A3 Ted Winkworth leaves Lifestyles Center coordinator embarks on road trip Friday, April 26, 2013 • THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF OSWEGO STATE UNIVERSITY • www.oswegonian.com VOLUME LXXVIII ISSUE X Slut Walk 2013 On the Web Shineman nears opening rallies students New science, engineering and innovation complex set to open in fall to show support Patrick Malowski Multimedia Editor Nick Graziano [email protected] Managing Editor [email protected] With the warmth and only a light For about three years, students and wind, it was a perfect night for a great faculty have been anxiously awaiting the turnout and for voices to be heard. The completion of the Richard S. Shineman Women’s Center held the SlutWalk on the Center for Science, Engineering and Inno- Oswego State Campus Tuesday night to vation. The initial goal of the project was take a stand against “slut-shaming” and to have the building ready for use by the violence against women. Men, women start of the fall 2013 semester and accord- and even a dog dressed for the occasion ing to the Facilities Design and Construc- and walked around campus, making a Photo provided by AP tion Project Coordinator Allen Bradberry, statement for the movement. Check out oswegonian.com for an development is on pace to do so. Kathleen Fulton, the co-president of the exclusive preview and recap of the NBA Starting in 2010, the construction of the Women’s Center, said she was excited about playoffs thus far. new center has been a long process. The the turnout, adding that they handed out construction has gone smoothly with no 300 T-shirts in a matter of 10 minutes. major issues, Bradberry said. Work is on- “I love the number of people marching UPDATES ALL going, but has begun to transition out. together,” Fulton said. “Like the communi- WEEK AT: “They’re phasing out now,” Bradber- ty and having so many people support our Nick Graziano | The Oswegonian oswegonian.com ry said, referring to the construction. “As cause was wonderful.” Construction continues on the new Richard S. Shineman Center for Science, Engineering and Innovation. you wrap up the mechanicals or any of The event was founded when a Toronto the piping systems, those guys are mov- Police Service representative stated that the FRIEND OR LIKE US AT ing on. And the painters and the hard- phases of construction you are in through Bradberry said. “We are scheduling that risk of sexual assault could be reduced if facebook.com/oswegonian ware guys that are putting doors on and the project.” accordingly and will be moving furniture women would stop dressing like “sluts.” some of those finishing touches, they’re As the construction workers fade out, and equipment all throughout the summer During her speech to the crowd before in there working hard and obviously faculty and staff will begin to move in along months. We anticipate moving personnel, the walk, Fulton reiterated the reason why FOLLOW OUR TWEETS they phase out as their work comes to with all of the new furniture and equipment. staff and faculty starting the first of June.” everything came together to take a stand. completion. So it is kind of a transitional “We are taking deliveries right now twitter.com/TheOswegonian thing for the different trades and different of furniture and scientific equipment,” See SHINEMAN, A6 See SLUT WALK, A5 Laker Review Minority media represented Grant for MET students RISING ARTIST Voices of Diversity brings famous alumnus to campus NSF provides $320,00 for research, airplane Moraima Capellan Oswego, it was in the back of his mind Luke Parsnow “Opportunities like this are generally Laker Review Editor to bring some awareness to the issue of [email protected] Incoming Asst. News Editor limited to universities with graduate pro- diversity in the communication fields. [email protected] His main purpose is to “make some grams in meteorology, such as the other An Oswego State alumni spoke with sense of the minority representation in three schools involved in the grant,” said students April 18 on his experiences as a the media.” The meteorology department at senior meteorology student Patrick Cav- black male broadcaster. Moody gathered a group of students Oswego State received grant funds from lin. “The fact that SUNY Oswego is a part Kendis Gibson, who graduated from and began working on the program. This the National Science Foundation for stu- of it means that our students will be giv- Oswego State in 1994, was the keynote year, Voices of Diversity consisted of a speaker for this year’s Voices of Diversity. dents to conduct up close and personal en the opportunity to participate in such speech, an open question-and-answer Voices of Diversity is a yearly event research with lake-effect snow storms research while still at the undergraduate session with Kendis Gibson and an in- 5 founded and organized by professor Da- next winter. level. Even at a major university, grants C vite-only luncheon for minority students Photo provided by Kadeem Watts vid Moody of the communications de- The funds total $320,000 and include like this are limited to the graduate stu- excelling in the communication depart- partment. Moody works with students to scientific equipment which consists of dents. In this case however, students at ment on campus. create programs and events that promote all levels, depended upon the number of Students filled the seats of the Cam- an instrument loaded Mobile Integrated Sports diversity in the media. pus Center Auditorium, eager to get ad- Profiling System, three Doppler-on- open spots, will be eligible to participate “We are trying to share with you the vice from Gibson, who is currently the Wheels radar-equipped trucks, and an in this project.” minority representation in the media,” STREAK SNAPPED general assignment reporter and a week- airplane that will be used to fly students Students will continue to study the Moody, who believes that the media in- end anchor for ABC7/WJLA-TV, the ABC right into the middle of storms, accord- structure of lake-effect storms and pay dustry lacks awareness and representa- affiliate in Washington D.C. ing to an Oswego State press release. particular attention to the different parti- tion of minorities, said. Moody began the Voices of Diversity “I’m pretty excited,” meteorology cles inside them compared to other types last year and said ever since arriving in See DIVERSITY, A6 professor Scott Steiger said. “Since I was of snow storms. a little kid, growing up in Rochester, I al- “To the public, snow is snow, but ways wanted to study lake effect snow there are actually a lot of different kinds David Benioff visits Oswego State storms. So this is kind of achieving that of crystals and actually liquid water as dream of getting a study of what makes well in these clouds and that really con- David Benioff, author of “City of Thieves” them tick and what kinds of effects they trols how quickly the snow will pile up and showrunner of “Game of Thrones,” on the ground,” Steiger said. B1 shared stories of how his career started and have on people.” Nick Graziano | The Oswegonian answered questions on his latest projects in Two years ago, the department re- The students will also try to deter- two talks given to students and the public ceived an $89,000 grant from the NSF to mine whether there are ways to better es- when he visited campus on Wednesday. study the structure of such storms. Plan- timate snowfall rate based on radar data Opinion Benioff’s book “City of Thieves” was the ning for this particular program took and why lake-effect clouds sometimes 2012-2013 Oswego Reading Initiative selection. about ten years and now includes uni- produce lightning. During the two question and answer ses- versities from other parts of the country. The part of the project that has gotten the PORT CITY AWARDS sions, Benioff not only discussed his own career, The program, now called OWLeS most attention and that students are espe- but also gave advice to aspiring student writers. (Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems), cially looking forward to is the plane that will “You have to be very willing to change consists of nearly $4 million in three com- fly inside storms to study them, most likely at whatever you originally put down and really by panion NSF grants. A $1 million grant nighttime, when storms are usually more in- be flexible,” Benioff said. Favorite section of The Oswegonian alone includes scientists and equipment tense. The aircraft is a Beechcraft model 200T Ryan Deffenbaugh | The Oswegonian He also pointed out that very few people are born great writers, so hard work pays off. from Oswego State, the University of twin Turboprop that is specially instrument- Voted on by students of Oswego State Benioff’s other work includes writing Wyoming, the University of Illinois at ed for atmospheric research and is owned by Port City Awards See LAKER REVIEW the screenplays for the movies “Troy,” “The Urbana-Champaign, University of Ala- the University of Wyoming, according to the Seamus Lyman Alain Pierre-Lys Date Kite Runner” and “The 25th Hour,” the last bama-Huntsville, and the Center for Se- News Editor, Award founder Opinion Editor page C3 for full article B6 of which he adapted from his own novel. vere Weather Research in Boulder, Colo. 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