The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

DATE

Dec. 23, 2024

Month: February 2014

Opinion

In-Klined to Speak

Valentine’s Day is both a great and terrible holiday. I say “great” in that it serves as an opportunity to think about the concept of love, which is in no way a bad thing. I know there are people out…

National Issues Opinion

Baby, it’s cold outside

Last week when my editor asked me to write about the Olympics, I jumped at the chance. It’s not just the Olympics in general, but my favorite of the two: the Winter Olympics. Big air, larger ice surfaces and fresh…

National Issues Opinion

“America is Beautiful” quickly turns ugly

By now most people have heard of Coca-Cola’s “America is beautiful” commercial because of the controversy behind it.  If you have not, it is a commercial that aired during the Super Bowl where a few young girls of different cultural…

Campus News Opinion

Graduation Return on Investment sends wrong message

Last semester, Oswego State introduced the Oswego Graduation Return on Investment (ROI), a policy that promises a $300 refund to students who graduate in four years or less. The refund falls under a larger umbrella of promises the college has…

Campus News Opinion

Spring semester means better semester

“The third time is the charm” tends to be accurate. Because Oswego State has semesters and not trimesters, we will have to settle for “second time is the charm.” As we move away from the fall semester, the spring semester…

National Issues Opinion

Love does cost a thing

The turkeys have been gobbled, the pine trees have been unadorned and the confetti was washed out of our hair on New Year’s Day. The holidays over the break undoubtedly left college students with fuller stomachs, but emptier wallets. Nonetheless,…

Other Sports

Oswego State dropped in final home dual

Oswego State’s wrestling team fell to SUNY Cortland on Saturday in its final home dual meet of the season, 40-8. The Red Dragons (13-3) went into Max Ziel Gymnasium ranked fifth in the nation according to the NCAA national rankings….

Oswego breakfast roundup

Oswego has a lot of places to go for breakfast. Some are slow and have great food; others are fast and have OK food. A few are expensive, and some you need to wake up early for. I can’t rank…

Basketball Sports

Veteran coach preaches winning, camaraderie above all else

Basketball has been in Oswego State women’s basketball coach Tracy Bruno’s life since she was in fourth grade. What is a sport to some was love at first sight for Bruno. As soon as opportunities to compete in organized basketball…

Basketball Sports

Lakers win big on Senior Night

The Oswego State men’s basketball team used a strong offensive performance from Daniel Ross and stifling team defense to secure a 60-41 victory over SUNY Cortland on Senior Night at Max Ziel Gymnasium on Saturday. The win improves the Lakers’…