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‘Take Back the Night’ at SUNY Oswego brings awareness to sexual violence
By Kerry Ryan
Oswego, N.Y. — On Tuesday, October 24th, the Women’s Center at SUNY Oswego held their 35th annual ‘Take Back the Night’ event. The event was originally named ‘Reclaim the Night’. The Women’s Center participates in this worldwide event that’s goal is to raise awareness of sexual violence on campus.
The Deputy to the President at SUNY Oswego Pamela Caraccioli was in attendance that evening. Caraccioli said that it was important to be the best we can and represent this fight against sexual violence.
“We are all human beings. We need to take care of each other. Not just in this college community, but in our community outside of campus; in the communities that you’ll eventually move to,” Caraccioli said.
‘Take Back the Night’ concluded with a march around campus, encouraging participants to carry posters and use their voices to demand the end of sexual violence on campus. The goal of this movement is one that President of the Women’s Center Ryan Rodriguez said he hopes gets people around campus talking and eager to join in.
“The biggest goals of ours is to get people thinking and to get people aware of what’s going on in all of the stigmas around this,” Rodriguez said.
The Women’s Center can be found at The Point in the Marano Campus Center. For information on their upcoming events, visit www.Facebook.com/OzWomensCenter or on Twitter @OzWomenCenter.
SUNY Oswego students share Halloween excitement
By William Corsi
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The trees are changing color, pumpkin spice is back, and Halloween is right around the corner. Students at SUNY Oswego shared their excitement with Reporter William Corsi.
Of the 27 people who were polled about their plans for Halloween, 19 of them said they were going to dress up for Halloween and 16 of them said they will be going out to get candy and celebrating with friends.
Student Marina Pantoliano said that she likes Halloween is one of the only holidays where people really get into it besides Christmas.
Some students said certain aspects of halloween make them feel uncomfortable.
“People running around in masks kind of creeps me out,” Student Dalton Bisson said.
Halloween takes place on Tuesday this year.
Lakers top Elmira in Teal Game
The Oswego State men’s hockey team won their first game of the season against Elmira Saturday night. The Lakers’ record improves to 1-0-0 while the Soaring Eagles fall to 1-1-0.
Before the game started, Mary Gosek’s children dropped the ceremonial puck in honor of her and everyone fighting cancer.
Elmira got on the board first with goals from Nick Ford and Anthony Perrucci. However, that’s all the Soaring Eagles were able to do. The Lakers scored four unanswered goals, including three from Josh Zizek and one from David Ferreira to cement the victory.
Lakers’ netminder David Richer made 30 saves in his Laker debut.
Oswego is back in action on Sunday when they travel to face No. 9/10 Hobart at 4 p.m..
Randazzo’s OT Goal Lifts Lakers Past Castleton
The Oswego State women’s hockey team defeated the Castleton Spartans Saturday afternoon by a final score of 3-2 in overtime. The Lakers are now 2-0-0 while the Spartans fall to 1-1.
The Lakers controlled a majority of the play including goals in regulation from Emma Morisette and Eryn Stewart. However, Castleton was able to tie it up with 0.9 seconds left in regulation thanks to a backhand goal over the right shoulder of goaltender Mariah Madrigal.
In overtime, Kate Randazzo scored with just 39.2 seconds left to give the Lakers their second win of the regular season.
Oswego is back in action this Saturday at 3 p.m. when they host Elmira for their Pink the Rink game.
Lakers Earn Shutout in Season Opener
The Oswego State women’s ice hockey team defeated New England College 5-0 in their season opener on Friday.
Early in the first period, freshman Katie Mlostek made her presence known as she tallied her first career goal to put the Lakers on the board. Just under a minute later, yet another Laker scored their first career goal as Monica Cramer scored on the power play after being assisted by Kate Randazzo. Cramer would finish the game with two goals and an assist while Randazzo tallied four assists. However, the highlight of the contest came off the stick of Oswego State’s captain, Olivia Ellis, who was able to weave through three defenders for a backhanded goal.
Mariah Madrigal earned the shutout for the Lakers to go along with seven saves. On the offensive side of the puck, Oswego State outshot New England College 58 to 7.
The Lakers will look to continue their momentum when they take on Castleton during their Teal Game today at 3:00 pm.
SUNY Oswego’s Campus Technology Services hosts Cyber Awareness Month
By Michael Allchin
OSWEGO, N.Y.– SUNY Oswego’s Campus Technology Services hosts Cyber Awareness Month in the month of October. This Month is dedicated to the security of mobile devices and computers for students and staff on campus. Events have been held for various forms of cyber security and are open to anybody.
The Campus Technology Support urges everyone to be cautious of all your devices to avoid any further cyber-attacks. Some examples of suspicious cyber behavior include phishing emails or scams sent by people who are attempting to hack others on campus.
Campus Technology Services Help Desk Assistant Ian said he wanted to remind students not to open or respond to suspicious emails, and to always check the source.
“One of the ones I thought was pretty convincing was a phishing email where they took our header and all they simply did was give you a link that said please log in here to confirm your account but when you clicked the link, it wouldn’t actually bring you to any of our sites or anywhere in Oswego. It basically brought to a page that looked like a log in and asked you for your username and password,” Lenich said.
To receive more information, you can reach out to the Campus Technology Services Help Desk or you can be reach services at help@oswego.edu or 315-312-3456.
Syracuse University offers mumps vaccine
by Josh Holfoth
SYRACUSE, N.Y.– Syracuse University is offering a boost in the m-m-r vaccine, as the number of mumps cases continues to grow. 4,000 more vaccines for mumps are being made available to students, after 27 confirmed cases of the mumps on the Syracuse campus.
Onondaga county health commissioner, Dr. Indu Gupta says that the outbreak is still spreading, as 2 other confirmed cases of the mumps have popped up in Onondaga County but the outbreak is mainly on the university campus. The vaccine is expected to help contain and eliminate the outbreak but officials that it is not a replacement for the everyday precautions people should take to avoid the disease.
Mumps is contagious and spreads through saliva and respiratory secretions, so people are urged to avoid sharing drinks or utensils and mouth to mouth contact. SUNY Oswego had a case of the mumps in September of last year but it did not lead to level of outbreak that Syracuse University is experiencing now.
Vaccines will be free for Syracuse students and the University is holding a 2 day vaccination event on Thursday and Friday this week.
SUNY Oswego’s family and friends weekend draws visitors to campus
By Stephanie Helzer
OSWEGO, N.Y.– SUNY Oswego’s Family and Friends weekend has been a tradition for over two decades. The purpose of the event is to attract student’s family and friends to the campus for what is most family’s first visit to the campus since the start of the fall semester. took place this past weekend, October 20-22,
Family and friends weekend features different activities to keep students and their families entertained. Some of the activities for this years event included a 3 point contest, open swim, splash in move: Moana, Wacky Chad the Stunt Comedian, and a mini carnival.
Student Stephanie Timpe said that it was her first time having family come up for Family and Friends Weekend. Timpe said her guest traveled 6 hours from Long Island and stayed the entire weekend. Timpe’s family said what they liked most about the campus was the friendliness of everyone they met. They also said that they were looking forward to the mini carnival and the planetarium the most.
Stephanie said, “I know there is an improv show I really want to go, because I go to the one’s that happen every week, so I really like those, even though they’re playing Spider- Man at the same time.”
Next year’s Family and Friends Weekend will take Friday October 26th to Saturday October 28th.
For more information, please visit https://www.oswego.edu/campus-life/family-and-friends-weekend
