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She Said – 9/25/2009

Your guy cheated on you and you’re left in confusion and bewilderment. While my counterpart here might argue that it was because he wasn’t watching enough porn and fell "victim to infidelity," there are several other reasons why your boyfriend…

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Bush’s legacy: aircraft carriers, pretzels

Looking back on the presidency of George W. Bush, it is easy to recognize that his eight years in office were a succession of disaster. His legacy is one of butchered civilians, class warfare and shattered civil liberties. He consistently…

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He Said – 9/25/2009

Ok, let me be completely honest here: if I found my girlfriend cheating on me, my first reaction would be to dump her on the spot, no questions asked! I don’t care how much she apologizes, either. And it’s not…

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Is education giving us what we need?

As Socrates wisely explained to us over two and a half millennia ago, true education lies within questioning, no matter the question and no matter how many times you ask it until you find a satisfying answer. So let us…

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CTS experiences trial by fire

Campus was filled with many frustrated students recently, and all crosshairs were aimed at Campus Technology Services. With the e-mail network and ANGEL down, students and faculty were faced with online class deadlines, regular class deadlines and the inability to…

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Shortie Says

Shortie,I want to be tested for HIV. How do I go about doing this? You can be tested for HIV right on campus through the Oswego County Health Department. Testing is done at the Mary Walker Health Center on Tuesdays…

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Pause for a cause part of trends

Look at your wrist right this second. What’s on it? If it’s one of those rubber "cause" bracelets such as LIVESTRONG or Save Darfur then I want you to take a minute and really think about why you have this…

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Obama denying ACORN ties? He’s nuts

There is an old saying that the nut doesn’t fall far from the tree. What a fitting cliché to describe the deception that President Obama and his minions are trying to keep buried from the American people about the relationship…

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Trends: who really needs them?

Hey look, it’s my turn to write an "In the Office" column. That’s because it’s the trendy thing to do –it’s my attempt to fit in with my clearly superior peers (see past issues of The Oswegonian). Wait, that’s a…

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‘Trees for Vets’ to plant life into Oswego’s landscape

Dennis Ouellette remembers when there were trees on Bridge Street. "Dutch elms used to drape almost onto the streets," he said. "Just beautiful."That was back in the ’60s, before Dutch Elm disease wiped most of them out, and others were…