Since the beginning of the semester, multiple clubs have had trouble with funding as they were not budgeted capital to support themselves. Vocal Effect, a show choir on campus, is one of those clubs.

“Vocal Effect is a SUNY Oswego’s one and only show choir. We do performances all over campus and in the town of Oswego. We meet every couple of days and just have fun, sing, and dance. It’s a lot of fun,” said President, Thomas Waizenegger.

Vocal Effect meets weekly and are about 30 members strong. This year Vocal Effect has had their funding cut right in half dropping from a $3,000 budget to a $1,500 budget.

“At the start of the year we started with about $1,500, we had about $3,000last year, and now our budget and now our budget was slashed in half over the course of a year,” said Waizenegger.

This is problematic for the club. Much of their funding is used for acquiring new material to perform and the rights to do so, as well as costuming and transportation to the multiple venues that the group performs at.

“It’s not fun, having your funding cut in half in less than a year. I understand that the Student Association had to make these cuts in order to start getting themselves out of the red, but for smaller clubs like Vocal Effect, it’s not fun and it’s not sustainable for us,” said Waizenegger.

As for the group currently, you can catch them on October 26th at 3 PM in The Space, Marano Campus Center free admission for all. 

Weather Headlines:

• High Winds and Showers Throughout the Morning

• Clouds Early Morning with Sunshine Mid Afternoon Wednesday

• Partly Cloudy and Mid Thursday

Clearing skies expected by noon with a slight chance of snow flurries overnight tonight.

Lows Tonight:

Oswego: 34℉ 

Fulton: 32℉

Syracuse: 31℉

Strong west winds 25-30 mph overnight tonight with gusts as high as 41 mph. Clearing skies by noon Wednesday with breezy west winds around 25 mph.

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Cool with highs in the low to mid 40s. Partly sunny throughout the day Thursday with calm winds around 5 mph in the afternoon.

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