WTOP10 Reporter Jihad Yarber discusses with SUNY Oswego Professors and Students what exactly the death of Supreme Court Justice Scalia really means.
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SUNY Oswego SA Vote Passed
The student body at SUNY Oswego voted on the student association fee this week. The fee was passed by 87 percent. Students had mixed opinions however. Our Savannah Strait spoke to some students about the benefits and difficulties this fee causes. In the survey that was held this past week, the total passed with 815 votes approving and 115 votes non approving. The next Student Association campus wide vote will take place Spring of 2018.
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Oswego Heroin Arrest
As Bridge Street Run 2015 comes into the horizon, Oswego County dealt with a heroin arrest on Thursday, February 26.
Investigators with the Oswego County Drug Task Force stopped 23-year-old Eugene J. Gibbs on St. Rt. 481 north of County Route 57 in the City of Oswego. The investigation resulted in a warrant being issued, and authorities recovered 8.2 grams of heroin.
Gibbs was arrested and charged with 3rd Degree Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance with the intent to sell, and 4th Degree Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance.
Gibbs is a resident of Utica, New York, but authorities believe he was attempting to sell the drugs in Oswego. The heroin had a street value of $5,500.
He is scheduled to to return to Oswego to Court on March 3, 2015.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact investigators at 315-349-8222 or email drugtipline@oswegocounty.com.
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Mr Phi. Significant
Oswego, N.Y- An annual male beauty pageant, originally hosted by sorority Delta Phi Epsilon, was given to Phi Sigma Sigma this year for undisclosed reasons. The official name of event was changed to “Mr. Phi Significant.”
The event’s message remains the same each year. It honors former Oswego State student Jennifer Knighton, a sister of Delta Phi Epsilon who passed away in an alcohol related accident on Jul. 19, 2009. Her father, Joe LaPoint, organized the event in her honor.
“This is the way I make peace and make sense of it, and to keep her legacy alive so that all the huge enormous promise and potential that she had didn’t just end when she left us,” he said.
Phi Sigma Sigma sister Morgan Rumpf co-hosted the event and says she’s honored to have LaPoint’s support year after year.
“The strength that it takes for him to get up on stage and continue year after year to be here in support and fly across the country for this event is just anything we could ask for in him,” she said.
Eight contestants competed in four categories; swimwear, evening attire, talent and questions. Delta Sigma Phi brother Rich Yonkers was the overall winner and crowned “Mr Phi. Significant.”
All proceeds for the event will go towards the Jennifer Knighton Scholarship Fund and the Kids In Need Foundation.
