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Political clubs discuss issues Student organizations debate current topics in politics
Rachel McKenna Chief Copy Editor rmckenna@oswegonian.com The Political Science Club held a debate called “Yes We Can All Get Along!” on Wednesday, in an effort to prove that different political parties can come to an agreement with each other, in contrast with what happens on social media. This is the second time the event was held, the first was held last semester. The panelists speaking were Maxwell Mozes, from the Oswego State International Socialist Organization club, Tyler Toomey from Oswego State Young Americans for Freedom club, Wyatt Fulton from College Republicans club and Alexander Ehrenberg from College Democrats club. Ericka Solomon, the president of the political science club helped organize this semester and last semesters event. She said that the debate last semester was “constructive,” making it an easy decision to continue it this year. “They were all very kind to each other, while still being able to show different sides of issues,”
Solomon said. The debate covered issues like climate change, gun control, poverty and much more in-between. The topics were broken down into questions and each panelist was given a few minutes to respond and then speak with each other. The first question started the debate off in a light-hearted manner asking the panelists, “What is the best place to eat off-campus?” The debate then went into the more serious questions for the panelists. Throughout most of the issues brought up, the panelists seemed to agree with each other, and if they did not agree, it was respectful. A question about the impeachment hearings sparked more debate with the panelists, than other questions. The YAF and the College Republicans leaned toward one side while the College Democrats and the ISO leaned toward the other side. “No matter how you feel about the political arrangement, the inquiries into the impeachment proceedings of Donald Trump will affect you one way or another. I tend to lean on a side that they are grabbing for straws,” Fulton said. “They
haven’t come up with anything, besides bribery, that actually carries weight ... They are honestly just throwing darts at a board and seeing what sticks.” Fulton, vice president of the College Republicans, and Toomey, president of YAF, both agreed that they do not think the president committed any crime, or any impeachable offense. They also agreed that this was not a smart move for Democrats, with the 2020 election coming up. “I see this as only boosting the president’s re-election efforts,” Toomey said. “If you don’t like the president, vote for somebody else, volunteer for somebody else, donate to somebody else. I see this as a way for Democrats to get the president out of office because they know they can’t beat him in an election.” Although Mozes, vice president of ISO, and Ehrenberg, president of the College Democrats, both disagree with Toomey’s and Fulton’s positions on the matter, they did find common ground in the publicity around the impeachment.
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College plans stress-relief week to help end-of-semester woes Colin Hawkins News Editor chawkins@oswegonian.com
The Oswego State Dean of Students office and Counseling Center are hosting several stress-relief programs during the last week of classes and into finals week to help students manage end-of-semester stress. These events are a part of the campus Stress-Free Zone program, and includes candlelight yoga, therapy dogs, painting activities, planetarium events and massage therapy. The Counseling Center and the Dean of Students office said the events should be a fun way for students to decompress when students may feel the most academic pressure. “It’s a hectic time for a lot of students, and just having things they can go to, either between studying to decompress, to prepare for a test. We’re running different events that can be useful for different people,” Kyle Dzintars, the outreach coordinator and a counselor for the Oswego State Counseling Center, said. “I think especially at this point in the semester for a lot of students going into exams, they’re figuring out where they stand in a class, they’re thinking ahead to the future. They want to do their best and I think that comes to a head at this point in the semester.” Dzintars said students can experience stress differently. While some shutdown and struggle, others cut out other aspects of their life to focus on the source of their stress, with some just becoming overwhelmed by their impending deadlines. “We tried to cover a wide range of events for people so some of these, like working with the Fitness Center, we’re taking into consideration physical activity. Doing yoga, maybe that’s more helpful for someone who needs that,” Dzintars said. “We’re also going to have mindfulness events that are about slowing down. Being calm, relaxed.” The Dean of Students office is also offering a several events, with many focused on giving stressed students a creative outlet such as painting picture frames and decor that students can keep for their dorms or use for holiday gifts. Shelly Sloan, the health promotion coordinator with the Dean of Students office, said
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students respond well to craft events held in the past, particularly an event where students plant a succulent in a pot they decorate. “The succulents have always been a huge hit, I don’t know what it is about the succulents but our students love them,” Sloan said. “We have the pots coming that you can color or paint and then seal in Mod Podge. Then we have succulents and dirt that you can replant in those pots.” During the mid-semester self-care event, Sloan said the program had 160 succulents decorated by students. If students do not manage their stress in a healthy way, according to Sloan, they can suffer from shortterm problems as well as cause long-term damage to their bodies. “Stress can affect students in many ways, I think the biggest thing is stomach aches, they can’t sleep, anxiety, it can cause people to not eat at all or overeat depending on how they deal with stress,” Sloan said. “Some stress is really good though, some stress is great. The stress of getting married, or buying a home or graduation. Those kinds of things are good stress because they can motivate you, but then if you have too much stress or a lot of stress at once, it can do a number on your heart, it can cause so many health issues.”
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