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Downtown area renovation begins City of Oswego will be looking shiny, new soon Kassadee Paulo Asst. News Editor kpaulo@oswegonian.com After being chosen to receive $10 million from New York state, downtown Oswego will be getting a makeover, which is scheduled to start this summer. The Downtown Revitalization Initiative is a $100 million grant for 10 select cities in New York to improve infrastructure and boost the economy. “The DRI aims to transform local
neighborhoods across the state into vibrant communities where the next generation of New Yorkers will want to live, work and raise a family,” according to a press release from Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The money given by the state is being used for 12 separate projects, including but not limited to: c o m p l e t i n g a n a e s t h e t i c re n o v a tion to West Bridge Street, building a mixed-use commercial and residential multi-building on West First Street, constructing an indoor wa-
ter park, renovating the Children’s Museum of Oswego, improvi ng t he r i ve r f ro n t a nd c re a t i ng a pocket park on Market Street. These projects vary in cost from $3 million to $20 million. “The Water Street makeover and construction of the pocket park on Market Street is a direct aim to provide more activities for college students and millenials by giving them reasons to spend time in our down
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Proposal drafted to raise student fees by $39 for coming academic year Alexander Gault-Plate News Editor aplate@oswegonian.com Student fees for the health center, athletic depar tment, campusbased transpor tation and campus technology are proposed to increase by $19.50 per semester for the 20182019 school year. Those fees are paid by every Oswego State undergraduate student and are meant to cover the costs associated with the various services provided by the campus. For the current 2017-2018 academic year, costs per semester total to $637. For a full year, they cost $1,274. These fees, called the “broadbased fees,” go to pay for four major departments on campus: Mary Walker Health Center, Campus Technology Services, the Athletic Department a n d t he t r a n s p o r t a t i o n p o r t i o n o f Auxiliary Services’ budget.
“The transportation fee pays for the Blue Route, the G reen Route and break transportation,” said Michael Flaherty, general manager for Auxiliary Services. The health fee, athletic fee and technology fee will all be increasing by $6 per semester each, and the transpor tation fee will be increasing by $3.50 per semester. The health fee covers costs associated with use of Mary Walker Health Center, which provides basic medical services to students who pay the health fee, such as flu shots, STD testing and strep throat tests. “The health fee covers all services provided by the health center, counseling services, Lifestyles and all staff salaries,” said Angie B ro w n , d i re c to r o f M a r y Wa l ke r Health Center.
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Taylor Woods | The Oswegonian Buildings around the Oswego downtown area, including waterfront property and main streets will be renovated in the coming years, starting this summer.
Student disrupts class carrying fake bomb Perpetrator arrested by UP, considered non-threat by administration Alexander Gault-Plate News Editor aplate@oswegonian.com
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At 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Oswego State University Police responded to a disruption in a Marano Campus Center classroom that turned out to be a student carrying a potentially dangerous item. According to an email sent out by Oswego State President Deborah Stanley on Thursday morning, an alert was not sent out to campus members because “members of our campus were not in any danger.” “We moved deliberately to amass verified information and
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put it out quickly without inadvertently making it seem like an emerg e nc y, w h i c h i t neve r w a s ,” s a i d Wayne Westervelt, chief communication officer for Oswego State. The student responsible was John Mietus, who was first met by University Police officers in a hallway in Poucher Hall. Police escorted Mietus out of the building and searched him in a nearby parking lot, where they discovered a suspicious item. Mietus was immediately placed under arrest and taken to the police station, along with the suspicious item. There, the Oswego fire depar tment determined that the item was not a hazard. “I commend our University Po-
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lice for responding immediately to what initially came in as a repor ted classroom disruption,” Westervelt said. “They promptly re m ov e d t h e s t u d e n t f ro m t h e building, investigated the matter, and it was at this point when they discovered an object that was later determined not to be hazardous.” A c c o rd i ng to We s t e r ve l t , t he situation was never considered a threat to the greater safety of the campus because Mietus never threatened violence, but was simply carrying a suspicious item with him as he disrupted the class
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