Stop scapegoating bipolar, mentally ill patients for difficulties of disorder
I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the age of 17. For those of you not up on your clinical psychology, bipolar disorder is a mental disorder that causes the brain to produce irregular amounts of dopamine and serotonin, chemicals…
In small towns, simple gesture speaks volumes
Over spring break, I returned to Delaware County, where my hamlet has one traffic light and the closest town has two or three. Taking advantage of beautiful weather and a suddenly very-open schedule, I decided to take a walk down…
For vocation, rely on heart not wallet
I have met many students who are still asking themselves what "the reason" is, why does it seem so difficult to pick what they want to do? The feeling of being passionate unfortunately doesn’t hit us all at the same…
Sophomore slump for Hudson
"R & B recording artist Jennifer Hudson released her second album, "I Remember Me," on Tuesday, March 22. "Hudson came on the scene in 2004 as a finalist on the third season of "American Idol." From there, she went into…
Indie bands planned to fill Sheldon
"On Friday, March 25th, acoustic singer-songwriter William Fitzsimmons will be headlining an Indie Series Concert at Oswego State. Syracuse indie band The Scarlet Ending and Oswego State’s own Matt Pfiefer will also be performing. "Fitzsimmons, a Pennsylvania native born from…
Nature serves as inspiration for gallery
""Wild Inspiration" is a nature-infused art exhibit by Elizabeth Austin, a New Media graduate at MIT and Brenda Giegerich, an Art graduate at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wis. "The two combined their views of nature for the exhibit, but portrayed…
1-800-Monopoly
"AT&T Inc. announced plans last week to purchase T-Mobile USA in a $39 million deal financed by J.P. Morgan. The buy-out would consolidate the second and fourth largest competitors in the telecommunications industry. But it is not a done deal…
Campus unions react to Wisconsin events
"The recent passage of a bill in Wisconsin that would limit collective bargaining rights to state employee unions has campus unions questioning the affect on the rest of the country, including New York state. "One of the more prominent unions…
Pushing limits while paying a price
"What if it were possible to go from being a pathetic good-for-nothing to one of the most successful people in history, just by taking a single pill? Would it be worth any potential and likely probable side effects? What dosage…
Oswego’s part-time pol
Need a job? Then run for mayor of Oswego. Sure it won’t be easy, but who wouldn’t want to be mayor? The only catch: the job is part time and so is the pay… $40,000 a year. That’s a pretty…
