WTOP10 Reporter Shanna Fuld interviews 2-time Tony Award winner Brian Ronan.
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Preacher Disrupts SUNY Oswego
OSWEGO, NY— Last Wednesday, a man named Saint Jesse Morrell unexpectedly visited the quads delivering his religious opinion. For roughly 20 minutes he was aggressively yelling to students his ideas of the LGBT community, targeting their lifestyle, calling it a sin. The students didn’t agree with what he was saying, retallying back in an argument until the police showed up. Since he did not have a free speech permit from the school, he was asked to leave.
“He has freedom of speech,” Oswego student Sarah Novak said after he targeting her and her girlfriend. “So we also have freedom of speech, so we choose to kiss and fight hate with love”
The full video of the event was uploading by Jesse Morrell – Open Air Street Preacher on YouTube. The campus still has not responded on the situation.
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Oswego Alumn stars in Indie Film
by Rob Lee, WTOP10-TV
In the premiere of ‘Slade Collins In and Out of Time’ at the Capitol Theatre in Rome, New York, 2008 SUNY Oswego graduate Ryan Santiago starred in the title role of ‘Slade Collins’. Santiago spoke about the premiere how acting career began “Wanted to [act] ever since I was a kid, memorizing lines like crazy with movies I enjoyed and things like that but I never took actong seriously,” said Santiago.
Santiago took an acting class at Mohawk Valley Community College in 2006. Santiago said he fell in love with acting and transferred to SUNY Oswego to pursue a degree in Theatre. I asked Ryan how Life as a theatre major at SUNY Oswego prepared him for life after graduation. “I had a lot of good teachers and acting coaches who made him love acting even more,” replied Santiago.
“As advice for future SUNY Oswego graduates, I say go out there and do things, look for audition notices or offer to help with a film or a stage production,” said Santiago.
‘Slade Collins In and Out of Time’ is a production of Mad Angel Films and is one of many independent film companies in Central New York. They are currently in preproduction of their next film ‘Radiant Dark’ which will be a collaborative effort amongst several of those independent companies.
Ryan Santiago will have upcoming projects as an actor and producer.
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Halloween Activities in Oswego
by Erin Meyer, WTOP10-TV
For college students who do not drink, finding a fun way to spend Halloween can be a bit of a challenge. But SUNY Oswego junior Ray Ossino says there’s plenty of options for sober scholars.
“I like to celebrate Halloween by going with a few of my friends to Lake Effect Cafe,” said Ossino. “They have a costume contest every Halloween, and then they have Halloween trivia.” She says campus events like this can be a great way to branch out.
“You get to meet new people, and through the people that I met there I found out that at the ice rink, they have open skate for Halloween too, and the also have a halloween costume contest there too.”
For students who want their Halloween weekend to be a bit scarier, Campus Recreation administrative assistant Jaydee Maldonado has a solution. She’s organized an upgrade for one of the campus’s most popular halloween events: the Scalesbury haunted house. Along with campus recreation, Maldonado has extended the haunted house to Lee Hall.
“This haunted house is actually going to be not only a haunted house,” said Maldonado. “It’s going to be a movie session at Scales Hall and then there is food, drinks and activities of all sorts relating to Halloween in Waterbury, and then Lee hall has the main event.” She says the addition of Lee Hall will elevate the haunted house from a quick event into all-night entertainment.
“I want us to continue to create events where students don’t always feel like they need to go out on weekends and do things off campus”, said Maldonado. She hopes the that these halloween events will inspire similar events in the college’s future.
Regardless of how you plan to spend your Halloween, WTOP wish you a happy one.
