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Katko wins Congressional race Republican incumbent John Katko maintains seat in Congress
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On Oct. 30, a rape was reported to have taken place in Moreland Hall, according to the SUNY Police at Oswego Daily Report. University Police Chief John Rossi said the sexual assault took place at 12:23 a.m. Oswego State President Deborah Stanley sent out a campus-wide email regarding the assault at 5:19 p.m. the same day. “A sexual assault has been reported to have occurred in a residence hall on campus this weekend,” Stanley said in the email. “University Police and our Title IX Office have opened an investigation into the mat-
Republican Representative John Katko won the race for the 24th Congressional District with around 57 percent of the vote on Tuesday. “And they said this was a swing district, right?” Katko began his acceptance speech. “Not anymore.” In his speech at his election party at the Sheraton Hotel in Syracuse, Katko said he wants to make a difference in Washington and to be independent. “You can be your own person, you can be an independent, you can make things work,” Katko said. Katko thanked his wife, children and supporters for their role in his re-election. Katko said his job has been difficult on his family. “You’re away from home a lot,” Katko said. “It’s hard for my teenage boys. But it’s allowed them to see that what we do makes a difference.” The 24th Congressional District includes Onondaga, Cayuga and Wayne counties and the western half of Oswego County, including Fulton and the city of Oswego. Katko promised to continue to work toward positive change in the 24th Congressional District. “I don’t represent Republicans, Democrats, Independents,” Katko said. “I represent all of you. I understand you profoundly.” Gene Fisch, an acquaintance of Kat-
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Rape reported in Moreland Hall, still under police investigation ter and will continue to seek information. At this time, no criminal complaint and no charges have been filed nor has an arrest been made. University Police immediately and carefully assessed the situation and does not believe the facts involve a threat to the safety and security of our campus community.” Since the incident is still under investigation, it is not known if drugs or alcohol were involved in the assault, nor whether the victim or accused are Oswego State students. It is not known if either party is still on campus. According to Rossi, there have been three sexual assaults reported to University Police this semester.
Election results spark student protests, chants across campus JoAnn DeLauter Editor-In-Chief jdelauter@oswegonian.com
Jim McGregor | The Oswegonian Rep. John Katko (right) stands with his family and campaign to give his acceptance speech to supporters Nov. 8.
“United we stand, divided we fall.” That is what students were chanting as they walked across campus in an “anti-ignorance” protest at approximately 11 a.m. Wednesday in response to election results from Tuesday, which declared Donald Trump the United States’ president-elect. “We need to do something,” senior Briana Mccall said. “I am a black woman, I have a mother who is a lesbian, I have friends who are immigrants. I am about
to graduate from college and I am so happy, but knowing that I am going to go into a world where it may not be safe for me, my brother, my mother and everyone else, that is a problem and we need to fix that.” According to Mccall, she decided to make a sign to take to the quad Wednesday in protest after her friend, senior Morgan Barcus, brought her to tears in a conversation about the aftermath of the election results. “I felt like we needed to do something because I feel like everybody sits around and complains all day but nobody wants
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Sports studies minor added for fall semester, interest grows Winnie Blackwood Staff Writer news@oswegonian.com
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A new sports studies minor was introduced at Oswego State this fall to give students an opportunity to discover cultural and societal impact of sports. Plans to create the minor came from the collective minds of Timothy Delaney, the sociology department chair and Christopher Mack, an associate professor of history, who share a love for sports. The two began to toss around the idea of a sports studies minor when they carpooled together from Auburn to Oswego several years ago, Delaney said.
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Later on, after traveling to Ireland for a sportsmanship conference, Delaney and Mack discussed publishing a book of essays from international scholars on the subject and the idea to create the minor came up again. Mack said during those conversations he realized Oswego State offered many sports-related courses. They then began to work on the minor’s creation. “Clearly, many students at Oswego are interested in sport[s] and what Dr. Delaney and I wanted to do was take advantage of that interest,” Mack said. “To have a rigorous academic study of sport[s] and the variety of roles that it plays in our life and society and
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