The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

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Balancing grades, extracurricular involvement

Nowadays, there is no question of the importance of attending college. It is a time for students to figure out a wide range of priorities, from what career they want to pursue, to how many meals they will be able…

Frustrating graduation situation

No student who completed nearly four years of college could be naive enough to expect that graduation will be an inexpensive process. If attending school costs a fortune, then surely, universities will squeeze out every last penny until their students…

Washington D.C. Forecast: Stormy

There has been mystique and scandal during the Trump administration as there has most presidencies. The most recent and possibly most notable so-called “scandal” is the alleged Stormy Daniels affair. Despite the affair having happened 12 years ago, and Daniels…

Cream, sugar and carcinogens?

On March 28, a case was brought to a Los Angeles judge over whether coffee should be required by law to have a label marking the presence of acrylamide. The case asked the defendant, the coffee companies, whether the effects…

GPA: Does this number define us as students?

Both college and high school students are obsessing over their GPA. In high school, GPAs, to an extent, make sense. If someone takes an advanced placement class, they typically get an extra few points averaged in their final grade to…

Oswego State students dance toward new minor

Oswego State students are leaping over the news of the newest minor being offered: dance. This minor will be available for students to declare in the near future. According to the proposal, the goal of the dance minor is to…

Oswego program encourages technical educators

Oswego State has started a program to encourage technical experts to gain a teaching degree and begin educating the next generation on key technical skills. The program, known as the Career and Technical Education Undergraduate Certificate Program, is a two-year…

Love Your Melon struggles for SA recognition

Love Your Melon, the on-campus club that supports the organization by the same name, has been on the Oswego State campus for the past three or four years. Not a lot of students have heard about it because the club…

Meet the SA Vice Presidential and Presidential Candidates

A new president and vice president will be elected for Student Association at Oswego State for the next academic year; who will the students vote for? Before voting is opened to students April 17 on Laker Life, debates were held…

Importance of literature expressed in Quest presentation

Students demonstrated how literary messages could help make social progress in the working world at Critiquing Literary Employment, a presentation by the Alpha Sigma Eta English Honor Society as part of Quest Day Wednesday. ASE members Tasha Burgess, Keturah Hancock…