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Mumps on Campus
Reported by: Annie Flaherty
Two SUNY Oswego students have contracted the mumps this semester. Vaccinations at the college are required for all students, but there is a 30-day period in the beginning of the semester before students have to provide the records of their immunizations. The first case of the mumps appeared on campus during this period, whereas the second case appeared this past week.
School health officials took the proper precautions once they were notified the virus was on campus.
“We notified administration […] the student was placed in isolation, and isolation is just a private room on campus, and the student went home until results and symptoms resolved,” said Angie Brown, Director of Health Service at Mary Walker Health Center at SUNY Oswego.
Other students on campus had mixed reactions to hearing the diagnosis of the mumps in their community.
“I was going to get everything and do everything I could to keep myself healthy and safe,” said senior Joe Governale.
Since the school is taking precautions, other students had different things to say.
“I was kind of worried at first, but I don’t think it is as serious as some people think it is,” said student Lauren Nevil.
Officials at Mary Walker say that the symptoms of the mumps start out similar to the common cold, but the distinguishing symptom between the two are very swollen cheeks and glands under the ears. If anyone is experiencing any of these symptoms, contact Mary Walker Health Center at (315) 312- 4100 or online at Oswego.edu/walker-health-center. -
Lakers Struggle Against Buffalo State
The Oswego State women’s basketball team lost against Buffalo State on Friday by a final score of 56-44. With the loss, the Lakers’ chances of making the SUNYAC playoffs have greatly diminished as they fall to 7-15 overall and 4-11 in conference play. The Bengals move to 9-13 overall and 6-10 in the SUNYAC while also snapping a four game losing streak.
Oswego guard Courtney Ameele led all Lakers in scoring with 15 points despite her shooting just 4-for-23 from the field. Senior Zana Dillard had a team-high 5 assists and 16 rebounds.
The Lakers will look to get back to their winning ways on Saturday against conference foe Fredonia. Tip off is scheduled for 2 pm.
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48-hour Genre Film Festival
by Frederick PrinzivalliOswego, NY- The Oswego Film Club recently held their annual 48 Hour Genre Film Festival. In this event, teams were assigned a film genre and had two days to produce a film. The resulting short films were screened Saturday and awards were given to the best ones. These awards included audience choice, best performance, best editing, and overall best film.Brandon Cortes participated in this event and had this to say, “The film festival was always fun, of course its competitive, I’m competitive, my team and I we tried for it but didn’t win anything.” participant Brandon Cortes said. “But it was still fun to see everyone’s films and projects, everyone tries hard.”Cortes went on to explain his strengths and weaknesses when it came to creating his team’s film.“The most difficult was the acting because the acting, believe it or not, is actually the most important part of the movie itself because its better for one person to show what they have out there and whatever you have in your script, the actor reads off of that. They make the story come to life,” he said.For more information about how to get involved with next year’s festival, like the Oswego Film Club’s Facebook page or follow them on Twitter at @ozfilmclub.
