Professors ponder approach to âpost-literacy world’
The encroaching influence of social media has stoked fears in experts of a âpost-literacy world,â in which popularity and controversy impede on truth. In the premiere of a series of panels on civil discourse, university faculty from various fields took…
Dedicated worker, veteran maintains Rice Creek alone
Rice Creek Field Station is a research unit of SUNY Oswego, located about one and a half miles southwest of the universityâs main entrance. The property spans 350 acres and, across all of its trails, measures five miles in total….
Editor-in-Chief’s Column: What grinds my gears: logos and locations
Why is the logo at center ice in the Deborah F. Stanley Arena facing the way it is? It makes absolutely no sense. Every logo in professional sports faces the broadcasting booths in order for the logo to be spotlit…
Advisement programs assist students as semester begins
With the end of its introductory phase, the fall 2023 semester has gone into full swing and brings about the expectations of professors in their respective classes. As such, academic pressure begins to build and new students who have yet…
University searches for honorary title candidates
In order to celebrate its most distinguished and widely-recognized alumni, the SUNY collegiate system annually chooses up to five of its former students to be the recipients of an honorary doctorate degree, labeled by SUNY Oswego as âthe highest form…
Campus medical emergency response: SUNY Oswegoâs protocol, partnerships
[This story was written in the spring 2023 semester, but was not published.] What can students expect when an on-campus medical emergency happens? According to Chief of University Police Scott Swayze, the response should be similar no matter if 911…
Environmental director urges hazardous waste disposal, deadline approaching
Reopening its doors on May 1 of this year, the Household Hazardous Waste Facility located in the town of Volney, New York, acts as a drop-off point for potentially dangerous household products, including materials such as degreasers, disinfectants, household cleaners,…
Concerning fungus draws media attention, coincides with release of âThe Last of Usâ
On March 20, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a press release about concerns related to an âemerging fungus considered an urgent antimicrobial resistance threatâ called Candida auris (C. auris). The press release contains data from 2020…
Student petition calls for Black studies department
Unlike many of its peers in the SUNY system, SUNY Oswego does not have a Black studies major program, a fact that graduating senior Rickey Strachan is hoping to change with other studentsâ help. Inspired by Professor Kenneth Marshallâs Black…
Mar. 31, 2023 – Episode 29
Another edition of the Oswegonian means another episode of the On The GOnian podcast. Zac Case brings listeners the latest news and storylines out of the Oswegonian office. From news to Laker Review, the staff have writers covered with the…
