The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

DATE

Dec. 22, 2024

Month: March 2012

Sports

Baseball sweeps doubleheader against SUNYIT

The Oswego State men’s baseball team battled for a doubleheader sweep over SUNY Institute of Technology on Saturday.  The Lakers were fueled by a six-run third inning to take the first game, 7-3.  The pitching of senior Brady Farkas led…

Sports

Youth brings strength to Lakers

The men’s lacrosse program has failed to make the SUNYAC playoffs since the 2009 season, when it was ripped apart by a superior SUNY Cortland team by 22 goals. Following that blistering loss to Cortland, Oswego State has lost 11…

Sports

Campus Recreation Sports Report – 3/30/2012

COED BOWLING TOURNAMENT: Five teams consisting of four members each started the day at Lighthouse Lanes vying for the coed bowling title, but at the end of it all, only Team Rochester stood standing. Joe Pike, Cory Hartman, Rheanna Wanamaker…

Laker Review

‘Games’ leave audience hungry for more

Books and film are such unique and separate art forms that transforming the latter into the former can be an imposing task. They both have their own sets of tools and expectations for implementing characters, theme and obviously plot into…

Laker Review

Indie Concert Series brings new, familiar faces

The Oswego Indie Series is holding its second concert for the Spring 2012 semester. Headlining the Sunday show is Lost Lander, a new music project that just released its debut album “DRRT.” Also performing is The Scarlet Ending, who took…

Laker Review

New quarter, new games

The end of March and start of April mark the deadlines for taxes, the start of spring and the start of the second quarter for the video game industry. Developers and publishers begin building to the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3)…

Laker Review

Wait is over for new album

Every great band releases an album at some point in their career that solidifies themselves as one of the greatest in the history of rock music. For the band Shinedown, consisting of lead singer Brent Smith, lead guitarist Zach Myers,…

Laker Review

Gameplay hurt by controls

The inaugural year for the Nintendo 3DS has been rather stale compared to the typical handheld launch schedule. Since its release in March 2011, there has been a noticeable lack of quality games specifically designed to take advantage of the…

Laker Review

Rejects return to old ways with ‘Street’

The All-American Rejects return from a short break with their new album “Kids in the Street.” After the mediocre reception of their last record and an absence of releases The All-American Rejects return with a record that shows fans they…

Laker Review

‘Happy’ continues Miike Snow’s fresh style

Miike Snow’s self-titled 2009 debut album felt like it came out of nowhere. Their unique piano-driven, and often genre-defying electropop began cropping up everywhere, from “Grand Theft Auto” to “Jersey Shore.” Their success should not really come as a surprise…