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VOLUME LXXIX ISSUE V
Gov. shuts down; Outdated Tyler Hall next up for campus renovations Oswego braces Phase one construction budget set at $20 million; work on building will begin May 2014 for future effects Seamus Lyman News Editor slyman@oswegonian.com The U.S. government is currently shut down due to a lack of bi-partisanship in Congress, resulting in the furlough of roughly 800,000 federal employees. The government closed Oct. 1, the first day of the federal fiscal year. It is the responsibility of the president and Congress to make interim appropriations or full-year appropriations and have them signed into law before this date. If they fail to do so, as in this circumstance, a funding gap ensues and leads to shutdown. While the government in Oswego and New York state continue to function, there are still reasons for concern during the shutdown. Though many problems are not immediate. Oswego State’s government funding has been appropriated, therefore the shutdown does not disrupt the currently-funded programs at Oswego State, such as the Federal Work-Study program or research programs funded through national grants. This is similar to a problem discussed earlier this year, when sequestration affected the national government. Currently, the National Science Foundation will not be able to provide any new funding opportunities.
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With the Shineman Center complete and the demolition of Snygg Hall set to begin, construction crews now turn to the next project: the renovation of Tyler Hall. Tyler Hall was built in 1965 and, with the exception of normal small-scale updates, has seen no other work since that time, according to Tom LaMere, Oswego State director of facilities planning and design. “The building has the original finishes, mechanical systems, windows,
doors, and structure,” LaMere said. “The building has been reprogrammed to meet current needs and needs a total new makeover.” Students and faculty who spend time in Tyler have heard rumors of renovation over the last few years and are relieved that work on the building will finally begin soon. “Yes, the renovation is long over due,” theater professor Kathleen Macey said. “The air and heating really need to be done. And the theater, including the stage, need upgrades in electrics and other areas.” Before its classes were moved to the new Shineman center, Snygg Hall, also
years-old: the average age a recent young adults reaches before finding a median-paying ($42,000) job.
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Ronel Puello Asst. A&E Editor rpuello@oswegonian.com Former porn star Ron Jeremy and feminist author and activist Susan G. Cole debated the virtues and vices related to pornography on Wednesday to a packed crowd in the Hewitt Union ballroom. The debate, presented by the Student Association Programming Board, is one of a series called “Great Debates” on social issues sponsored by Wolfman Productions. When the news first spread that the actor with more than 1,800 X-rated films under his belt was coming to Oswego State’s campus to debate pornography, social network buzz led to the event being a smash hit, with attendance of close to 1000 students and observers waiting in line to get a chance to see the debate.
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million for. According to LaMere, phase one of the renovations will begin in May 2014. The plan calls for a complete change of the current entrance from the east side to two new entries on the northeast and southeast corners, one on the Culkin Hall side of the building and the other on the side facing Mahar Hall. The upper lobby will be increased in size to provide a larger gathering space. A twostory instrumental rehearsal room will be created in the corner facing Culkin.
Millennials: the ‘new lost generation?’
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built in the 1960s, had problems that students and professors regularly complained about. Tyler Hall is no different. “The lighting in Tyler Hall is awful,” student stage manager Kellie Mcmenemon said. “The lab theater is extremely dark and a hassle to work in. The practice rooms are in extremely bad shape and need serious attention. A lot of students use them whether they be music or theater students. These rooms have awful acoustics and are very dusty, and nowhere near sound proof.” The plans for the renovation are still in the developing stage. Phase one of the project is being finalized at this time, which the construction budget has $20
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the ratio of wealth controlled by old adults to that of young adults. In 1984, older adults had 13 times as much wealth as young adults.
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illennials are finding it harder than any generation in 40 years to find median-paying jobs, leaving many to wonder whether today’s 20-30 year-olds will eventually become known as the next “lost generation,” according to research released Monday by the Georgetown Public Policy Institute. While the news may not come as too large of a surprise coming on the heels of the Great Recession, the numbers released in the report, titled “Failure to Launch: Structural Shift and the New Lost Generation,” laid bare many of the problems recent college and high school graduates alike have faced. The labor force participation for 20-24 year-olds in 2012 reached its lowest point since 1972 and the average age at which young workers reach a median-range wage ($42,000) has increased to 30 from 26 in 1980, according to the report. “The numbers are concerning to an extent,” Aaron Millard, a junior inance major, said. “I definitely know a lot of kids who are juniors and seniors and unsure what will happen to them next, and I’ve felt the same at times, so it could be a
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real issue.” The average earnings for recent college graduates grew consistently between 1980 and 2000, but have stagnated since, even decreasing since 2008 to an average around $35,000 in 2012, according to the report. Tim James, who graduated in May from Oswego State with degrees in economics and finance, said that, despite finding a job the summer after graduation, the numbers are still concerning. “College costs are rising and income after college isn’t rising much at all,” said James, who will soon begin a full-time job with The Vanguard Group financial management firm in Phoenix. “The fact that the average college graduate doesn’t make $42,000 a year until age 30 would have been a very serious concern to me at graduation, since that’s approximately how much student loans I had.” The report, which analyzed three decades worth of census data, noted that the labor market model of a worker entering the labor force at age 18 and exiting at 65 is no longer in existence. Instead, young workers are entering the labor force at older ages, after acquiring various required skills through internships, work-study or part-time work.
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