The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

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Month: February 2012

Opinion

Three reasons I want to give up sports, but never will

On the days leading up to Valentines Day, when most single girls are wallowing in self-loathing, I shall be brooding on the state of my fandom. Another Super Bowl has come and gone and I find myself disappointed and angry….

In the Office

Unusual lack of snow blessing, not curse

Strange weather is a common in upstate New York, but what is perhaps even stranger is the way people react to it. This may be earth-shattering news, but this has been a pretty weak winter for Oswego. There’s hardly been…

Staff Editorial

Pick team, stick by them

We all saw it last Sunday: whether you were on Facebook or Twitter, or if you watching the game or not, we all know how the Super Bowl went down. Your friends, the people you follow and news websites updated…

Laker Review Web Exclusive

Halftime show at Super Bowl XLVI

Super Bowl XLVI was a highly anticipated game with the New York Giants playing the New England Patriots in a rematch of Super Bowl XLII. Along with the game itself, viewers look forward to the commercials, celebrity appearances and the…

Laker Review Web Exclusive

The Fray’s “Scars and Stories”

Denver-based piano rock band The Fray released their third studio album “Scars and Stories,” which plays off of the typical sappy, yet oftentimes telling and moving songs that have made the band famous. However, this album lacks the force their…

Laker Review

Independent locals blend bird folk duo

Oswego State’s Hewitt Union Lounge held three musical performers last Friday, Feb. 3, known as the Indie Music Series. Supported by Oswego State’s Artswego Performing Arts Series and WNYO-FM radio station, the indie concert proved to be a success. Alcohol…

Laker Review

Ayesha Khan brings her story of Pakistan

Confinement within the limits of gender-subordinate world never restrained Ayesha Khan from following her dreams of becoming an accomplished film producer, director and actress in Pakistan’s independent film industry. Having faced harsh impediments growing up as a female in Pakistan,…

Laker Review

Hollywood takes science fiction in predictable direction

It seems as if Hollywood recycles the same ideas over and over again, and the science fiction genre is one of the worst offenders. There have been countless movies where someone or a group of people discover some strange force,…

Laker Review

Bentley brings it ‘Home’

Dierks Bentley, a winner of various country music awards, is one of the current country artists that is not afraid to push the limits on changing traditional country music sound. He is known to bring a more modern sound with…

Laker Review

Playing puns produce knights, captains

Oswego State hosted its first 24-hour theater festival on Feb. 3 and 4. The festival started around 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 3 when the writers drew the titles of the plays out of a hat. Then they spent the night…