The Oswegonian 3-15-19

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Friday, March 15, 2019 VOLUME LXXXIV ISSUE VI SINCE 1935 www.oswegonian.com

Women leaders, allies gather for conference Kassadee Paulo News Editor kpaulo@oswegonian.com Oswego State’s women leaders and allies gathered at 6:30 p.m. March 12 in the Sheldon Hall Ballroom for the Women in Leadership conference, hosted by the Women’s Center, Her Campus and Student Association. Several women participated in putting the event together and spoke about their experiences as women and as leaders on campus. The Women’s Center President Iyunha Callands and Secretary Lizeth Ortega Ramirez opened the conference, speaking on the successes of women as a whole and the road they still have yet to walk. “We, as leaders, need to continue to fight,” Ortega Ramirez said. “In every level, we came to open the doors for women and girls, advocate for their interest, rights and social conservation. This transfor-

mation not only requires the participation of women, but also our counterparts, [men].” Moderated by Melissa Wilson, the general manager for WTOP-10, six women spoke on their leadership roles on and off campus and gave advice on future women leaders. The women included were Blessed Optimistic Loving and Determined Black Beauties President Jequana Johnson, Women’s Rugby President Sabrina Shortall, Association of Black Psychologists Vice President Elisa Descartes, WTOP-10 Vice President of Human Resources Boni Quatroche, who is also the event director for the Dr. Lewis B. O’Donnell Media Summit, Kristi Eck, chief of staff to President Deborah Stanley, and Pamela Caraccioli, deputy to the president for external partnerships and economic development.

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SAPB announces OzFest artists Rap, hiphop, R&B genres to be performed at concert

Jessica Wickham Chief Copy Editor jwickham@oswegonian.com This week, the Student Associatio Programming Board announced the four performers for this year’s OzFest, held on May 10. The choices are already causing excitement for students and showing signs of a big crowd at the end-of-year celebration. Ella Mai, a Grammy-winning English rhythm and blues singersongwriter, Gunna, a rapper touring in support of a top-five album and single, Mahalia, an English singer, songwriter and actress, and Daydream Masi, an emerging young rapper and pop artist, will perform as part of the concert series in the evening portion of OzFest, beginning at 7 p.m. The performers were chosen by SAPB from the results of a student survey that went out in the fall 2018 semester, and Gunna and Mai were among the top 10 performers

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requested below big names, like Beyoncé, that the school cannot afford, said Ryan Rodriguez, director of SAPB

from April 2018 to January 2019.

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SA questions approvals of contingency fund

Senators discuss giving additional budget for conferences Colin Hawkins Asst. News Editor chawkins@oswegonian.com Student Association is discussing changes to how it allocates contingency funds to student organizations requesting money in order to attend trips to professional conferences. The SA contingency fund is an annual budget of around $10,000, which allows student organizations to request additional money for their club activities if a need arises outside the club’s annual budget. The contingency fund was $5,490 at the conclusion of the March 5 SA meeting. “Contingency funds are for payments or wanting to use monetary funds that [clubs] don’t have but you feel is very important and only off by a couple hundred

dollars,” said Senator Matthew O’Donnell, SA rules and judiciary committee chair. “It’s just there as a backup in case you don’t have

enough funds to go do something, if you absolutely need it.”

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SA President Omar van Reenen (first row, middle) signs into effect the Equal Pay for Equal Play bill.

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Kassadee Paulo | The Oswegonian Student Association is reviewing the approval of granting contingency funds for conferences.

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