New evaluating fake news quarter course addresses trending, prevalent topics
With the subject of fake news so prevalent in politics, Oswego State will be offering a course focused on evaluating news sources during the fourth quarter of the spring semester. The course, ENG 395, is titled Evaluating News Sources: Good,…
Author, activist, TV personality speaks to students
On Feb. 16, the Oswego State Alumni Association hosted noted speaker, author, activist and television personality Kevin Powell as part of the “I Am Oz” series of presentations. “I Am Oz” focuses on diversity and allows for minority populations in…
Independent filmmaker visits Oswego State
As cinema and screen studies students at Oswego State prepare to enter the film industry, the cinema and screen studies program does its best to bring in established independent filmmakers to offer their insight. On Feb. 16, Alex Méndez Giner,…
National, international trips offered for alternative winter, spring breaks
Since the winter of 2009, Oswego State’s office of community service has given students the opportunity to use their vacation time to make a lasting impact in underdeveloped communities. Trips are offered in the country and internationally during the school’s…
National health honor society coming to Oswego State in fall
Oswego State has a new national honorary society coming to campus in the fall of 2017. Eta Sigma Gamma, also known as ESG, is a national health honorary society recognized by employers worldwide. This program is aimed toward students in…
Rice Creek Field Station implements new program
The Green Route bus at Oswego State added a Saturday schedule to their usual weekday run in order to introduce students to a new program at Rice Creek Field Station. Located one mile from the Oswego State Campus, the Rice…
Books offer solace away from textbooks
I was never the biggest bookworm growing up and it was not often you would find my head shoved into a million pages of text, unaware of my surroundings and the outside world, diluted to what the plot of my…
Immigration arrests go too far
How safe is safe? With President Donald Trump making good on his campaign promises, a new wave of immigration arrests have been made in 11 states this week, with 40 in New York City alone. Increasing numbers of immigrants are…
Broken elevators not big problem, plan ahead or take stairs instead
Many students who have lived in a dorm know the feeling; just out of lunch with only 10 minutes to get to class, but you forgot something on the fifth, eighth or maybe the 10th floor. So you wait patiently…
Stop domestic abuse, speak out
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, an idea brought about to address the epidemic of domestic violence in the United States. In the U.S., three out of four parents have never talked to their children about domestic violence and…
