A3 Harassement reporting urged A4 Lasting impact abroad Panel tells students to tell Science-Fiction professor authorities about workplace aids students in other coun- uncomfortable advances tries, publishes overseas Friday, March 23, 2012 • THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF OSWEGO STATE UNIVERSITY • www.oswegonian.com VOLUME LXXV ISSUE XVIII On the Web Self-study reflects on campus mission Middle States re-accreditation analyzes communication, budget, enrollment of college Gwen Girsdansky judgment of what we’re doing and what we research questions. The self-study isn’t than print reading, the co-chairs said. Peo- News Editor say we want to do,” Middle States co-chair really a report, it’s much more analytical ple tend to skim over emails or completely [email protected] Elizabeth Schmitt said. “And that we meet and reflective than just recording facts ignore them. standards appropriate for an institution of and figures.” Another issue with communication is higher education.” One major issue is with communication. that often emails requiring feedback are A self-study report, which has been circu- The re-accreditation process is essen- Mass emails are often sent out to an entire sent out, and these emails continue getting lated across campus, has identified that Oswego tial in allowing students to receive Title IV campus, but largely are ignored because passed to the next appropriate person. The State can improve communication, but is han- funding, like student loans and Pell Grants. they are not specific to the readers, said the original sender, however in need of feed- dling budget cuts and enrollment well. It also gives the campus the chance to self- co-chairs. back, often does not receive any. Sometimes The report is the result of a three-year analyze and discuss things that could be “They think everyone is informed be- people don’t know where it was going. Middle States re-accreditation process, improved upon and as a result of the self- cause they sent an email,” co-chair Julie “We made a shift and treated [electron- which peer reviews Oswego State and over report, have instituted changes. Pretzat said. ics] as perfect substitute [for print], but 500 other higher educational institutions in “One of the things that the study does “When you send everything to every- they’re not,” Pretzat said. its region. is have research questions,” Schmitt said. one, who reads it? No one,” Schmitt said. “It’s our colleagues that will release a “It’s the workgroups that answer these Electronic reading is much different See RE-ACCREDIATION, page A4 Provided by goodreads.com Author Ross Rosenfeld recently re- New definitions leased his adventure based first nove, ‘The Stolen Kingdom.’ influence spike in annual abuse data UPDATES ALL WEEK AT: Aimee Hirsch oswegonian.com Sports Editor [email protected] FRIEND OR LIKE US AT The number of domestic violence in- facebook.com/oswegonian cidents reported went up in Oswego County, but it might not just be because the amount of violence that is increasing. FOLLOW OUR TWEETS “With any issue that is related to twitter.com/TheOswegonian crime or domestic violence there are so many socio-economic factors that play into it,” Capt. Michael Beckwith of the Oswego Police Department said. “One Laker Review of the trends in both state laws and law enforcement is that we have significantly increased and expanded the definitions of SHINS CONTINUE STRIDE what constitutes a domestic incident.” In 2009 there were 525 domestic violence incidents in Oswego County. In 2010 that number increased by 100 to 625. This increase of 19 percent reflects a trend in all of N.Y. While he acknowledged that crime is on the rise, Beckwith said the numbers are in- creasing because crimes that used to go unre- ported can no longer be swept under the rug. “I think that there is an increase in crime, but I think one of the factors that C3 is effecting it is the increased reporting,” profixmag.com Beckwith said. Sports See VIOLENCE, page A6 graphic by Adam Wolfe | The Oswegonian BEST START IN 16 YEARS New Gen Ed models up for discussion Oswego County unemployment soars Diana Gerstacker for about a year. Gathering information, Pete Soscia end of 2011. Asst. News Editor looking at how other school’s model Gen Contributing Writer Although unemployment rates are [email protected] Ed programs and holding meetings with [email protected] high throughout the U.S., upstate and fruitful debate led to the three models central New York seem to have been hit The GE21 Task Force presented three that were released. The campus commu- Oswego County has the second-high- harder than most regions. This could be models for reforming the current General nity was asked to give its opinion. est unemployment rate in New York due to a number of different reasons ac- Education model in February. The models John Hughes, student representative state, according to the State Labor De- cording to Oswego State’s Director for the are now up for discussion among faculty for the GE21 Task Force, said he supports partment’s March 13 release of area un- Office of Business and Community Rela- B1 and students. model two for its choices, but is moving employment rates. tions Jeff Grimshaw. Marie A. Halpin| The Oswegonian This latest attempt at Gen Ed reform toward model three, which emphasizes According to the reports, as of January “One of the primary issues is the lack comes after the SUNY system changed seminars. Model three is problematic, 2012, Oswego County had a 12.5 percent of literacy and math skills in the popula- Opinion its minimum requirements in July 2010. Hughes said, because the campus might unemployment rate, second only to Bronx tion as compared to the growing technol- The new standard allow for more flexibil- not have the resources or the drive to County at 13.9 percent. Other counties ogy needs of business,” Grimshaw said. ity and a lighter credit load, said Patrick properly run the seminars. with high unemployment rates were Lew- Grimshaw also believes that the coun- BIOLOGICAL CLOCK ALARM Murphy, a member of the task force. Pre- “Model three is also why I like model is, St. Lawrence and Schoharie Counties, ty and most of upstate New York is fall- vious attempts, the most recent in 2000, two, it’s very choice based,” Hughes said. all at 12 percent. Counties with the low- ing behind due to the lack of transporta- have been largely ineffective due to old “People always just talk about it… [These est unemployment rate were Putnam and tion services in parts of the county, and requirements and rocky dealings with the models offer] true academic freedom.” Tompkins Counties both at 6.9 percent. lack of high-speed Internet. All of these SUNY system. A benefit of the third model and a At 12.5 percent, Oswego County is 3.7 issues make it hard for Oswego County With the new requirements the provost problem faculty often raise is that upper- percent higher than the national average to compete against larger population cen- and select members of Faculty Assembly classmen are missing adequate research and 3.3% higher than the New York state ters for state, federal and private dollars. created a task force to reform General Ed- and writing skills. average. The county’s unemployment ucation. 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