A place to drink beer, buy cigarettes, play a round of bowling or just socialize By Stefan Yablonski Hewitt Union was part of the college expansion in the late 1960s early 1970s that also…
17 Non-Boozy Fun Things to Do in College
By Melissa Stefanec [caption id="attachment_479" align="alignright" width="300"] Movie theater in downtown Oswego shows 3-D movies.[/caption] For some college students, drinking is just part of everyday life. But it doesn’t have to be. Before you label…
Weekends in Oswego
By Maria Pericozzi Oswego has become home to around 8,000 students who attend SUNY Oswego each year. There are lots of things to do around town when students are not doing schoolwork or are attending…
Top Job Hunting Tips
By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant Seniors, the time to start looking for a job is now — even though graduation may be months away. You know the routine for searching job boards online; however, other means…
Offbeat Summer Jobs to Keep in Mind
Time to apply is just around the corner By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant While it may be easiest to simply apply at the local fast food joints, working an offbeat job may pay significantly more and…
Taqueria in Downtown Oswego Serves Authentic Mexican Food
By John Horne Rick Erickson, a local 33-year veteran contractor, had long dreamed of changing career paths. After years of backbreaking construction work, Erickson’s body had had enough. His heart was set on turning a…
Plastic-Free Campus
Students and officials working to turn SUNY Oswego a plastic-free campus. Ban on plastic straws, plastic condiment cups and plastic coffee stirrers at all cafeterias has already been implemented By Maria Pericozzi As students returned…
Stick Around for the Summer or Go Home?
By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant Should you stay here or go home for the summer? That depends. Ask yourself the following questions: 1. Do you have a place to stay? If you go home to live with…
Studying in Australia
Journalism student shares her experience living abroad By Maria Pericozzi [caption id="attachment_480" align="alignright" width="225"] Aranoff in March 2018 at Burleigh Point, looking at the surfers’ paradise and a region known as Gold Coast in Australia[/caption]…