The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

DATE

Dec. 22, 2024

Month: September 2011

Penfield Gems

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Stephen King has become well-known in the literary world for two things: creating realistic, believable, and down-to-earth characters, and putting said characters into horrific situations (some of which may or may not involve a killer alien clown). While King talks…

J. Cole review

After four years of mix tapes released one after another, J.Cole has finally released his album, “Cole World-The Sideline Story.” Cole’s album is highly anticipated among fans of hip-hop. The album is being released under Roc Nation, whose founder, rapper…

Nightwing #1

There are characters that we grow attached to and as we grow older and that character grows up with us. This only increases importance to the reader. For many comic book fans one such character is Dick Grayson, the first…

News

Grant to retain, attract teachers

The National Science Foundation granted Oswego State $300,000 to attract and retain science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) students into the School of Education. The two-year grant begins dispersing Saturday. The focus is on finding talent from the STEM fields…

News

Why Sheldon matters

Update: The location of the “1861” photo has been changed. The print story lists the location as inside the campus center. However, the event has been moved to south of Culkin and Tyler Halls, overlooking the Glimmerglass Lagoon. The event…

Bill Cunningham New York

As a whole, the documentary is often a neglected genre market for the college-demographic. Many will refuse to watch a documentary when they can watch a more entertaining fictional film. But I encourage readers to stop and rent (available on…

Laker Review

Not exactly ‘Elite’

Action movies are getting increasingly less interesting because there are only so many ways you can beat up another person and these films have weak plots, which only consist of going from pointless action scene to pointless action scene. In…

Laker Review

Locusts swarm in ‘War’

When Epic Games released the first “Gears of War” in 2006, it garnered a fair amount of praise, particularly due to its unique cover system. Having sold well, the game was given a sequel in 2008 with “Gears of War…