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Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 VOLUME LXXXVIII ISSUE X SINCE 1935 www.oswegonian.com
Oswego State memorializes victims of hate
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Samantha Flavell Editor-in-Chief sflavell@oswegonian.com On Friday, Nov. 2, members of Oswego State gathered together in a somber dedication to the lives lost in the Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting and the Kentucky shooting of two African Americans in a Kroger grocery store. According to Omar van Reenen, president of Student Association, over 100 Lakers, including faculty and students, showed up in solidarity and support at the vigil. Numerous students and Oswego State President Deborah Stanley spoke at the event, along with the lighting of candles and a moment of silence following the reading of the victim’s names. An Oswego State member of Jewish Life spoke of how this was the deadliest attack against the Jewish community in the U.S. thus far. “I do not feel as safe as I once did,” Gabrielle Solomon said. “No one should ever feel unsafe because of their religious beliefs, the color of their skin, culture, their sexual identity or anything else. Regardless of our differences, we have to put an end to these hate crimes.”
SUNY Chancellor Katko defeats Balter for NY-24 Johnson visits Midterm election grants Katko third term in office Ryan Zalduondo Staff Writer news@oswegonian.com When all the dust settled on the election for New York’s 24th Congressional District, incumbent Rep. John Katko was able to hold off a strong challenge from his Democratic challenger Dana Balter to win his third term as a congressman. Katko’s six-point margin of victory was the closest race he has faced in his three elections, which was something he praised Balter for in his victory speech. “I want you to give a round of applause to my opponent, Dana Balter,” Katko said. “She ran a very good campaign. She’s a very tough opponent. And I really hope she doesn’t want to run again in two years, because she’s tough.” Even in victory for Katko, the night was not as celebratory as he would have liked, as the Republican Party lost control of the House. The upcoming Congress will be Katko’s first time in the minority party in his four-year, two-term tenure.
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Jim McGregor | The Oswegonian Rep. John Katko (right) has held the seat for NY-24 since 2015 and won his third term.
Though it will be unknown territory for Katko, he based his campaign on not being defined by his party affiliation. Following his announcement of victory, he addressed the news that the House of Representatives was now in Democratic control. “Listen, the House flipped tonight, so I’m going to be in the minority,” Katko said. “But that doesn’t change a thing about how I’m going
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to act. From the moment I went into Congress, I said I’m going to work in a bipartisan manner, and I’m going to continue to do that.” Katko also made an overture to the Democrat constituent in the district, as he tried to portray a message of unity moving forward. “We will do the best we can to lead all of you, not just some of you, and not just Republicans,” Katko said in a speech to supporters. “And to all of the Democrats who didn’t vote for me, I understand your concerns and I get it. I will work hard to earn your trust moving forward.” A six-point victory in what has been historically easy district for Katko to carry was indicative of trends seen throughout many of New York’s congressional districts throughout the night. Tightly contested seats in upstate New York occupied by Republicans came down to the wire, and as a result, Katko will be traveling to Washington, D.C. in January to a very different environment, losing fellow New York Republicans in Claudia Tenney and John Faso. As for Balter, her path is much less clear following the results of Tuesday’s election. “She didn’t take any questions from the press,” Syracuse.com reporter Julie McMahon said. “If she did, that would have been the first thing I would have asked her is what her future plans are.”
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Alexander Gault-Plate Managing Editor aplate@oswegonian.com On Wednesday, Nov. 7, Chancellor Kristina Johnson of the SUNY system visited Oswego State as part of her inaugural tour. Johnson has served as SUNY chancellor since September 2017, following an appointment by the SUNY Board of Trustees in April 2017. She was officially inagurated in September 2018. During a press conference, Johnson spoke about her plans for the system, her wishes for higher education entirely and her perceptions about the SUNY system as a whole. She spoke of the changes to the nature of industry and the professional work and how automation is posing problems for education as students’ future professions are revolutionized. “I think some of the biggest challenges, from the intellectual perspective, if you look at the kind of careers that students are going to be graduating in the next five years have and can have potentially be disrupted by machine learning, artificial intelligence and automation,” Johnson said. In 2016, the White House released a report in collaboration with a series of economic and scientific federal bodies that describes how “AI-driven automation will transform the economy over the coming years and decades.”
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