Talent/Producer: Amna Sadique

• Year: Sophomore
• Hometown: Hewlett, NY
• About: Amna is a sophomore broadcast major. She began her career at WTOP freshman year as a part of crew, and now is the co host, of Impractical Improv and part of The Morning Grind production team. When Amna is not working with WTOP, she co-hosts “Dancing through the Decades” on WNYO, and choreographs a Del Sarte Dance. In her free time Amna loves watching Disney movies (especially Aladdin)

Talent/Producer: Jamie Aranoff

• Year: Sophomore
• Hometown: Glen Head, NY
• About: Jamie is a sophomore journalism major and global studies minor. She started with WTOP freshman year as a news reporter, and is now a cohost of Impractical Improv, part of the production team for The Morning Grind and a news reporter. When Jamie is not working with WTOP she is writing news for the Oswegonian, planning trips with the Outdoors Club, or working with the study abroad office. In her free time, Jamie enjoys surfing, and traveling.

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OSWEGO, NY – On Monday March 26th, the last Oz Speaks of the Spring 2018 semester was a panel discussion on gun control. The panel included Executive Director of Gun Owners of America Erich Pratt, Director of the Counseling Services Center Katherine Wolfe-Lyga, Regional Coordinator of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence Gary and was moderated by Associate Professor of Public Justice Jaclyn Schildkrau.

This panel comes at opportune time in the wake of the Parkland shooting last month and those students organizing the March for Our Lives protest this past weekend.

“What I hope [students] get out of it is that they take the things they heard from especially what Erich and I said today and I hope that they go back and do their research,” Pudup said. “I hope they really do that so when they form an opinion it is based on their research and not just based on what I said or what [Pratt] said.”

After the panel discussion was over, the floor was open to give students the opportunity to ask the panelists questions and share their own opinions.

“I know people who have actually used guns in self defense,” Pratt said. “We protect our president with guns, we protect the Congress with guns but then at schools we put up a sign that ‘NO GUNS ALLOWED’ and that’s not working to keep people safe.”

For more on information on the next Oz Speaks event in the Fall 2018 semester go to the SUNY Oswego Events page at oswego.edu/calendar.