The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

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Craigslist under appreciated resource for job-hunters

Having been around for more than 20 years, Craigslist certainly has established a reputation as a classified advertisement site that offers everything from jobs to personnel’s and just about everything in between. When it comes to the type of jobs…

Just a quick reminder

The public often needs a refresher on journalistic responsibilities. Our job as the independent student newspaper of Oswego State is to accurately and fairly report on all things that occur on campus and in the city of Oswego during our…

Public deception becomes private industry

Thanks to new artificial intelligence, it is now becoming much easier to produce fake audio and video. This is an aspect of high-quality artificial intelligence that is often overlooked, and it makes no sense. An article on theVerge.com  discusses this…

Ballots mightier than bullets

The polarization of the gun policy debate is both a cause and consequence of America’s gun culture. Such rigid division on the issue prevents any progress from being made in mental health or gun policy to fix America’s mass shooting…

Broadcasting tragedies will have powerful impact in future

Anyone with a social media account has read the news about the recent school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. In the incident, 17 students and teachers lost their lives and 14 more were injured. There…

Incompetent NCAA botches yet another high-profile case

In the past couple of weeks, the NCAA has found itself dealing with penalties that resulted in teams vacating both wins and championships. First, there was the denial of an appeal made by the University of Notre Dame which will…

Good luck regulating porn viewing

Pornography. It is something everyone knows about and something most Americans have watched. In fact, Pornhub released its Year in Review for 2017 on Jan. 9, with the revelation that there were 28.5 billion visits to the site that year….

Sounds more like Un-Happy Meal

The Happy Meal is changing. McDonald’s announced on Feb. 15 that for the Happy Meal menu, cheeseburgers will be removed and replaced with a healthier grilled chicken sandwich option. Chocolate milk will be reformulated to contain less sugar (and will…

Marriage is grand; divorce costs 50 grand

  An article on Yahoo Finance titled “Why Married Couples Should Have Separate Bank Accounts,” grabs the attention of anyone either currently married or planning to in the future. Seems like an odd suggestion, right? Typically it seems a bit…

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Hibernation season nearly over

The first assignments have arrived on Blackboard, which means the early semester period of leisure is unofficially over. It is sad to know that time outside class will soon be spent doing more homework and reading than playing Fortnite and…