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Friday, Oct. 26, 2018 VOLUME LXXXVIII ISSUE VIII SINCE 1935 www.oswegonian.com
Poet practices patterns, fractals in literary work
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Shea O’Malley Staff Writer news@oswegonian.com The Living Writers Series poet Jamaal May visited on Oct. 24 in the Marano Campus Center auditorium. May, author of poetry collections “Hum” and “The Big Book of Exit Strategies,” began the conversation discussing the topic of patterning. He moved into a dialogue concerning fractals. “Patterning brings surprise and symmetry to our world,” he said. “Patterns shape the reality we live in.” In his discussion, May pointed out that patterning is similar to a fractal, a shape that appears the same zoomed in and out, or as May put it, “the small becoming the large.” May played a video showing the musical and visual imagery of a larger fractal broken down, revealing smaller images representative of the entire whole. Put together once more, it played a musical rendition of the same sounds in differing patterns. He then spoke about layers of depth in writing. He mentioned that one line of poetry may say one thing, but the sentence itself may say something different. He also spoke about “snapshotting” in writing, which is a limited view of reality.
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Oswego State makes pledge It’s On Oz campaign raises awareness of sexual assault Julia Tilley Asst. News Editor kpaulo@oswegonian.com On Oct. 24, Oswego State students took to Marano Campus Center to take the It’s On Us pledge with It’s On Oz. It’s On Us started in 2014 and is a national movement to end sexual assault. According to the It’s On Us website, the campaign began along with the White House Task Force to Prevent Sexual Assault under the Obama administration. “It’s On Us is a national campaign to raise awareness for sexual assault and domestic violence, and then It’s On Oz is our school’s campaign, so that’s our take on It’s On Us,” said Isabella Winklestine, Services to Aid Families (SAF) Oswego State campus advocate.
SAF is Oswego County’s domestic violence and rape crisis program. As a campus advocate, Winklestine collaborates with Associate Dean of Students and Title IX Coordinator Lisa Evaneski to put on educational preventative programs. It’s On Oz is an organization on the Oswego State campus that works to educate students on sexual assault, domestic violence and Title IX. According to its Lakerlife page, it is “dedicated to bringing awareness to and prevention of sex discrimination, sexual harassment, stalking, domestic violence and dating violence.” During the day It’s On Oz interns and volunteers tabled, encouraging students to take an online pledge through It’s On Us to help put an end to sexual assault
and violence. Students who took the pledge were given It’s On Oz Tshirts and took photos with props in front of an It’s On Oz backdrop. “We really appreciate everyone coming out and taking the pledge,” Winklestine said. “It’s a great way for everyone to show their support.” Students crowded around the tables from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. to speak to the It’s On Oz interns, get more information and take the pledge. “When I was signing up at the table, I saw lots of others taking the pledge too,” said Megan Campbell, an Oswego State sophomore. “It is important to do events like this because, otherwise, we don’t hear about these serious issues.”
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Shea O’Malley | The Oswegonian Students, faculty and staff could get an “It’s On Oz” T-shirt if they followed the social media accounts and made the It’s On Us pledge.
Former NBA player discusses athletes, activism
Kassadee Paulo | The Oswegonian
Kassadee Paulo News Editor sflavell@oswegonian.com Etan Thomas, a former NBA player, visited Oswego State Oct. 22 to discuss the topic of his book, “We Matter: Athletes and Activism,” which was released in March. Brian Moritz, an assistant professor in the communications department, hosted Thomas and moderated the discussion on his experience with activism as an athlete, when he played basketball for Syracuse University and the Washington Wizards and then after his retirement from the NBA. Moritz and Thomas discussed athletes like Colin Kaepernick who used their voices to advocate for or against prominent issues occurring in the U.S., such as police brutality. Thomas compared this generation’s issue of Kaepernick kneeling during the national anthem to when Muhammad Ali refused to enlist in the military during wartime in the 1960s. “There was this push of why aren’t athletes speaking up? But then you see when they do speak up, like Aaron Green, Colin Kaepernick, [Thomas] and other people, there’s immediate criticism of them,” Moritz said. “It was very noteworthy when Muhammad Ali died; lionize this great American figure, and they were writing a lot of negative stuff about him when he was being active.”
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