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Security cameras in residence halls to increase by about 75 total

Dubbed “Phase One” by Residence Life and Housing, plan calls for amount of cameras to go from about 15 to 90 Peter Hanley Staff Writer news@oswegonian.com The amount of security cameras with the residence halls at Oswego State is set to increase from about 15 to 90, as the result of an initiative by Residence Life and Housing. The initiative, part of a project known as phase one, has Residence Life and Housing

working with University Police on a plan to install about 75 more cameras over the summer. Currently, there are five cameras in the tunnel that connects Lakeside Dining Hall to Riggs Hall, four cameras in the tunnel that connects Seneca Hall and Cayuga Hall and another four cameras in the tunnel between Onondaga Hall and Oneida Hall, according to University Police Chief John Rossi. Director of Residence Life and Housing Richard Kolenda said the initial reason for

installing the security cameras was to increase safety and security in the residence halls. “We were finding that there was a lot of damage in those hallways,” Kolenda said. “In particular on the west end of campus where there was a rash of damage to exit signs. Students were pulling them down and stealing them.” The destruction of the exit signs was causing the affected residence halls to lose

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quite a bit of money as a result. “When the signs are torn down, we have to call emergency maintenance since it’s a safety hazard,” Mitchell White, a second-year RA in Oneida Hall said. “All those calls to have someone come in to fix the signs really added up and took money away from the building.” This policy of having the residence halls pay for the damages is part of the damage incentive fund set up by Residence Life and

Luke Parsnow Asst. News Editor lparsnow@oswegonian.com Students at Oswego State are nearing the completion of the residence and housing process that determines where they will be living for the 2014-15 academic year. For the fall 2013 semester, 60.7 percent of undergraduate students lived on campus. The students that live in the multiple dormitories and The Village come from a wide array of places. They come from all over New York state, from other neighboring

states and there are many who are natives of countries far overseas. There are also students who live not too far away from Oswego State’s backyard, some of whom even live in Oswego. Senior Zachariah Schrecengost is a physics and computer science major at Oswego State and also a graduate of Oswego City School District. He lived in Cayuga Hall his freshman year and has resided in Funnelle Hall for the last three years. Not only does he live just a few minutes from campus, but he also has his own car. “I felt like commuting as a freshman would have made it 13th grade as opposed

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Oswego State has selected a new dean of Extended Learning to oversee the program specialized for part-time students and working adults. Jill Pippin joins Oswego State after working for Jefferson Community College in Watertown. Pippin was a member of the academic leadership team that was tasked with developing community-oriented programs for non-traditional students. Pippin will lead the Metro Center in Syracuse, which offers students the opportunity to study business, education and mental health counseling along with many other fields. Included in Extended Learning is the Phoenix Center and winter and summer sessions.

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According to the Oswego State Office of Public Affairs, Pippin “proposed and administered over $2.15 million in grants and increased revenue and enrollment during her eight-year tenure at the community college.” Pippin is familiar with Oswego State, as she earned a bachelor ’s degree in communication studies with an emphasis in international communication from the university. Public Affairs notes that Pippin was recognized by the Watertown Daily Times in 2009 for its 20 Under 40 Award and she received the Continuing Education Association of New York’s Outstanding Continuing Educator Award for 2013.

to an entirely new life chapter,” Schrecengost said. “You gain a tremendous amount of independence living on campus along with skills you didn’t know you lacked. It is definitely an abrasive change at first; sharing a living space with another person and sharing a bathroom with a bunch of strangers were two things that were pretty difficult to get used to, but they help you grow a lot as a person.” Schrecengost also said that living on campus has just been more convenient with the resources that are available right on

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Policy regarding racial incidents questioned following controversy Stephanie Mirambeaux Copy Editor smirambeaux@oswegonian.com

Students from Oswego area still enjoy lifestyle of living on campus

Housing to deter students from vandalizing the buildings. “Each residence hall starts out with a certain amount of money and if the dollar amount of unidentified vandalism doesn’t reach that total, then they get to use that money to buy things for the hall,” Kolenda said. However, the frequency of vandalism got to a point where a lot of the halls,

An off-campus incident involving a student wearing blackface left many Oswego State students upset over the manner in which the school handles racially sensitive issues. After the incident, which occurred in March, the administration sent out an email saying that the school does not tolerate discrimination and reminding the students of the school’s policies. This was in response to an off-campus party on March 1 where a student, participating in beer Olympics and “representing” Jamaica, donned a Bob Marley T-shirt and painted his face black. School officials said they offer students various ways to report any kind of incident. “They can speak to our affirmative action officer, which is Howard Gordon, our Human Resources director, Amy Plotner, or they can come to this office [501 Culkin Hall] and file a report,” said Becky Nadzadi, associate dean of students for student

conduct. A student can also go to their residence hall director or University Police to file a report. Once the office receives the report, the actions they take will depend on who the accusations are against. If it’s a student, then the office will deal with that. “Sometimes it’s in the form of education where we are just having a sit down conversation with them and you’re talking about why it’s not okay to do what they did, that sort of thing,” Nadzadi said. “Then we would give them a letter, restating what was discussed and that letter goes into their permanent conduct file. If it is something that needs actual charges, we would file a statement of charges and them and then we would do a disciplinary conference or a conduct hearing.” However, if the act committed is severe and the school feels like the student needs to be removed for a time, suspension is an option. “So is expulsion, actually, in a case of discrimination,” Nadzadi said. “If it’s

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Ethnic hair creates cottage industry Moraima Capellán Pichardo | Joe Manganiello A & E Editor | Staff Writer mcapellan@oswegonian.com Despite having a dynamic population at Oswego State, students in the underrepresented groups remain limited in resources for their hair and appearance - on and off campus. The freshman class of 2013 at Oswego State enrolled 1,400 students, and 71 percent of those students are White, compared to the 18 percent of the class, which is Black (7 percent) or Latino (11 percent).

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Moraima Capellán Pichardo | The Oswegonian Sean Ebanks cuts fellow Oswego State student Sunday Bamgbose’s hair in his Oswego apartment.

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