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Friday, Feb. 26, 2016 VOLUME LXXXIII ISSUE IV SINCE 1935 www.oswegonian.com
Suspect identified in Seneca Hall burglaries
Administration, Greek orgs react to Buffalo State incident
JoAnn DeLauter News Editor jdelauter@oswegonian.com
Travis Clark Managing Editor tclark@oswegonian.com
After a series of burglaries was reported in January and February in Seneca Hall, University Police were able to identify a suspect, due to the cooperation of several residents. Adam Marshall, who lives in of Room 308 in Seneca Hall, from Huntington, Long Island, was arrested Feb. 23 for one count of criminal trespass in the 2nd degree, a Class A misdemeanor as well as one count of criminal possession of stolen property in the 5th degree, a Class A misdemeanor. According to University Police Chief John Rossi, the charges were brought regarding another case separate from the burglaries that occurred on Jan. 24, Jan. 26, Jan. 29 and Jan. 30, yet there is reason to believe that the suspect was responsible for those past burglaries as well. “We believe the suspect may be responsible for the previous reported burglaries but don’t have enough evidence to pursue charges at this time on those cases,” Rossi said. It was reported on Feb. 14 that a male was found in a female resident’s room on the third floor of Seneca Hall without reason or permission to be there. According to the police report, a female witness decribed Marshall allegedly entering the room at 2 a.m. and when greeted by the resident of the room, he said “I am sorry” and walked out. After exiting, he was questioned by the other roommate returning from the bathroom about why he was there, to which he claimed he was just looking to borrow a pair of scisscors. The suspect was later alleged to be Marshall.
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Elijah Vary | Alexander Simone | The Oswegonian Hundreds of rare plants were damaged over the weekend and had to be relocated. Some students’ semester-long projects were lost and needed to be repotted. Complete cost of damage is still being asseessed. A new back-up alarm system has been implemented in the Shineman Science Center.
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On Thursday, Feb. 18, a Buffalo State student died from yet-unknown causes. Bradley Doyley, 21, was a business major ready to graduate in the spring. After his death, allegations of hazing circulated around the fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha in which reports stated that Doyley was forced to drink a toxic beverage. Buffalo State President Katherine Conway-Turner released a statement on the passing of Doyley and said that the Buffalo State chapter of the fraternity has been suspended. According to the Buffalo News, as of Monday police have found no evidence of hazing related to Doyley’s death. However, the cause of death is not expected to be known until a toxicology report is completed. The Oswego State chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha had recently ended under different circumstances, as its last members graduated. While the Buffalo State investigation is still underway, the question is raised how students and administration throughout the SUNY system should respond to hazing and how it can be prevented at Oswego State. “As a member of Greek life, especially on Greek Council, hearing these stories makes me determined to prevent these situations from occurring here at Oswego,” said Sasha Padilla, an executive board representative for Greek Council. According to the SUNY Oswego Student Handbook, hazing is “any act, or creation of, or participation in the creation of any situation, which endangers mental or physical health or which involves the consumption of alcohol or other drugs for purposes of initiation into or affiliation
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Student Association executives run unopposed SA president, vice president elected by default for next academic year JoAnn DeLauter News Editor jdelauter@oswegonian.com
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The current Student Association president and vice president will run unopposed to lead the student governing body next year. Both candidates, SA President Emily Nassir and SA Vice President Shelby Gallaro will be running to be reappointed to their current seats. After handing their
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completed petitions of 500 student signatures into Senate, they affirmed their candidacies this past week. The elections will be held on March 14 and 15. For the fourth year in a row, the candidate running for SA president has been unopposed. Nassir was surprised that no one was running against her but thinks the position is unopposed because it offers so much of a challenge that most students become less interested.
“I think students are unaware of the opportunity that they have on this campus but I also think that this position specifically is so rigorous that even if students have the interest, when they find out the inner workings of it, the time commitment and the limitations in terms of the other involvement, they get scared and then they don’t want to get involved,” Nassir said. “I think the commitment is what scares people off.
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