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OzFest concert, activities released Planned agenda includes concert during day, carnival rides Cole Parzych Editor-in-Chief cparzych@oswegonian.com Last week’s reveal party held at the Marano Campus Center concourse officially announced this year’s OzFest headliners, scheduled for May 4. A$AP Ferg and H.E.R. will co-headline the event put on by the Student Association programming board this spring. This is the first time SAPB has held a reveal party to announce the acts for the campus concert. More than 100 people attended the event with live music, a bounce house, giveaways, food and drinks to start to garner attention for the annual spring event. “OzFest just isn’t May 4,” said Genesis Felipe Rossi, the concert coordinator for SAPB. “There’s a whole process to it, and we want the school to be involved with the whole thing from when we reveal the artist. We want them to be excited a month out.” Last year’s headliners were A Boogie wit da Hoodie and DNCE. Trying to appeal to the largest audience possible, the board’s plan was to tinker with years past and have different genres perform. This
year, they did not want to follow that same plan in hopes of a better response and turnout by students. “We didn’t want two different concerts,” Felipe Rossi said. “We wanted a flow. We wanted people to come and enjoy the whole thing. We wanted to change up the genres, but we knew the genres had to go along with one another.” Together, the co-headliners of A$AP Ferg and H.E.R. cost less than $150,000,
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each costing roughly the same amount. These two were the third and fourth artist they contacted with help from their middle agent, DEGY Entertainment. According to the DEGY Entertainment website, “the company now books over 2,000 events each year while working with some of the biggest names in the entertainment business.”
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Title IX office begins work for sexual assault awareness month Samantha Flavell Managing Editor sflavell@oswegonian.com The first “It’s on Us” campaign was star ted by former President Barack Obama in September 2014. The main focus is to urge people to take the pledge to help prevent sexual assault on college campuses. Sixteen days later, on Sept. 30, 2014, the Oswego State Student Association passed a resolution to continue to support and fight for an end to sexual assault and violence. April is the month dedicated to raising awareness to sexual assault. On Monday, student volunteers as well as students and faculty members who work with the Title IX office tabled in the Marano Campus Center from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Their goal was to entice students to take the “It’s on Us” pledge and receive a free “It’s on Us, It’s on Oz” shirt to wear in support of the campaign and in support of the end to sexual violence. In addition to the pledge, there were social media opportunities at the table, including taking a photo with an “It’s on Us” backdrop to flood social media with awareness. The table also showcased fliers for different free ticket events for students to honor the survivors of sexual assault. “We are trying to raise awareness for a concern and are having people taking the pledge that we have on the back of the shirts,” said Perri Fleischman, a volunteer and Oswego State senior.
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A$AP Ferg (left) and H.E.R.(right) will co-headline the main OzFest concert this year, on May 4.
Student Association vice presidential candidates debate Issues of inclusivity, relations with ALANA orgs, Greek life discussed Kassadee Paulo Asst.News Editor kpaulo@oswegonian.com
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Student Association elections kicked off with a vice presidential debate March 29 between Senatorat-Large Edward Kelly and Funnelle Hall Senator Catherine Millington. Both candidates are pursuing the position of vice president for SA, which is currently held by Daisie Bancroft. This role includes leading the weekly SA meetings and aiding the president in their duties. The debate, moderated by Assistant D ire c to r of M i l i t a r y a nd Ve t e r a n Affairs Rob Davies, commenced with the candidates describing what they would like to accomplish should they win the running. Kelly, a sophomore, is vice chair of the rules and judiciary committee, a Laker Leader, a Seneca Hall re s i d e n t a s s i s t a n t , a m e m b e r o f conduct committee and vice president of Impromptu a capella club. Millington, a freshman, is also involved in committees and uses her position of Funnelle Hall senator to
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communicate to constituents. “I want to make sure we have underrepresented students on SA,” Kelly said. “What I mean by that is students, such as transfer students and veterans, because they’re not represented right now in our current SA assembly.”
Kelly said he wants to implement online petitions for constituents to easily bring their concerns to Student Association and to push for underrepresented groups to be more included in Student Association,
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Sammantha Flavell | The Oswegonian The ‘It’s On Us table’ was set up at the Marano Campus Center concourse, handing out shirts and raising awareness.
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Catherine Milington (center) takes the podium to answer questions, while Edward Kelly (left) waits to speak.
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