Sophomore stepping up
Oswego State women’s soccer has a rising star in Brianna Dolan. Not only has she emerged as a leader for the young Laker squad, she has improved her overall game drastically since the 2011 season. Dolan, the 5’8” sophomore from…
Volleyball team comes back to win in final set
In Tuesday’s home debut for first-year head coach JJ O’Connell, the women’s volleyball team defeated St. John Fisher College, 3-2, led by the resilient play of senior Chelsea Crump. Crump had a game-high .402 hitting percentage, as well as a…
Bob Dylan releases 35th album
Bob Dylan has had a career that any musician would kill for. He shows why he deserves all of this praise with his 35th album, “Tempest.” Dylan’s songwriting has always been what has distinguished him from others for years, and…
‘Playground’ retains student-film quality
While Oswego State graduate Mark Martino’s movie struggles with pacing and character devel- opment, “Merciless Playground” stands out as a brave accomplishment for both the young movie- maker and the cinema department he graduated from this past year. The central…
Complexities ‘Coexist’ in new The xx release
Since their eponymous 2009 debut, moody Brit rockers The xx have been touring the world, and apparently, growing up as a band. Producer and band leader Jaime xx, aka Jaime Smith, has been expanding his already impressive repertoire by collaborating…
Student says there is bright future for triple-A games
In a recent interview with the gaming magazine “Edge,” Alex Hutchinson, Ubisoft’s creative director for the upcoming “Assassin’s Creed III”, stated his belief that big budget games, like the Assassin’s Creed franchise, are beginning to fade from the industry. He…
Canadian artist along alumni open Tyler Art Gallery
Tyler Hall opened their first art exhibition of the semester, Oswego Art Alums, on Sept. 7. The impressive collection was a showing of the art of Oswego State alumni, such as Kelly Chilton, Bill DeMott and Paul Bartow. The unique…
Experimental band challenges listeners
It has been almost four years since Animal Collective’s brilliant 2009 album “Merriweather Post Pavilion.” Released to universal acclaim, and giving the band much exposure through poppy, mesmerizing singles like “My Girls” and “Summertime Clothes,” “Merriweather” propelled Animal Collective to…
“A Fist Full of Awesome!”
Jon Stewart on Clint Eastwood’s Republican National convention: “A fist full of awesome!” We then see Eastwood, performing a monologue with an empty chair: “I’m not gonna shut up. It’s my turn.” What Stewart is going to elucidate is the…
Giants Flying Under the Radar
It is not often that the defending Super Bowl champion flies under the radar. The New York Giants have done exactly that this offseason. Instead, the team that stole the headlines this offseason was the team they share a stadium…
