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…
Catching Up with Jacob Alexander
By Deborah J. Sergeant [caption id="attachment_239" align="alignright" width="300"] Natalie and Collene (left to right, back row), and Lindsey Kregel, Jacob Alexander and Elizabeth Conrad enjoyed working on Team Mini to promote hockey games.[/caption] In the…
Why Leaving Campus Is Good for the Soul
By Melissa Stefanec [caption id="attachment_189" align="alignright" width="300"] The Renaissance Festival is a one-of-a-kind event in CNY. It’s just 30 minutes away in Sterling.[/caption] If you currently call SUNY Oswego your home, I want to pose…
Virtual Oswego: The City With No Snow
Visitors looking for information about Oswego online: all about sunsets and fishing, nothing about snow By Matthew Liptak Full disclosure: I don’t live in Oswego. The editors at College Life newspaper (which you’re now readin)…
What Happens in Social Media Stays in Social…
Eight tips on how to keep your online past from taking a bite out of your real-life future By Melissa Stefanec There was a time when you could do or say something insensitive, questionable or…
Sororities, Fraternities: Should You Join?
By Deborah J. Sergeant Movies portray sororities and fraternities as collegiate groups game for rowdy parties, brutal hazing rituals and a general disregard for campus rules. But that’s certainly not the case at SUNY Oswego,…
Funding
Easy ways to get additional scholarships By Deborah J. Sergeant You may have snapped some scholarships already; however, it’s still possible to nab some more money to help out with your schooling this year and…
‘If I Had to Do it Over Again’
Five colleges later, here I am… By Matthew Liptak The first time I went to college was in the fall of 1989. Tienanmen Square had just happened. The Berlin Wall was about to fall, and…
How Working in College Works for You
By Melissa Stefanec A lot of students tend to shy away from having a job while college classes are in session. Some people think having a job will distract students from their studies. Some people…