Voting: extremely important for all
For many students at Oswego State, this November will be the first time they will be eligible to cast their vote in a presidential election. 2016 is shaping itself to be the most radical, controversial and downright unexpected election our…
Campus suffers awful internet access
When I still owned my PC, I had an Ethernet cable I would plug in to the wall of my dorm room and use whenever the WiFi was down on campus. Since I bought my Mac in January, I kept…
Diversity makes for better community
As reported by Tara O’Donovan in last week’s Oswegonian, this fall semester is Oswego States most diverse pool of students ever. The Hispanic, African-American, and Asian populations all increased—albeit slightly. Numbers are a feather in the cap of the admissions…
There are rules for bikers too
Bikes: faster, more efficient modes of transportation students often use to get around campus. Bikes: the two wheeled vehicles that strike fear in walking pedestrians because the rider is usually scrolling through Spotify or texting his/her friend about the geese…
Textbook cost lacks value
   Syllabus week typically entails students eyeing new peers, getting a sense of their professors and being overwhelmed by the total price of their textbook shopping list.    According to the National Association of College Stores, the average…
Students struggle with commuter parking
   There are so many perks to living off campus. The biggest one is the fact I can actually afford to still go to school here. However, there is one glaring flaw: the commuter parking.    For the…
‘Free Week’ frustrates gym regulars
   At the beginning of each semester, Oswego State offers a free week for students and faculty at Cooper and Glimmerglass fitness centers. The fitness centers are non-profit facilities that run primarily on the membership fees from students…
Therapy pets annoy students
   Pets on campus are involuntary participants in a scheme of emotions.    Oswego has a formal residential policy prohibiting pets in residential communities, except for fish in aquariums of up to 20 gallons.    However,…
Trump makes immigration speech
   On Aug. 31, Donald Trump delivered his much-anticipated immigration speech in Phoenix, Arizona, a state with a burgeoning immigrant population and possible swing state come November.    It doesn’t seem long ago that the media laughed…
Kaepernick exercises First Amendment right
   Colin Kaepernick, quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, recently struck conversation all over America.On Aug. 26, Kaepernick refused to stand up during the National Anthem and again on Sept. 1, when he took a knee instead.  …
