On Monday, SUNY Oswego students were subjected to some unusual surprise when a “preacher man” took over their quad and said what some students claimed were “offensive remarks and beliefs”.

Jim Deferrio, a middle aged man, was seen holding a sign preaching on the SUNY Oswego quad a variety of different ultra-religious phrases other remarks unpopular on a liberal public campus.

Students grouped around Deferrio and gave their input before he was asked to leave by University Police, but soon was allowed to come back on campus as it is considered a public university.

Many students expressed their displeasure to the man and on various sources of social media, calling the man “homophobic” and claiming that his messages were “hateful”.

According to several different sources, Deferrio has been known to go to different colleges and university preaching a similar message.

Whatever his message may have been, he certainly raised a stir on the quad and on the SUNY Campus.

Originally Reported By Chelsey Moore

The Oswego State women’s basketball team kicked off the Max Ziel Tournament with a 66-27 win over Medgar Evers College Friday night. With the victory, the Lakers move to 1-1 on the season while also giving head coach Sean Pinkerton the first win of his Oswego career. The Medgar Evers Cougars remain winless as they fall to 0-2.

Unlike their first game of the season in which the offense struggled, Oswego was able to start the game on an 8-0 run against the Cougars. The dominance on offense would continue for the Lakers as they led 32-8 going into halftime. Tatyana Fish led the team with eight points in the first half and finished with 13. Her teammate, Courtney Ameele also contributed a game high fifteen points to go along with five steals.

On the defensive side of the ball, the Lakers hauled in 58 rebounds with Morgan Wolanin grabbing a career-high 12 of them. Rachel Windhausen was just as effective as she had eight rebounds and three blocks.

Oswego will be back in action tomorrow as they try to capture the Max Ziel Tournament title at 4 pm against Elmira College.

The Oswego State volleyball team split a doubleheader at Max Ziel Gymnasium this afternoon as they defeated Oneonta 3-1 and then fell to Fredonia by the same score. After today’s games, Oswego is now 9-11 on the season and 3-3 in conference play. Conference foe, Oneonta, falls to 8-14 overall and 2-3 in the SUNYAC with Fredonia moving to 13-7 and 5-1 in the conference.

Against Oneonta, Allison Sullivan and Lauren Fie each had seven kills by the end of the second set to give the Lakers a 2-0 lead. While they struggled in the third set, largely due to a 10-2 run by the Red Dragons, Oswego regained their rhythm to win the contest. Leading the Lakers on the court were Alison Berger with 15 assists and Sarah Braddon with 15 digs on defense.

With momentum from their last match on their side, Oswego jumped out to a 1-0 lead against Fredonia. That would be the only set that they would come out on top in though, as crucial runs by the Blue Devils led to wins by scores of 25-12, 25-23, and 25-17. On the offensive side, Allison Sullivan and Laura Finn led the Lakers with eight kills apiece while Julia Flohr contributed eighteen assists as well as six digs on defense.

Oswego’s will be back in action in Canton next Saturday for a doubleheader where they will take on the ‘Roos and Maine Fort-Kent.