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Friday, March 4, 2016 VOLUME LXXXIII ISSUE V SINCE 1935 www.oswegonian.com
Campus Recreation promotes inclusion Intramural sports propose additions to participation guidelines to include policies addressing transgender students
Alexander Simone | The Oswegonian Campus Recreation Assistant Director Scott Harrison and the Campus Recreation Student Advisory Council (CRSAC) are working to update policies and hope to implement the code that addresses rules for transgender participation prior to the fall semester.
Tatyana Bellamy-Walker Asst. News Editor twalker@oswegonian.com The Campus Recreation Student Advisory Council (CRSAC) plans to revise guidelines for transgender students looking to participate in Campus Recreation activities. “I don’t feel we have adequate policies or stated rules that address transgender participation,” said Scott Harrison, the
assistant director of Campus Recreation. According to Harrison, no transgender students have approached the campus recreation staff regarding the transgender intramural guidelines. However, Harrison plans to be proactive and recognizes the need for improvement. “Our current policy states that students [can] participate in either a single gendered league and one co-rec league,”
Harrison said. “We feel as though we are not doing the best we can to include guidelines for those who do not fit within the [gender] binary.” Since last fall, the criteria for transgender intramural participants has been a developing project. “We want to be sensitive to the fact that gender identity is not as simple as some of our rules have traditionally presented,”
Harrison said. “We want to ensure we are doing everything possible to adopt guidelines for participation that creates a welcoming environment for all transgender students.” Currently, the CRSAC makes recommendations regarding Campus Recreation services, intramural sports and programs. The council is working to adopt a policy regarding gender
designation that aligns with the National Intramural Sports Association (NIRSA). The NIRSA policy is geared toward providing transgender students the ability to play in the intramural leagues that match their gender identity. Students are not required to undergo hormone treatment, sex-reassignment
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Route 104 looks for improvement
Mandatory student activity fee faces upcoming campus-wide vote
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The city of Oswego was awarded $225,000 as a part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Cleaner, Greener Communities Program to develop a Complete Streets Plan and revitalize state Route 104, which runs through the middle of downtown Oswego. This grant was originally applied for during the past administration of Oswego Mayor Thomas Gillen in 2014 and was awarded later that year. “The overall goal is to make [Route] 104 aesthetically pleasing and give both motorists and residents a good impression of the
Currently the student activity fee is $110. Between March 14 and 15, Oswego State students will have the opportunity to vote on whether or not this fee will be mandatory. According to Nassir, every school has a student activity fee, but some schools determine the fee by credit hours while others, like Oswego State, have one flat rate. It is SUNY mandated that all schools conduct a campus-wide vote every two years to determine whether or not the fee should be optional. Oswego State students will receive an e-mail with a link to Laker Life where
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Alexander Simone | The Oswegonian The City of Oswego looks to increase tourism and make streets more appealing by renovating state Route 104.
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they will cast their vote of “yes” or “no.” This vote will coincide with the vote for the official vote for the president and vice president of SA. Currently, the student activity fee is mandatory, allowing SA to determine their budget during the spring semester every year. “While the fee is mandatory, we know we can count on that budget,” Nassir said. “If the fee were to be voted voluntary, there would be no way to predict how many people would be paying that fee or who would be paying that fee because it would be up to the students to decide when bills go out at the beginning of the semester. The budget would have to be halted until the beginning of the fall semester after we know how many people have paid their fee or not.”
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