To be, or not to be in 10 items or fewer lane
As a cashier at a grocery store, I see a variety of people every day at work. Business women in heels, old men in suspenders with glasses as thick as Coke bottles, hairy-chested guys with unbuttoned flannel shirts; you name…
Cable television obsolete in favor of internet streams
For the first 20 years of my life, there was always something right at my fingertips whenever I needed it. After a stressful day at school or work, I could lie down on the couch and it would help me…
To Left of education: indoctrination
The statistics on education in the U.S. are disturbing. American students rank 25th in math and 21st in science compared with students in 30 industrialized countries, according to the Broad Foundation. Sixty-eight percent of 8th graders can’t read at their…
Libraries struggling to remain democracy’s hidden treasure
As we get older, there are some things that may be constants in life, but aren’t fully appreciated until we reach a certain age. I, for example, have been going to libraries for nearly my entire life, but I’ve never…
Voice of perserverance can’t be silenced
These days, I try to make a regular habit out of stopping to reflect on my life and how I’ve gotten to where I am today. It serves to remind me that no matter how rough life becomes, I must…
Tom Gillen, Our Choice
As students, most of us have but a temporary tryst with the city of Oswego, heading for greener pastures as soon as tassels move from left to right on graduation day. But the rules of public parks and loaned spaces…
Apple releases anticipated iOS, iPhone
Once again, Apple Inc. has updated its line of technologically advanced iPhones with the iPhone 4S. Year after year they release a new version of the groundbreaking smart phone, and this frequency begs the question: who will update their now…
Switchfoot
The San Diego quintet, Switchfoot, released their eighth studio album entitled “Vice Verses,” on Sept. 19. The band debuted in 1997 with their album, “The Legend of Chin” and have been making music ever since. Switchfoot is made up of…
The High Cost of Living
New on DVD at the beginning of October is “The High Cost of Living” starring Zack Braff (Scrubs) and Isabelle Blais. The film conquers the painful question of what happens after a tragic accident occurs. Braff plays the role of…
SUNY Briefs 11/4/2011
Canton A SUNY Canton faculty member was reported missing on Oct. 31, according to the Canton Police Department. Kathryn Latimer, 50, a secretary in the registrar’s department at the school, was reported missing by her husband, who also works for…
