Goalies step into leadership role
The Oswego State women’s soccer team is extremely close, as any competitive sports team should be. A successful season, like the one the Lakers experienced last year, will only do more to bring a team together, while a collective struggle…
Bailey looks to close books well on a remarkable career
The Oswego State women’s volleyball team is going through the motions this season. The player that is helping the team play at its best is captain Stephanie Bailey, the only senior on this squad that has plenty of youth on…
Freshman phenom shows true colors
This season for the Oswego State field hockey team has been full of valuable experiences. From close matches to some tough losses. The team still looks to the future of this season as well as for years to come. That…
Campus Recreation Report
The men’s beach volleyball finals took place on Sept. 26 at 6 p.m. at the Volleyball Courts behind Oneida. We love Sloppy Sets took on the Volleybrawlers. Both teams won 2-0 in the semifinals, which brought them into the final…
Work women into all professional fields
If you visit the third floor of Penfield Library on the Oswego State campus, you will find yourself surrounded by walls lined with headshots of 32 former senior professors. There is one woman on the wall. Her name is Dorothy…
Crowdfunding for college
Here’s something we can all agree on: College ain’t cheap. Although I’ve been fortunate enough to have had my parents pay a significant portion of my tuition bill over the nine semesters of my undergraduate studies, I, too have had…
An act of kindness can make the world that much better
We waste most of our days buying clothes for another day, working toward goals we never fully realize. Everything is a means to an elusive end, everything is to make a plan for things that will inevitably be rocked off…
Gay isn’t personality, it’s sexuality
Gay guys are becoming very prevalent. The trend is for college-aged females and even some college-aged males to include at least one token gay guy in their social group. Whether they are the black leather boots that help one climb…
Banned books stop smarts
Why are books banned? Who decides when a book should be banned? There are many reasons that books get banned: racial issues, sexual situations, sexual dialog, violence, and many more contexts are examples of why a book might be…
Awful political attack ads
With the midterm elections almost a month away, one thing that always shows up on every single TV channel, and now on places like YouTube and Hulu, is what’s known as political attack ads. These ads are supplied by one…
