Racial bias-related incident sparks email to students
On Thursday, Sept. 17 , an offensive racial slur was written on a whiteboard outside a room in Seneca Hall that later sparked a mass email from the Department of Residence Life and Housing. Although the incident is still under…
Auxiliary Services’ cash dining now accepts debit cards across campus
A year ago, Crossroads was the first on-campus eatery to accept debit and credit cards. This fall, Auxiliary Services has expanded this service across campus. “We decided to do the test with Crossroads last year,” said Director of Cash Dining…
SAPB film series comes back to Marano auditorium
Two years ago, the Student Association Programming Board (SAPB) ran a film series in the Marano Campus Center auditorium every Friday night and Sunday afternoon. This semester, they brought it back. The film series was notable for bringing recently released…
ALANA Peace Walk joins students together to display campus diversity
“It’s our duty to fight for our freedom,” chanted dozens of Oswego State students marching from Oswego City Hall to the Marano Campus Center for the fifth annual ALANA Unity Peace Walk. On a warm fall afternoon, over 20 fists…
Administration responds to SUNY diversity policy
Oswego State has started to implement the new SUNY-wide diversity policy announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sept. 10. “Under the leadership of President Deborah Stanley, SUNY Oswego continues to move forward in increasing the diversity on our campus climate…
Lifestyles promotes bystander intervention
The Lifestyles Center is partnering with a full-service advertising company in order to produce an Oswego State bystander intervention video with the hope of getting a strong message across. The message of this video is inspired by another video produced…
Mary Walker Health Center experiences increase in student counseling wait list
A lack of staff at the Mary Walker Health Center has increased student wait time for counseling services. “We are down somewhat in counselor staffing and hope to have some part-time counselors on board within the next two weeks,”…
ALANA hosts fifth annual fashion show with spotlight on culture
Last Saturday the 29th Annual ALANA Fashion Show demonstrated to students what it means to be culturally diverse. ALANA (African-Latino-Asian-Native American) is an umbrella title for several major racial and cultural groups that congregate on campus and includes Black Student…
Oswego walks to raise suicide awareness
This past Saturday the Oswego State hosted the Fifth annual Stride to SAVE Lives 5K Run/Walk on campus to raise suicide awareness. This day was a community event sponsored by Suicide Awareness Voice of Education (SAVE), which brought together not…
Sandy Hook mother advocates for safety
Michele Gay lost her youngest daughter Josephine in December 2012 during the Sandy Hook school shooting in New Town, Conn. Gay came to Oswego State to advocate for safer and more secure schools on Sept. 17. Co-founder of Safe and…
