The A3 Great Pumpkin Festival GREAT COLLEGE HOUSING! Celebration features PUMPKIN 5K half-ton pumpkins Walk RUN!• Saturday, October 6th, 2012 1:30 pm • SUNY Oswego Campus Center Food Court Friday,Oct. 5, 2012 • THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF OSWEGO STATE UNIVERSITY • www.oswegonian.com VOLUME LXXVII ISSUE V Health Center On the Web Economy plays large role in 2012 elections Local races will be affected by unemployment, perceived recovery helps students Ryan Deffenbaugh Sept. 12-16 among 3,019 people, 2,424 from 72 percent in 2008 to 60 percent this battle influenza Copy Editor of whom are registered voters, asked year. The energy policy has taken the [email protected] each participant to rate a political issue largest dip in prominence among voters as either: very important, somewhat im- in the last four years. While 77 percent Chantelle Paguandas A recent poll by the Pew Research Cen- portant, not too important or not at all of voters polled in 2008 rated it as a very Contributing Writer ter revealed that the economy and jobs important. important issue, only 55 percent of those [email protected] are the two issues that voters consistently The economy and jobs were rated as polled rated it the same for this election. view as most important in the upcoming very important by 87 and 83 percent of The issues of the economy, jobs and bud- More than 200,000 people are hospitalized election. When Oswego area voters take people polled respectively. By comparison, get deficit had the least amount of change in from seasonal flu complications and about to the polls in November, it is likely they 55 percent of those polled rated energy as percentage of those polled who rated it as 23,500 people die from seasonal flu each year, will be heavily considering both the state a very important issue, 46 percent for abor- very important, each ranking in the top five according to the New York State Department of the national and local economy before tion and 41 percent for immigration. of the 12 total issues polled. of Health. casting their ballot. The amount of people who ranked ter- The flu season of 2011-2012 had the lowest The Pew Research Poll, conducted rorism as a very important issue dropped See ECONOMICS, Page A5 and shortest peak of influenza-like illnesses according to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention. However, with October get- Photo provided by blog.zap2it.com ting underway, many students at the Oswego Detroit Tigers’ 3B Miguel Cabrera is right in State are coughing and sneezing. the thick of the AL MVP race. “It’s impossible to not get sick because ev- Civil War relived at fort eryone around me is sick,” Tiffany Francis, a Fort Ontario hosted live re-enactment of Battle of Secessionville victim of the flu said. UPDATES ALL According to the website Kids Health, WEEK AT: flu epidemics often start in schools and oswegonian.com then move quickly through a community as students spread the virus to people around them. When students return home, the vi- FRIEND OR LIKE US AT rus takes over the bodies of their families facebook.com/oswegonian as well. The start of the flu season varies but it usually begins late October and runs until FOLLOW OUR TWEETS May. Around this time the season is changing from summer to fall and the sun is deceiving twitter.com/TheOswegonian in how warm it appears. It may look like its 87 degrees outside but realistically it’s winter coat and sweater weather. Laker Review Students who are infected are forced to deal with a runny nose and an aching body. Not only is this epidemic of the flu physically GREEN DAY RETURNS affecting students but it is also having a great impact on their daily routines and academics. See FLU, Page A4 Students compete in O-Mazing Race Bridget Shelvin C5 Contributing Writer Photo provided by destructoid.com [email protected] Sports Twenty-Nine teams of two competed in nine events located around the Oswego State LAKERS FALL TO RIVAL campus. These events being both physical and Christine Magruder | The Oswegonian mental competitions started at 10 a.m. at the Civil War re-enactors used cannons, swords and firearms to bring the Battle of Secessionville to life in an educational demonstration at Fort Ontario. Glimmerglass Fitness center on Sept. 26. The events ran throughout the day while each team travelled around campus participat- Shanna Fuld ing in games varying from running a mile to Contributing Writer swimming on a crocodile tube in the lake. [email protected] A few of the other events were mental activ- ities; each team had to try to put puzzle pieces Men and women grouped up to participate together and only had a certain amount of time in a re-enactment of a Civil War battle known to do so. Also each pair had to crawl through B1 as Secessionville at Fort Ontario Saturday Sept. a mud pit, located on West Campus volleyball Bridget Shevlin | The Oswegonian 24. Dressed in authentic uniforms, people in- courts and at the other end memorize 10 names, volved in the reenactment assumed the life- first and last, and then continue back through style of American soldiers during the 1860’s. the mud pit and recite the names correctly and Opinion Re-enactors set up tents and cooked their in order. food over fires in cauldrons. Cannons and fire- A few of the physical activities took place IMMIGRATION MISCONCEPTIONS arms used during the Civil War were fired us- across campus. Outside of Funnelle Hall teams ing fake ammo. The men regularly ran drills had to bring their strength together to try and assuming the life of a real soldier in 1860’s in move a large tire up the hill. In Lee Hall pool, order to prepare for the show. participants crawled across connected tubes in Just a few moments into the battle, the water. These participants did not only join ‘soldiers’ began falling down and fak- the O-mazing race for fun, energetic competi- ing their deaths. It became more realistic tion, there were also prizes involved for win- when the crowd could see just how close ners. The campus gyms put the O-mazing race together as a fun-filled day of activities and the Shanna Fuld | The Oswegonian See RE-ENACTMENT, Page A4 goal to be the winner. Pictures from the event B5 From left to right: Hunter Schwartz, Katrina Schwartz, Patrick Schwartz, Cassie Schwartz, Lyssa Strong can be found online. Photo provided by jimschrempp.com Calendar...........................C2 Classified..........................C7 Crossword.........................C6 Contact.Info......................A2 Laker.Review.....................C1 News.................................A1 Opinion............................B5 Sports...............................B1 CONTENT Sudoku.............................C6 The Oswegonian is distributed Fridays when college is in session. 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