes down in history as a journalist’s worst nightmare, it will be because of the constant accusations of fake news toward the media.  Before he entered the White House in 2016, Trump already targeted journalists…

Incidents incite fear, school doing best

In light of the racist incidents circulating the campus and the surrounding community, it is important to discuss the issue.  In early November,  a photo screenshotted from the original video, showcasing a person wearing what appears to be Ku Klux…

The Editor-in-Chief’s column: Reflection on semester as seniors move on difficult times makes for different farewells

As The Oswegonian prepares to wrap up the fall 2020 semester, I have come to reflect more than usual compared to a “normal” semester. Perhaps it is because of how COVID-19 has changed the way our organization has run, showing…