Oswego, NY- Amruta Pital visited SUNY Oswego as part of the Artswego program to showcase her work as a graphic novelist. The event was hosted by Professor Ulises Mejias.
SUNY Oswego is one of many stops Amruta Pital is making. In 2017 Ms. Pital visited Brazil and is planning to visit South Korea in 2019.
At the event, Pital addressed her childhood in India and its influence on her work.
Pital’s book can be found on Amazon or the campus bookstore.
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Cruise Around the World Has One of Its Best Turnouts Yet
This year’s edition of SUNY Oswego’s ‘Cruising Around The World’ took place this past Sunday, April 7.
Students toured different residence halls on campus. Each residence hall represents a different country or culture, and students are given a passport.
“We have been in Funnelle, Johnson, Mackin, and Sheldon, which are together, plus Riggs, Scales, and Waterbury. We are on our way to Seneca now,” Oswego student Valentina Solonos said.
Food and drink are also provided, for which volunteers are needed.
“I make sure that they come, have fun, and take pictures,” volunteer student Britini Robinson said.
Hart Hall featured the Bahamas. Here students could taste some food from the Bahamas such as piña colada, or experience the music or the culture from the Bahamas. Not only did students learn about the music and the food from the Bahamas, but also some of the slang from the region.
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Rokerthon 3
by Daniel Manou
Oswego, NY- Today Show TV personality and Oswego State alum Al Roker returned the college on Mar. 31 as part of Rokerthon Three. Oswego State was the last stop on Rokerthon Three, which sent Roker to four other colleges during the week to break a Guinness World Record.
Oswego State’s world record was to have the world’s longest conga line on ice. The original record was held by the Ice Rink Canary Wharf in the United Kingdom with 353 people. Oswego State broke the record with 593 people.
Having Roker’s final stop be Oswego State, the visit had a little more meaning than the rest.
“It’s very exciting to end up having a week in Oswego. It’s very exciting and the school came through” he said.
In order to officially break the record students had to follow strict rules. The students must step in unison while holding the hips of the person in front of them for five minutes. If at any point the line broke, someone fell or messed up the moves, the attempt would be disqualified.
Organizing such an event took more effort than meets the eye, which Del Sarte President Allison Anthony learned when tasked with choreographing.
“It’s important that we all came together and found one pace and one way to communicate that works for everyone” she said. “Doing that with 500 plus people was challenging but we got it done”.
Before the conga line could even happen, Anthony and the school advertised the recruitment of skaters and held practices to teach them the moves. Making the decision to participate in the record breaking attempt was easy for most people but were based on several different motives.
For students like Ethan Magram, the thrill of being having a world record in his back pocket was enough.
“I can’t wait to look back and say I broke a world record with some of my best friends, met one of the most favorite news personalities, and I’m going to remember this forever” he said.
Others such as freshman Hannah Enigh, had a strong admiration for Roker. She saw him as a role model in her pursuit to become a broadcast meteorologist.
“I was very excited to want to be a part of something Al Roker was a part of because that was one of the main reasons I came to Oswego, to be a meteorologist and broadcasting major” Enigh said.
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Student dead after heroin overdose
One SUNY Oswego student is dead and two are hospitalized due to allegedly lethal heroin.
Students were alerted early Saturday morning to the potential danger of the heroin by the New York state mass alerting system.
“Danger; Oswego heroin may be lethal. One is dead and two are hospitalized since early this morning,” the call said, “please beware.”
Students are urged to call University Police at 315-312-5555.
The names of the students have yet to be released, but WTOP will keep you updated with the latest information.
