McDonald’s has been a long time staple of American culture. In Oswego, New York, the restaurant branch on Bridge Street is experiencing some difficulties. Multiple incidents have been reported to police authorities concerning college students causing disruption during the night shift of the weekends. In order to solve this predicament, the branch made the conscious decision to hire security to stand guard at the door during these hours.

Management claims that the hiring has had a great effect on the decrease in misbehavior in the establishment. Before the hiring, some employees made claim that some customers have even tried to climb over the counter and assault employees. After the appearance of security, no such incident has been reported. Conor Rielly, a Broadcasting major at SUNY Oswego, shared his thoughts on the employment of security, “I think it’s a smart idea. You get a lot of drunk and disorderly people who come through there every night and I think some get too rowdy and you need to kick ‘em out. I think it’s a good idea.”

With the positive results of this new change, it’s expected that we’ll be seeing security in this McDonald’s branch for a long time.

For week three of the annual SEFA Bake-Off at SUNY Oswego, 23 employees put out their finest baked goods for people to judge and enjoy.

All proceeds donated went to help the State Employees Federal Appeal (SEFA). Cathy Johnson, the manager of the Bake-Off competition, has been running the event for four years.

“Every year we work with employees on the campus to get them to donate a portion of their paycheck to our community for charitable contributions like the Humane Society or United Way or many others” said Johnson.

During the Bake-Off, the employees who baked them are not present.

“There’s kind of a mystique about who’s baking what because you’re supposed to have a blind system of casting your votes” said Johnson.

The winner of the competition will receive not only bragging rights, but an 18-piece nonstick baking kit.

Over two-hundred-and-thirty dollars was raised for the SEFA organization on Tuesday from the Bake-Off, the students and faculty enjoyed their baked goods, and the votes were cast to see who will win the grand prize.