Safety concerns prevent pro MMA
The sport of mixed martial arts (MMA) is growing rapidly in the U.S. Its increasing popularity through promotion companies such as the UFC and Strikeforce has reached fans everywhere. Three states however, including New York, deem professional mixed martial arts…
Travelers return with cause
Students who visited far-flung countries over winter break came back with the urge to help those who helped them. The Oswego Going Global: Climbing Kilimanjaro Team and members of “Sustainable Development: Ecuador” are holding fundraisers to gather materials that will…
Greek orgs drain time, expand network
College students across the nation are asking themselves if joining a Greek organization could potentially affect their future employability. Hollywood has shown us many times that fraternities and sororities know how to have a good time. From the Delta Tau…
Elderly woman crossing street struck, killed
An 80-year-old woman was struck and killed by a vehicle on Tuesday, according to a police statement. Rosemary Beauchamp, of Oswego, was walking east across East Seventh Street when she was struck by a 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The driver,…
Alternative breaks gain momentum
Over 100 Oswego State students and faculty will be donating their spring breaks to help communities around the country with Alternative Spring Break. Students will be volunteering to help build houses, work on tiger rescue property and volunteer with children…
Off-grid homeowner to speak
The developer of his own sustainable community will be visiting Oswego State after spring break. Jim Juczak has become an expert in sustainable living, by developing a living community called Woodhenge. “He most notably made this off-grid community called Woodhenge,”…
SUNY Briefs 03/02/2012
SUNY Eight schools will participate in SUNY’s Central New York Regional Showcase at the Comstock Ballroom in the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and Conference Center on March 5. The eight schools sending representatives, which include SUNY Cortland, Cayuga Community College,…
Oswego State’s Other Championship Sports Team
As I sat in the stands of the Max Ziel Gymnasium last Saturday, watching the Oswego State men’s basketball team defeat Cortland for their first SUNYAC championship since 1965, I couldn’t help but think to myself, why aren’t more people…
‘Wrecking’ addresses American turmoil
Throughout his legendary career, Bruce Springsteen has made his most vital music when he chronicles the lives of American people at a time of crisis. The workers lamenting broken dreams on 1978’s “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” the scattered,…
Secondhand bookstore has tea, cozy atmosphere
Time & Again Books and Tea is a cozy secondhand bookstore with the added bonus of selling delicious tea as well. Located at 18 E. Utica Street, it is a bit off the main drag, but has continued to draw…
