SAVAC becomes more efficient
Oswego State’s Student Association Volunteer Ambulance Corporation, commonly known as SAVAC, is beginning to provide mental health first-aid training. This only adds to the life-saving techniques and approaches used to enhance campus life safety. Mental health first-aid training is meant…
Women gain more empowerment from Trump
What started as “locker room” talk between Donald Trump and then “Access Hollywood” host Billy Bush in 2005 has led to shift in discussions regarding sexual assaults. The tape was released on Oct. 7, only two days before the second…
Be careful of actions
Every year on Halloween, Oswego State students get a little crazier than usual. Between the mischief, costumes, candy and drinks, it can be easy to get carried away. But this result can be more than an embarrassing snap story and…
New candidate looming on icy horizon
As the U.S. presidential race approaches its climax, many Americans are still undecided on whom they should vote for. On one side there is Hilary Clinton, whose husband might be more trusted than she is, despite committing adultery while in…
Students should study abroad
Students tend to focus too heavily on exams, papers and textbook reading and forget that the most valuable part of the college experience is the ability to access opportunities outside the classroom. They ignore some of the most personally and…
Costumes cause controversy, yet students generally mean well
Residence Halls at Florida State University recently hung posters reminding students what is culturally appropriate to wear when dressing up for Halloween. The school defended the hall’s efforts explaining that they are not telling students what to wear on Halloween,…
Stanley’s update proves responsible
Oswego State students and faculty have been subject to recent emails pertaining to reports of sexual assaults on campus, raising concern for the safety of the student body. On Oct. 20, President Deborah Stanley sent a campus-wide email with “Reports…
Management of college loans depends on students decisions
When the words “student loans” are uttered there is a second where people see themselves eating ramen noodles long after graduation and thinking about how it is their responsibility to pay it all off. This raises the question: if it…
Debates fail to justly inform voters
Donald Trump descended down the golden escalator of Trump Towers in June 2015 to announce his candidacy for the presidency, Hillary Clinton announced hers in April 2015. The first debate between the two eventual nominees was Sept. 26, 2016. That…
Oswego State: greener than ever
Oswego State was recently honored in The Princeton Review as one of the nation’s top environmentally responsible colleges. The most obvious aspects of our “green campus” include our water bottle refill stations, ample recycling facilities and entire eco-friendly buildings. But…
