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Friday, Oct. 20, 2017 VOLUME LXXXVIII ISSUE XVI SINCE 1935 www.oswegonian.com

Excelsior Scholarship falls 13th Media Summit coming to campus short of student expectations Program to cover political reporting, ethics, fake news Brandon Cortes Staff Writer news@oswegonian.com

Photo provided by MTA New York City Transit, Marc Hermann via flickr Cuomo and his administration announced the Excelsior Scholarship as a way to make college tuition cost-free to students.

Kassadee Paulo Asst. News Editor kpaulo@oswegonian.com

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Approximately 700 Oswego State students applied and were accepted over the summer to receive the Excelsior Scholarship for free tuition during the 2017-2018 academic year. The New York State Higher Education Services Corporation recently implemented the first program in the U.S. to provide free tuition to in-state public college and university students. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Guillermo Linares, acting president of HESC, led the program’s fruition. “New York leads the nation in creating equal opportunity for all, and we will continue to work to ensure that access to a college degree is not determined by family finances but rather is available to all who work hard and dream big,” Cuomo said in a press release on Oct. 1. Cuomo announced in the press release that more than 53 percent of New York state residents will attend State University of New York colleges and City University of New York colleges tuition-free. Out of the approximately 400,000 full-time in-state SUNY and CUNY students, about 22,000 were eligible for the Excelsior Scholarship. Oswego State’s students account for about 700 of these recipients. Randy Nguyen is one of the Oswego State students to receive the scholarship. Like many, Nguyen was excited about the free tuition and expected the full amount to be alleviated so he could use the extra financial aid scholarships and grants toward room and board and other fees.

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“I was relieved and thought I was good to go and wouldn’t have to stress anymore, but ended up getting $81 each semester,” Nguyen said. “I knew it was too good to be true.” The Excelsior Scholarship covers the leftover tuition that other scholarships and financial aid programs, such as New York State Tuition Assistance Program and the Pell Grant, do not cover in the bill. The current SUNY in-state tuition rate is $6,470 per year. According to HESC, an in-state student who qualifies for the scholarship may receive up to $5,500 per year. “The scholarship is making a positive impact on any student who is receiving the award. The average award for eligible students is $4,000 per year,” Mark Humbert, director of financial aid at Oswego State, said.

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“Facts, Fiction, Politics and the News” is the title for this year’s Lewis B. O’Donnell Media Summit. For 12 years, Oswego State has welcomed students, faculty and the general public to sit in on a discussion hosted by a moderator and a panel of professionals. The Media Summit was founded by former Oswego students Lou Borrelli and Al Roker. It has been run in subsequent years by a student-run e-board. For the 13th consecutive year, the event is running thanks to students. In charge as the event directors this year are public relations major Boni Quatroche and broadcasting and mass communication major Abigail Buttacavoli. They are following in the footsteps of Kalie Hudson, who ran the event a year ago. The event’s faculty advisor is professor Michael Riecke. Riecke assists the e-board with the help they need, as well as the many other students involved. Quatroche, Buttacavoli and

Photo provided by the Lewis B. O’Donnell Media Summit Panelists from the 2016 Media Summit discussed the effects of social media on the theatre, media and art.

Riecke are joined by 13 students who are passionate about the media summit. Included in the team this year are: Anna Chichester as the event promotions director, Melissa Wilson and Taylor Briceno as social media coordinators, Kathleen Haynes and Ethan Magram as videographers, Jessika Kisluk as photography director and Bree-Anna Vaughn and Sarah Henry

as graphic designers. Students from WTOP and WNYO are also involved on the team as liaison from their respective organizations. “I was so interested in the Media Summit after attending last year for one of my classes,” Henry said. “I thought it was awesome how a bunch of students ran the whole thing and

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Campus hosts former chair of major accounting firm Mortiz of PricewaterhouseCoopers spoke on future of business Alexander Simone Staff Writer news@oswegonian.com When Robert Moritz joined PriccewaterhouseCoopers directly out of college in 1985, he did not expect to eventually become the international chairman. Rather, he planned to work there for two years and then leave for IBM. “I went on spring break and made the decision on spring break,” Moritz said. “Trust me, that degree of influence on what I was doing probably influenced my thinking at that point in time as well. I chose to go to the PwC because I thought it would be easier to go from PwC to IBM, as opposed to IBM then PwC.” M o r i t z w o rke d h i s w ay u p a nd served as chair of PwC’s U.S. branch 2009 to 2016, according to their website. As one of the world’s four largest accounting firms, PwC garners influence around the globe, not just the U.S.

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Speaking at the Marano Campus Center auditorium Oct. 12, Moritz is in year two of a four-year term as international chair of the firm. After more than three decades at PwC and 22 years as a partner, his role in the workplace far exceeds that of an accountant.

One of the points Moritz touched on repeatedly was being able to adapt, regardless of the work field. When listing the top three skills for the workplace, taken from a PwC survey, all of them were generic

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