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SUNY Oneonta students will be sent home for the rest of the Fall semester
SUNY Oneonta campus; provided by CNN Newsource ONEONTA, NY- SUNY Oneonta will move to remote learning for the remainder of the Fall semester following an outbreak of 389 COVID-19 cases and counting.
The outbreak began last weekend when just over 100 students tested positive for the virus. This came shortly after Governor Cuomo announced that SUNY schools would close for two weeks if there’s a COVID outbreak of over 100 students or five percent of a given campus population. The number of positive cases has jumped significantly since last weekend.
According to SUNY Oneonta’s COVID-19 dashboard, 389 students and staff members have tested positive since the beginning of the Fall semester.
The same weekend, five students and three campus organizations at Oneonta were suspended for hosting parties, according to SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras.
After the initial two week temporary shutdown, the state deployed a COVID-19 SWAT team to SUNY Oneonta in an attempt to ramp up testing. Students were not required to be tested upon arrival.
Off-campus resident Grace Kinne says she had not been tested prior to her arrival in Oneonta. She left Oneonta last Saturday as a precaution for medical reasons.
“I have asthma that gets really bad when I am sick, so my Mom wanted me home right away,” said Kinne.
Full refunds will be issued for on-campus housing as well as additional allowable refunds for dining plans. Students who test positive will quarantine on campus until they are re-tested negative.
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Men’s hockey remains undefeated, begin conference play
This past weekend the men’s hockey team started conference play and looked to continue their winning streak.
On Friday night, the team traveled to Brockport to take on the Golden Eagles in the first SUNYAC game of the year. The Lakers would win the game 5-1. Five different goal scorers contributed to the Lakers win. Jody Sullivan led the Lakers with a power play goal and an assist.
On Saturday, the team returned to Oswego for their homecoming game vs. Geneseo. After being down 3-1 at the end of the second period, the Lakers would go on a scoring rally in the third period to win the game 5-3. Leading the third period scoring rally was a power play goal from Kenny Neil followed by goals scored by Jody Sullivan, Stephen Johnson and Alex Botten. With the goal, Botten became the 52nd member of the 100 point club.
After this weekend of play, the Lakers improve to 4-0 on the year and 2-0 in the conference. The Lakers will go on the road Friday and continue SUNYAC play at Potsdam.
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Monday 2/27 Nightly News
WTOP-10 Nightly News is back! Mayor Barlow’s Blizzard Bucks, winter weather and SUNY Oswego’s box office troubles. All this and more in last night’s newscast, available here.
Anchors: Jolie Santiago, Matthew Rivenburgh
Weather: Samantha Karlsson
Sports Anchor: Thomas Tallarino
