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VOLUME LXXXI ISSUE II
Campus meets federal Title IX regulations Gabrielle Reimann Contributing Writer news@oswegonian.com Oswego State recently introduced updated Title IX guidelines that meet a federal mandate giving college students additional rights of protection from stalking, dating violence, domestic violence and sexual violence. This protection goes beyond the already instituted Title IX legislation, which prevents sex discrimination on college campuses. Title IX protection extends to students, employees and third parties that interact with the college community. These third parties include, but are not limited to, postal delivery employees, construction workers and guest lecturers. College campuses are mandated, by law, to educate their communities about Title IX anti-discrimination legislation and by July 2015, all college campuses nationwide need to be fully compliant with federal Title IX regulations, according to the Office of Student Conduct and Compliance. The 1972 Title IX legislation states that “no person in the U.S. shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.” This piece of legislation also includes sexual violence. “SUNY is ahead of the game in that we are already putting some of the policy, procedure and training into place before the final regulations are out in November,” said Lisa Evaneski, Oswego State’s Title IX coordinator and associate dean of students for the Office of Student Conduct and Compliance. “Since we started the information sessions during the summer of 2011 —we have trained thousands of students and employ-
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Area shows low voter turnout for Democratic primaries Gov. Cuomo defeats Teachout, Hochul defeats Wu to be on party line in November election Seamus Lyman Editor-in-Chief slyman@oswegonian.com Oswego County voters turned out in low numbers on Sept. 9 for the Democratic primary in the race for governor. While the county does not have a majority of democratic voters, there were 17, 592 active voters enrolled in the party in April,
according to the New York State Board of Elections. Of those voters, 903 turned out to show their support for one of three candidates vying to run as a Democrat in the Nov. 4 general election. Gov. Andrew Cuomo led the way in Oswego County with 52 percent, or 471 votes. Meanwhile, Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law professor, received 41 percent, or 370 votes. Comedian Randy Cred-
ico gathered 49 votes, giving him 5 percent. There was one write-in ballot and 12 ballots were left blank in the race for the party line. Statewide, Cuomo won the party line with 60 percent of the vote, while Teachout garnered 33 percent. Despite lacking the populous vote that decides the election, Teachout won in 32 of New York’s 52 counties. In New York, the candidates for gover-
nor and lieutenant governor run separately in the primary. That means that although Cuomo selected former U.S. Representative Kathy Hochul from Buffalo to be his running mate, the voters would be left to decide who ran under him on the party line. Teachout had selected Tim Wu, a Columbia Law school professor.
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Alleged tresspassing in Onondaga Female students in two suites awakened during night to intruder invading rooms JoAnn DeLauter Asst. News Editor jdelauter@oswegonian.com
David Armelino | The Oswegonian Members in a suite in Onondaga Hall called UP to report “a burglary in progrress” on Sept. 4.
Onondaga Hall residents have been alarmed by a series of unwelcomed intrusions last week, when a male student unlawfully entered the rooms of two female suites. The male quickly fled when discovered in the middle of the night by the suite’s occupants. The suspect was arrested after the last incident and charged with two misdemeanors. The suspect was released on his own recognizance. “I was asleep and I felt as if someone was watching me; I woke up to find a guy over my bed,” the victim said, who wished to remain anonymous. “He was still walking toward me when I screamed. It wasn’t until my roommate woke up and shouted that he ran away and my roommate slammed and locked our suite door again.” According to the University Police report, on Sept. 4 at 4:51 a.m. UP received a call from Onondaga Hall that was described as “a burglary in progress.” A witness later clarified that the call came from a fourth floor suite. Once Officer Brian McGuire arrived on the scene, he was given a description of a male who had fled the same scene earlier. The male was reported
to have entered a bedroom where two females were asleep. He woke one of the females by touching her feet and then quickly fled the scene. According to the victim, the trespasser, who she did not know, was shirtless with gym shorts and no shoes or socks. “I was in shock for most of it,” she said. “I didn’t really understand what was going on until after it happened. We didn’t know what to think of it; I think we were just scared mostly.” “As McGuire received more information about the suspect, he began a floor by floor search,” University Police Chief John Rossi said. Soon after, McGuire noticed a man in an entrance of a stairwell who fit the description and detained him. The victim then made a positive identification.” 18-year-old Charles Fofie, a former resident of Onondaga Hall, was taken into custody after a brief struggle. He was then transported to University Police and charged with one count of criminal trespass in the second degree, a class A misdemeanor; resisting arrest, a class A misdemeanor; and harassment, a second degree violation. The last reported victims thought that they successfully locked the door to their
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Oswego State remembers 9/11 victims with annual flag display Tatyana Bellamy-Walker Contributing Writer news@oswegonian.com
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The Oswego State College Republicans, lined thousands of American flags around the Marano Campus Center entrance Wednesday to commemorate the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Thirteen years ago, a crisp and clear Tuesday morning spiraled into a dark day for many Americans. Nineteen combatants of the Islamic extremist group, al-Qaida, claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 Americans, including 12 Oswego State alumni, in the hijacking of four U.S. airliners.
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The string of violent attacks began at 8:45 a.m. when the terrorist group flew two planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, into the World Trade Center, in New York City. At 9:43 a.m., the American Airlines Flight 77 flew into the Pentagon, in Arlington, Va. and by 10:10 a.m., United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field in Somerset County, Pa. While millions of Americans continue to memorialize the victims on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014, the children of 2001, now university students, hope to bring remembrance as well. “A lot of innocent people died and we are trying to remember those lives,” said
College Republicans Vice President, R.J. Diego. “Everybody that was a part of 9/11 had people that loved them dearly.” In 2001, Diego was a Virginia resident at the time of terror. Living a short distance from the deadly attacks, Diego remembered that his father worked across the street from the Pentagon. Though Diego was only in kindergarten at the time, he still carries the impact of the day. “I saw how upset my parents were, my mom was crying. [Dad] knew people that were in the Pentagon…later on in life, he was able to talk to me about it, and [he] said
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David Armelino | The Oswegonian Nearly 3,000 flags flew by the entrance of Marano Campus Center Thursday to remember victims
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