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Friday, Oct. 27, 2017 VOLUME LXXXIX ISSUE XVII SINCE 1935 www.oswegonian.com
Oswego hosts annual Media Summit
College Republicans protest political Issues of fake news, alternative facts, trust discussed correctness alongside libertarian group Alexander Gault-Plate News Editor aplate@oswegonian.com The Oswego State campus hosted the Louis B. O’Donnell Media Summit for the 13th consecutive year Thursday. Titled “Facts, Fiction, Politics and the News,” the summit discussed the issues the modern news media has to address as it reports on all levels, but especially on political news. The event was moderated by Benita Zahn, an Oswego State alumna from 1976. Zahn is a health reporter for NewsChannel 13 Live at 4, as well as NBC affiliate WNYT-TV Live at 6, both in Albany, New York. Four panelists attended the event: Kristin Donnelly, a former White House correspondent for NBC and now a producer for the CNN show “The Lead with Jake Tapper”; Bob Lonsberry, a conservative radio talk show host for WHAM-AM in Rochester, New York, and WSYR-AM in Syracuse, New Yo rk ; Tr u d y Pe rk i n s , a n O s w e g o alumna from 1993 and the deputy chief of staff and communications director for U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings; and Steven Portnoy, a CBS N e w s R a d i o W h i t e H o u s e c o r re spondent. The four panelists represented
the various areas of modern news media, in broadcast TV, radio and opinion commentary, and the other side of the news cycle with a c o m m u n i c a t i o n s re p re s e n t a t i ve for a politician. The summit was hosted in Waterman Theater in Tyler Hall. With doors opening at 2:30 p.m., a line queued up outside. Attendees streamed into the theatre to take their seats. On the stage,
five chairs, a podium and signage for the School of Communication, Media and the Arts pointed out toward the seats. The summit opened with a statement from event director Boni Quatroche, thanking the panelists for participating. Then, Oswego State President Deborah Stanley spoke about the history of the Media Summit, thanking sponsor Lou Borrelli, who was in attendance. Stanley joked
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The Oswego State College Republicans held their “Free Speech Ball” event on Wednesday outside of Penfield Library. The event, according to Tyler Toomey, president of the College Republicans, was held to encourage students to exercise their right to speak freely by writing whatever they choose on a large, inflatable beach ball. “They can write whatever they want on there,” Toomey said. “If you read
some of them, some of them are liberal views, some of them are conservative views… some of them [students] write encouraging messages on there.” Toomey, in a press release from the College Republicans, expressed his contempt for political correctness and his hope that this event will mitigate it. He said “the event comes at a time where many students feel politically correct culture is destroying learning, inhibiting progress and limiting rights.”
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Taylor Woods | The Oswegonian The College Republicans invited students to write a message on a large beach ball in front of Penfield Library.
Campus hosts benefit bingo Campus members march to protest violence against women for Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands Haofeng Deng | The Oswegonian
The panelists spoke for about 90 minutes in a question-and-answer, and discussion based format.
“Take Back the Night” has fought for safety since 1976 Shenandoah Briere Chief Copy Editor sbriere@oswegonian.com
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Chants of “People unite; Take back the night” rang out across campus as students marched in the Take Back the Night March on Tuesday. Participants of the 35th annual Take Back the Night event, hosted by the Women’s Center on campus, took to the sidewalks outside the Marano Campus Center just after the s un had s et. The goal of the march was to bring awareness to sexual violence and the fear some women still have of walking alone at night. With raised signs, the par ticipants, led by President of the Women’s Center Ry Rodriguez and Vice
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President Emely Curiel marched around the campus, with light from lampposts making the posters legible. From the poster of three women, each dressed differently, that said,
“ N o t a s k i ng f o r i t ” to o t he r s w i t h simple slogans like, “Our bodies, our lives will not be compromised,” there were various messages being waived
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Taylor Woods | The Oswegonian Men and women marched in the “Take Back the Night” march to protest the prevalence of sexual assault.
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Kassadee Paulo Asst. News Editor kpaulo@oswegonian.com Oswego State students and faculty and community members in Oswego gathered on Wednesday night to fundraise for relief efforts in Puerto Rico after the devastation of hurricanes Irma and Maria. Different departments around campus collaborated with the department of Community Services to host a bingo competition where every cent of the proceeds will be sent to United for Puerto Rico, a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to helping the victims of the hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico in September. “We knew at this point in the relief effort, money is really the most helpful option,” said Catherine Farrell, coordinator of Community Services. “Bingo has been super popular in the past and it worked really well, so we decided to go with the tried
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and true and try to raise as much money as possible.” Community Services reached out to United for Puerto Rico in response to students’ requests to help with the relief effort. “United for Puerto Rico is an initiative brought forth by the first lady of Puerto Rico, Beatriz Rosselló, in collaboration with the private sector, with the purpose of providing aid and support to those affected in Puerto Rico by the passage of Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria. 100 percent of the proceeds will go to helping the victims affected by these natural disasters in Puer to Rico,” the United for Puerto Rico’s webpage reads. The organization’s mission is to “aid individuals and small businesses devastated by hurricanes Irma and Maria to accelerate in their
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