Grammy ceremony dazzles with genre-bending duets, upsets
In a nutshell, here’s how the 2014 Grammys played out: Macklemore “robbed” Kendrick Lamar, Daft Punk and Pharrell won big, Katy Perry rode a dark horse, Madonna is still relevant, so is Beyoncé, and Taylor Swift may write another number…
Vocal Effect’s musical medley show kicks off semester right
Vocal Effect, Oswego State’s fifteen-member student-run show choir, brought their range of talents to Waterman Theatre in a concert on Jan. 30. The fifteen-song show featured “hit songs made famous by artists in their twenties,” including artists ranging from Smokey…
Witty dialogue, similar characters in ‘That Awkward Moment’
“That Awkward Moment” is about three 20-something-year-old male friends trying to navigate the dating scene. The “awkward moment” referred to in the title is the moment where a relationship either reaches the next level or ultimately fails. The film centers…
Oswegonian Staff Picks: A (belated) top 5 music albums of 2013
1. Kanye West was almost normal. With a celebrity baby and a series of appearances on E!, hip-hop’s most bombastic weirdo appeared primed to finally settle down. This, of course, was not to be. West instead launched singles by projecting…
51 annual Juried Student Art Exhibition opens in Tyler Hall
At the Jan. 31 opening of the Juried Student Art Exhibition in Tyler Art Gallery, a small crowd walked among the large, diverse collection. The artists admired the work of their peers, feeling no small satisfaction at having been selected…
Beyoncé challenges industry guidelines with surprise album
Beyoncé’s new album has been on fans’ lips like liquor, “like, like, liquor.” The 32-year-old songstress keeps her audience engaged and lustful for this first-of-its-kind surprise “visual album” released on Dec. 13, 2013. In her self-titled album “Beyoncé ” she…
Creative Writing: Shealene Guerrero
You make my lips curl And I loved the way your lips curled when I kissed you. I miss you. I wanna take a risk for you, but I get nervous. I just wanna slip up and kiss you again…
Cheap Eats: Post-Super Bowl Dip
This Super Bowl Sunday was meaningless to me: I hate football, and Beyoncé didn’t do the halftime show. But one thing I will always love about it is the food. Super Bowl Sunday food is the greasiest, messiest, guilty-pleasure food…
Lakers grind out win
The No. 10 Oswego State men’s ice hockey team (13-4-2, 6-3-1) had a strong first period to get ahead of SUNY Cortland (4-13-3, 3-7-2) by three but, after the Red Dragons responded to cut the lead to one, the Lakers needed…
