Make sure trending stories are real
“Trump Supporter Stabbed by 21-Year-Old Black Man,” “Pope Francis Endorses Bernie Sanders for President,” everyone knows the headlines. This sort of “fake news” headlines flooding Facebook newsfeeds have come under close scrutiny recently for their influence on this year’s election. …
Family, food more important than debates during dinner
Next week, Oswego State students will be flocking home to celebrate Thanksgiving, the marvelous holiday where families gather around the table to demolish a 20-pound turkey. There is nothing that compares to seeing relatives and busting out the fancy dishware…
Respect holiday break
According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Thanksgiving is celebrated as a legal holiday for people to be thankful for what they have, yet the traditional family turkey dinner is not always the story for some Oswego State students. Whether it is because…
Trump’s speech lacks meaning
On his way to becoming president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump once made a vow to “protect our LGBTQ citizens from the violence and oppression of the hateful, foreign ideology.” Trump’s vow came in July, a full month after…
Student protests show need for unity, not division at college
Last week’s election left half the country emotional, unstable and concerned for their well-being.  Donald Trump becoming our president-elect stirred hatred, fear and disbelief across the U.S. Riots and protests broke out among anti-Trump groups, blocking streets and flooding college…
Major study ends for good reason
Controversy has been stirred among women over the recent conclusion of a male birth control study. Papers, magazines and news sources alike have claimed the study was shut down because of the “whining of men regarding needless side effects.” Any…
Immigration very crucial, influential to U.S.
Immigration is a difficult topic to touch on but it is important to talk about. The United States is built on immigration. A majority of the early politicians and founding fathers were all descendants of English immigrants. The innaugural Thanksgiving…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
If you are like me, you have been getting some hard questions from students regarding the election results. In conservation biology, the study of maintaining the Earth’s biodiversity, we discuss many environmental and social topics like disparity in wealth, women’s…
Trump’s presidential election leaves America’s future unclear
“The fault, Dear America, is not in our stars, but in ourselves; that we are uninformed. Today, America voted for a wall. People of goodwill must work to rebuild a bridge instead,” said Liam Kirst of Syracuse said on Twitter….
Parking ban more annoying than helpful
How does the $75 parking permit benefit anything? The off-street winter parking ban is what us off-campus students dread. From Dec. 1, 2016 until March 31, 2017 from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m., it is prohibited to park vehicles in…
