The Oswegonian 3-10-17

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Friday, March 10, 2017 VOLUME LXXXV ISSUE VI SINCE 1935 www.oswegonian.com

Campus Life makes exception

‘Perk Up’ campaign aims to reduce plastic waste on campus Shaun Cassidy Fan Club petitions to hold senior show Maria Pericozzi News Editor mpericozzi@oswegonian.com

Maria Pericozzi News Editor mpericozzi@oswegonian.com

Perk Up, the new campaign from the Office of Sustainability, is working to reduce plastic waste on the Oswego State campus by promoting the use of reusable coffee cups. The goal of the campaign is for 500 reusable coffee cups to be given out by the end of the semester. As of March 8, more than 300 had been distributed to students across campus. Brielle Jodeit, an intern at the Office of Sustainability, said the goal of the campaign is to reduce the amount of plastic waste that goes into landfills. “We decided to bring [Perk Up] to Oswego because as the Office of Sustainability, we try to focus on a bunch of different sustainable initiatives every semester,” Jodeit said. “We try to focus on different aspects. While recycling is step

At the end of last semester, Campus Life instituted a new policy that restricted official student meetings after the last day of classes to give more students time to read and study in preparation for finals. This policy meant that the Shaun Cassidy Fan Club would be unable to have their Senior Show, which is normally the Saturday after the final day of classes. Noah Pierce, the organization’s vice president, started a petition that received more than 200 signatures in 24 hours. Pierce said after submitting the Shaun Cassidy Fan Club show dates in the beginning of the year, the senior show was repeatedly denied multiple times and they were not sure why. The club was then informed by Megan Runge, event coordinator, of the policy change. The president and secretary of the Shaun Cassidy Fan Club then met with Earnest Washington, the director of campus life, multiple times. Washington said the time after the last day of classes are known as “reading days” and are not meant for programming. Pierce said the organization was at a loss of what to do, so he started the petition on Change.org on Feb. 27. “Every year we have our Senior Show, a show celebrating each of our seniors and giving a tear-filled send off, on the last

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one of sustainability, it is not all that you can do. We try to find a middle ground of what is feasible for students to actually accomplish on campus that has an impact.” The campaign started at the beginning of the semester with a week of tabling in the Marano Campus Center, Lake Effect Café and more locations throughout campus to distribute coffee cups and information about the campaign. Jodeit said Alpha Phi Omega members also helped with tabling throughout the week. “The APO volunteers were super awesome,” Jodeit said. “The 31 volunteers helped out every day and helped make it possible.” Jodeit said the idea for Perk Up started when their previous campaign, Tap In, was started last semester. Staff from the Office of Sustainability attended a conference where Cupanion was featured and they decided to bring both the app and the campaigns, Perk Up and Tap In, to the

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Taylor Woods | The Oswegonian Shaun Cassidy Fan Club practices for shows every Sunday in Room 205 in the Marano Campus Center.

Student fees set to increase $15 total in fall Health, athletic, transportation, technology costs to be raised Alexander Gault-Plate Assistant News Editor aplate@oswegonian.com

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For the 2017-2018 academic year, the student fees for the health center, athletic department, on-campus transportation and campus technology will be increasing. These fees are paid by Oswego State undergraduate students every semester to cover costs associated with various services provided by the campus. These four fees together are known as broad-based fees. The health fee, which will increase by $5 per semester, covers services provided to students by Mary Walker Health Center. The athletic fee, increasing by $4.50 per semester next year, covers some of

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the costs associated with the 24 intercollegiate sport teams supported by Oswego State, as well as costs accrued when hosting sporting events. The transportation fee, increasing by $1 per semester, pays for the Blue Route, which serves the main Oswego State campus, and the Green Route, which takes students from the campus center to Rice Creek Field Station and Laker Hall. The technology fee, increasing by $4.50 per semester, pays for the technology used by the campus, including Banner and MyOswego services. The combined increase for all four fees will be $15 dollars per semester. These fees are charged to students regardless of residency. The transportation fee and health center fee are only charged to students taking class-

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es on the main Oswego State campus. These fees are integral to the financial stability of the departments that benefit from them. “Our operational budget is almost completely dependent upon the student athletic fee money,” said Susan Viscomi, Director of Athletics for Oswego State. The athletic department uses the funds from the student fee to cover not only the costs associated with the intercollegiate athletic teams, but also the costs of student employment from games hosted on campus. According to the Oswego State website, the athletic fee does not fund club sports or the fitness centers and is not a “user fee.” This means that it is

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