Weather Headlines:
- Morning Showers with Cloudy Afternoon Today
- Mostly Sunny and Mild Tuesday
- Warmer with Possible Showers Wednesday
Rain showers until early afternoon with partly cloudy skies tonight. North winds around 15 mph.
Lows Tonight:
Oswego: 37℉
Fulton: 33℉
Syracuse: 35℉
Partly cloudy tonight with Northwest wind 5-7 mph becoming calm in the evening.
Highs Tomorrow:
Oswego: 53℉
Fulton: 58℉
Syracuse: 60℉
Mostly sunny skies tomorrow with calm winds becoming North around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Lows Tomorrow Night:
Oswego: 44℉
Fulton: 43℉
Syracuse: 44℉
Partly cloudy with Southeast wind 5-10 mph.
Highs Wednesday:
Oswego: 59℉
Fulton: 60℉
Syracuse: 60℉
Scattered showers possible throughout the day with Southeast wind 15-20 mph.
Stay tuned to WTOP10 News for more updates.
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SUNY Oswego: One of the Nation’s Top “Green Colleges”
The expression “Going Green” is not new to students at SUNY Oswego. The campus has been rated as being one of the top green colleges in the nation for another year in a row by “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 361 Green Colleges.”
A variety of environmentally friendly and energy efficient utilities are very much visible when walking around campus. The presence of facilities for bike commuters: bike storage/racks or lockers can been found near almost every building.
“I think the accessibility of the bike racks are a great part of the campus,” said senior Christopher Britts. “This year I live off campus and don’t want to waste my gas driving here everyday, like who wouldn’t want to be outside, it’s beautiful out this time of year here.”
Shuttle buses, sharing service cars: Zip-cars, and car charging stations on campus have tremendously helped the school, not only become more environmentally responsible, but give more mobile opportunities to students and faculty.
“The shuttle bus saved me from a lot of trouble during the winter when I had to travel from Seneca Hall to Shineman,” said junior Matthew Upright.
Oswego State is also one of few colleges that has a formal sustainability committee and a sustainability officer. The college also spends 13 percent of its food budget on locally grown or organic products for students.
SUNY Oswego also offers a minor in sustainability studies, and in recent years constructed buildings such as Richard Richard S. Shineman Center for Science, Engineering and Innovation; Rice Creek Field Station; and the Village has achieved LEED Gold certification: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). The college has been designing their new facilities to meet this LEED standard since 2005, have definitely succeeded, and continues to do so. -
Chilly week ahead
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- Sunny with Light Winds Today
- Partly Cloudy Wednesday
- Chance of Showers Thursday
Sunny with a high of 43 and Northwest winds around 10 mph.
Lows Tonight:
Oswego: 37℉
Fulton: 34℉
Syracuse: 34℉
Partly cloudy tonight with light winds.
Highs Tomorrow:
Oswego: 51℉
Fulton: 54℉
Syracuse: 56℉
Partly sunny skies tomorrow with Northeast wind 5-10 mph.
Lows Tomorrow Night:
Oswego: 39℉
Fulton: 38℉
Syracuse: 39℉
Partly cloudy skies with West wind around 5 mph.
Highs Thursday:
Oswego: 51℉
Fulton: 55℉
Syracuse: 57℉
A chance of showers possible early afternoon. Mostly sunny, with West wind 10-15 mph in the afternoon.
Stay tuned to WTOP10 News for more updates.
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The Beginning of Parking Boots
OSWEGO, NY— On October 1, 2019, parking boots became effective as it is now used as a new method to regulate parking violations. With the collaborative decision of University Police and College Administrations, this has now become a new approach to handle parking issues. These issues include parking in reserved or handicapped areas or to drivers who have acquired more than 10 tickets or violations. It’s purpose is to encourage drivers to do the right thing and to urge them to pay their fines.
Kevin Velzy, Assistant Chief of University Police and staff member for 30 years, tells us the other reasons why the parking was implemented and why it is crucial for drivers to follow the rules.
“Instead of towing the car, we are going to put the parking boot on the car and that will ensure that the fines are collected. It’s actually beneficial to draw backs of towing are the cost. Tow operators now charge over $200 for a tow, so the costs go away for the offender. And also for the hassle of getting your car back, your car will be where you left it; it’s just a matter of going online and paying the fines, calling us, and saying you know ‘this has been paid for’ and we will come and remove the boot.” Velzy said.
According to Assistant Chief Velzy, about 8,000 parking tickets were issued last year and for annually, it is closely around the ballpark of that amount. Due to this result, this also weighed on the result of the decision.
He also added on about the financial aspect of the boot.“We are not going to charge an extra or additional fee to have the boot taken on or taken off….. All you are paying for is the ticket basically…. I think it is effective in terms of eliminating those drawbacks to having your car being towed..this is going to save you money.” Velzy explains.
If the boot was applied to your car, you may go online to pay or go the University police office to pay off your accumulated parking tickets and following from that, University police will remove the boot from the car.
Student drivers on campus had mixed thoughts when hearing the news as they stated that this is “A great idea”, “Unfair”, “Understandable”, “Harsh” and “Excessive”.
As of right now, a boot has not been applied.
For more information about this new parking enforcement, you can visit https://www.oswego.edu/police/new-york-state-university-police
