The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

DATE

Dec. 23, 2024

Month: February 2012

Sports

O’Brien wins with career-high score

Junior diver Joe O’Brien took home top honors in the men’s 1-meter diving competition at the Oswego Diving Invitational on Saturday at Laker Pool. O’Brien recorded a career-high 463.10 points in the event, which surpassed the next highest score by…

Sports

Wrestling drops Senior Day match to No. 5 Cortland

On Wednesday, the Oswego State wrestling team celebrated Senior Night. During the pregame ceremonies, flowers were given to the senior wrestlers as the wrestling department showed its appreciation for their services to the school. That was the highlight of the…

Sports

Record-breaking career nears end

Four years ago, Oswego State women’s basketball head coach Tracy Bruno, recruited a fundamentally sound athlete from Schaghitcoke, N.Y named Kayla Ryan. “I saw Kayla playing for the first time at a fall shoot-out at RPI in Albany,” Bruno said….

Sports

Paintball club has positive outlook

Ever since the first game of paintball was played back in 1981, the sport has witnessed a steady increase in popularity. Young people especially have taken an interest in the adrenaline rush that is competitive paintball. Oswego State is no…

Sports

Lakers, Plattsburgh clinch first-round byes with wins

The road to the SUNYAC Championship will either go through Oswego State or SUNY Plattsburgh, as both teams clinched a first-round bye with victories over the weekend. The Lakers currently sit atop the conference standings at 10-0-2, accumulating 22 points….

Sports

Long journey ends for Delfino

Seven years ago, Joshua Delfino was an All-State varsity basketball player at Newfield High School and committed to a two-year prep school with the intention of earning a Division I scholarship. But after nine semesters at four schools, three and…

Opinion

Learn to trust your fellow man, not television’s version

The day I turned my back on a man with a gun, I had no fear. It was not an act of bravery or valor. This was not a courageous deed. It was normal. The wind was gusting as I…

Opinion

How to land a date in four days

It’s almost the middle of February and we all know what that means: Valentine’s Day is screaming at you like a toddler on a plane. Four days away. Once again, you’ll be spending the holiday home alone like some crazy…

Opinion

Santorum: more suited for Google than presidency

“We have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, chemical weapons.” These words were spoken by presidential candidate Rick Santorum back in 2006. It has since been extensively shown that he was absolutely wrong. When asked about Sen. John McCain’s…

Opinion

New generation of Americans hopelessly unaware of dangers

Is it any wonder that America is in decline? Those of us who remember what America was and what it stood for feel as if we are fighting a losing battle. Why is it that the majority of Americans cannot…