The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

DATE

Dec. 23, 2024

Month: April 2012

Laker Review

Train tops US charts with new studio album

Train, better known for their smash hit “Hey Soul Sister,” attempts to show they can strike gold again with their new album “California 37.” Train’s previous album peaked at No.8 on the charts, setting the bar extremely high. Train has…

Laker Review

White riffs breakup tunes

Over the last 15 years, Jack White has been rock ’n’ roll’s ultimate Renaissance man, a virtuosic talent who has too many ideas for one band to hold. There is the brutally simplistic garage rock of The White Stripes, the…

Penfield Gems Web Exclusive

Edwidge Danticat – “Brother, I’m Dying”

“Brother, I’m Dying” is an autobiographical novel and account of Edwidge Danticat’s diaspora from Port-Au-Prince, Haiti to America. This novel and commentary on U.S. Immigration and world policies received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography. Danticat is also…

Sports

Campus Recreation Sports Report

BASEBALL: Shane LaChance proved to be the highest flyer on campus after he took home the dunk contest championship with a final-round score of nine while the 3-on-3 tournament saw close contests in all three divisions. Low Expectations garnered championship…

Sports

Men’s tennis enjoys early success, faces tough teams

The SUNY Oswego men’s tennis team started the spring season hot with two early wins against Keuka College and Keystone College by the scores of 8-1 and 7-2, respectively. Oswego State defeated Keuka College in a convincing fashion. Ben Schleider…

Sports

Senior ends stellar career

Senior attacker Rachael Raffa has been making noise since her freshman year on Oswego State’s women’s lacrosse team. As a freshman, she scored 42 goals and 19 assists, which was the 12th-best season-point total, the 15th best goal total and…

Sports

Men’s tennis shut out

The Oswego State men’s tennis team suffered a 9-0 loss Wednesday afternoon to Division II Roberts Wesleyan College. The Lakers struggled at doubles, dropping two out of three matches, 8-0. Though the scoreboard did not reflect it, the Lakers played…

Sports

Women’s lacrosse honors six seniors in conference loss

The Oswego State women’s lacrosse team fell to The College at Brockport, 23-11, on Saturday, a day in which the Lakers honored the six seniors on the team. The Golden Eagles (8-3, 4-2 SUNYAC) struck first in the fourth minute…