Campus Recreation: Lakerfest headlines full week
On Saturday, Sept. 6, Campus Recreation and Residence Life and Housing co-sponsored the Lakerfest Home Run Derby. The event took place from 1 – 3 p.m. on Cayuga Field. Although the weather did not come through as hoped, participants remained…
Best of Netflix: Trying to fit in somehow
Being the new kid is never exactly a fun position to be in, whether it be moving to a new town or school. These are a few shows and a movie that all deal with being the fish out of…
Weekly EP Revue: Meghan Trainor’s ‘Title’
In June, the now-viral video, “All About That Bass,” was released to the world. Its catchy tune, doo-wop beat and charismatic accompanying video skyrocketed on iTunes and now holds a 55 million view count. Now, Meghan Trainor has released her…
Drag show displays individuality
On Sept. 5, Lakeside Winterguard held a benefit drag show at the Oswego American Foundry and it was a hell of a way to spend a Friday night. Genders were not only bent, but bent over and spanked. Drag performers…
Writing professor releases poetry book
The River’s End Bookstore of Oswego hosted the release of Laura Donnelly’s “Watershed” on Friday, Sept. 5. Donnelly is a professor in the Oswego State creative writing department and this collection of poems is her first published book. A crowd…
HBO’s ‘The Leftovers’ creatively reimagines rapture scenario
What happens when someone loses everything? What happens when something horrible happens to everyone, just and unjust? What happens when someone tries to put that life back together and they find it isn’t as easy as they thought? HBO’s late…
Karen O finally breaks out on her own with ‘Crush Songs’
Karen O, the lead singer of the alternative/indie rock band the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, released her first solo album earlier this week. The album titled “Crush Songs” strays away from the alternative stylings of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and sticks…
Banks’ “Goddess” filled with dreary, dancable soundscapes
At the age of 15, Jillian Banks, more often recognized by her stage name Banks (stylized as BANKS), began writing music to help her through her parents divorce. Back then, the young artist never dreamed of international stardom. However, following…
Fall movie preview: what to look out for this awards season
Birdman (October 17-limited) Acclaimed Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu gives us a very odd Michael Keaton who stars as a washed-up actor who once portrayed the popular super hero “Birdman.” In an attempt to reclaim past glory, he begins to…
Creative Writing: Ode to Mama
“Bright, oh bright!” cradle mama’s neck at night You are strung together and pieced into one lining the cries, and latching the trust Beaming by rise, and falling by dusk Barred by the world, hidden in socks Mama wears…
