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Oswego Daily News

Fans Understand Freedom of Speech, But Are Anxious To Get Back To The Game

Are you ready for some football? A lot of fans are. However, they’re tired of the distractions. There is a shared respect for people’s right to protest. Peaceful protest is an innate American right. But some sports fans want to get back to the basics. “Now it just seems everyone is focused on the anthem,” Oswego State Senior hockey player Mitchell Herlihey said. “You turn on Sports Center and all you see is highlights of who is kneeling, who is standing and you don’t see what happened in the game.”

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Oswego Daily News

Local West Nile Virus Raises Some Concerns

Recently, Oswego County Health Director Jiancheng Huang confirmed the first human case of West Nile Virus in Oswego. The report of the virus in this area has raised some concerns among students on the SUNY Oswego campus. “It’s scary how western medicine still can’t defeat old diseases,” SUNY Oswego Junior Cliff-Simon Vital said.

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Hundreds head out at the start of the seventh annual Stride to SAVE Lives event.
Oswego Daily News

Suicide Awareness Event Draws Big Crowd To Help SAVE Lives

As the crowd fell silent Saturday (Sept. 30), the only thing that could be heard was the ringing of a bell after each name of a community member lost to suicide was read. A chill in the air didn’t prevent 778 community members from gathering at SUNY Oswego’s Hewitt Union for CNY’s seventh annual Stride to SAVE Lives event. SAVE’s new campaign – “Hope. It saves lives,” reflects the common goal of prevention and spreading positivity.

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Inside the Cellar Door (Photo by: Samantha Flavell)
Oswego Daily News

3-Part Legislation Promotes Craft Beverage Industry

Sen. George Amedore Jr. and Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy’s trail of legislation is intended to cultivate the promotion of New York State craft beverages. The most recent addition to this string of similar legislation that began three years ago, was a bill that would allow New York State distilleries to sell New York State made beer, wine and cider by the glass. The bill (S.2481/A.2994) was signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on July 25.

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Oswego Daily News

SUNY Oswego, Suicide Prevention Organization To Host Awareness Event

On Saturday, Sept. 30, Suicide Awareness Voices of Education and the SUNY Oswego Lifestyles Center will hold their seventh annual Stride to SAVE Lives walk. The event is held every year to raise awareness about suicide. During the event, there will be a 5k walk or run starting at 11 a.m. as well as raffles, stories from survivors, musical performances and food.

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Spare Change. Photo by Samantha Flavell
Oswego Daily News

A Penny For Your Thoughts

In the production of coins, according to treasury.gov, the US Mint buys strips of metal to manufacture the nickel, dime, quarter and half dollar.
The penny however requires a separate material.The cost to produce the one-cent penny rose to 1.5 cents in the 2016 fiscal year according to US Mint spokesman Tom Jurkowsky in a Forbes interview.

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Kayla Murphy, SHOP intern. Photo by Samantha Flavell
Oswego Daily News

SUNY Oswego’s SHOP Expanding

SHOP at SUNY Oswego will be undergoing some further renovations to make the area more welcoming to those who come to take advantage of its resources. SHOP is located on the lower level of Penfield Library, in room three on the SUNY Oswego campus. Intern and coordinator Kayla Murphy describes SHOP as, “a one stop shop for our SUNY Oswego community members that need access to these necessities.”

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Oswego Daily News

SUNY Oswego Sees Record-Breaking Diversity For 3rd Consecutive Year

The incoming SUNY Oswego freshman class of 2021 broke the record for diversity for what is now the third consecutive year. “I think that diversity is important to everybody, every student on this campus. And every faculty member on this campus,” Dean of Students, Jerri Howland. “Because it adds to the what I call the thread, the depth, the feelings the understanding of what it means to be American.”

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