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Homecoming Weekend 2019
OSWEGO, NY— This past weekend, SUNY Oswego students prepared for homecoming week from shopping at Marano’s Clothing Store to performances from a local band named Squonk Opera. The band hails from Pittsburgh, PA, and their name gives them a satirical feel because, well you guessed it…they’re not an actual opera group.
Maggie Schmuhl, who is an Assistant Professor at SUNY Oswego said, “The Squonk Opera was super fun! It was very entertaining. They had lots of special effects and the kids loved dancing with it. It was a good time all around.”
Tickets were free, and the general public was also welcomed to watch their performance.
Another well-known artist named Young MA performed Friday night at the Swetman Field. The event was hosted by SAPB at SUNY Oswego. She performed her popular songs such as “Petty Wap” and “BIG.”
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Watertown State Police In Search For Missing Girl *UPDATE*
The New York State Police are asking the public to keep an eye out for 15-year-old Allison Fletcher. She is believed to be around the Fort Drum area.
Fletcher was last seen walking away from Solvay High School before 7 a.m. on October 1. She is described as 5-foot-3-inches tall and 115 pounds with blue eyes and red hair. She was last seen wearing a red and white jacket, green sneakers, and dark pants while wearing a zebra-striped backpack.
If anyone has any information, contact Watertown Sate Police at (315) 782-2112.
Reported By: Jessica Kisluk
*UPDATE* Allison Fletcher was found today, October 21, and was returned to her family.
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“Human Again” film aims to end prison stereotypes
OSWEGO, NY — The Marano Campus Center at SUNY Oswego held a recent screening of “Human Again,” a filmed documentation displaying the power of theater on prison inmates. The showing of the film was open to the public, and a discussion panel consisted of professors in various fields of study, such as Criminal Justice, Psychology, Creative Writing and, of course, Theater.
Professor Kristen Eichhorn, the Dean of Graduate Studies at SUNY Oswego, served as the head of the event, and has hopeful feelings on the film’s heartwarming message.
“I think it’s a really interesting topic from a lot of different perspectives, and I hope that students take away a heightened consciousness of prisons and the prison systems,” Professor Eichhorn said.
The discussion panel also included Cornell professor Bruce Levitt, the facilitator of the Phoenix Players Theater Group, which is centered within the Auburn Correctional Facility.
“These people who are incarcerated are human beings and have qualities. They are not a stereotype,” Professor Levitt said. “We start the film with a mug shot, which is the most stereotypical image of someone who’s incarcerated. And then, you get to know them through the course of the film as human beings, and so we’re hoping to push against that stereotype.”
The Phoenix Players Theater Group has continued to operate inside the correctional facility with new members since the film was produced,. For more information, visit www.phoenixplayersatauburn.
