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Lisa Glidden, a member of the political science faculty at SUNY Oswego and an expert in Cuban politics, will present “Market Reform, Poverty and the Effects on Cuban Civil Society” from 12:45 to 2 p.m. Feb. 20 in Room 114 of the Campus Center. Her respondent will be David Andrews of the economics faculty.

The symposium runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 5 and from 9 a.m. to noon on Sunday, April 6. The symposium opens with a student presentation competition, a meet-and-greet social with cash bar, and early registration from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, April 4. Twelve speakers will discuss a variety of War of 1812 topics.

SUNY Oswego’s Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series will feature the work of Samuel Barber, one of the 20th century’s most celebrated American composers, in a concert at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 19, in Sheldon Hall ballroom.

For more than 100 years it has been the Girl Scouts’ mission to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who will make the world a better place and local Cadette Troop 101 is rising to that ideal. Most of the girls in Troop 101 have been together in scouting since they were kindergarteners. Now in sixth, seventh and eighth grades, they are fast friends and a tight-knit team.

Event officials have been working non-stop to make sure the ninth annual Warm Up Oswego Festival is a success for the community. The festival will kick off Friday, at 4 p.m. at Alex’s on the Water on the Riverwalk East – Alex’s will open its doors with a ribbon cutting and a bonfire in the firepit.

Teresa Woolson’s son drowned in Lake Ontario on Aug. 9, 2012, while swimming with a group of friends. His friends told her and the police that he’d purchased a synthetic drug, “Avalanche,” from the Xtreme Underground and used it before he went into the water. She and her family are leading the charge to keep these “designer drugs,” mostly aimed at young people, off the streets.