Sheriff with big heart shaves head on campus for research
Walking into the Oswego County Sheriff’s Department is like stepping into a high-tech fortress. Patrons are greeted by two armed officers with high and tight haircuts ready to search you as you step through a metal detector. “For Sheriff Todd’s…
Earth Day celebrations set to last all week
Earth Day is often used as a reminder to increase environmental awareness, but going green is not the greatest move in supporting our environment, according to professor Tim Delaney. For Oswego State students living in the dormitories, recycling is required….
Buffet Rule sounds optimistic, unless government uses it for own wants
It’s a very popular rule, with around 60 percent of Americans supporting it. Even 43 percent of Republicans support this rule. In case you haven’t heard, the “Buffet Rule” would require anyone who earns over $1 million in one year…
Veteran tragedies
A recent article in The New York Times stated that for every soldier killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this year, 25 more will commit suicide. Let that sink in for a moment, 25 deaths on American soil,…
Being with God together
Tack, Tack, Tack! Hammer hits nail, piercing through paper, effectively attaching the papers to the large wooden door of the Church Witenberg. The papers which hang from the nail contain 95 theses against practices of the Catholic Church. Martin Luther’s…
Five things to do before you graduate
As a tour guide going on three years of giving tours to sometimes surly, other times overenthusiastic families, I get asked why I came to Oswego State. They usually follow up my answer with ‘well it sounds like you really…
You pay for Obama admin’s hookers, vacations
Graduation is just around the corner for many of you and with the uncertainty of the job market and the high cost of perusing higher education, and it is causing anxiety. For those of you who still have time left,…
Rising gas prices hit hard
Consumers nationwide are feeling the pain of higher gas prices, and the truth is that the world market price of oil has even hit Oswego. In just a month, according to Gasbuddy.com, the average retail price chart for Oswego showed…
SUNY Briefs 04-20-2012
Cortland Stacey Watson, co-founder of Drop-in Nation, will speak at SUNY Cortland on April 20 to spread the importance of holistic curricula. Drop-in Nation was founded in 2004 to help at-risk students get their GED and develop knowledge in the…
Through years, many changes in school, self
I’ve been a student at Oswego State for some time. But contrary to popular belief among my friends, my freshman year was not 1998, it was 2007. There have been some minor changes to the school since I came here,…
