The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

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Year: 2016

Laker Gameday Preview: Men’s Ice Hockey @ SUNY Potsdam

Road Legs The longest road trip of the Lakers’ SUNYAC schedule comes this weekend. They’ll travel approximately 482 miles with stops in Potsdam and Plattsburgh. Despite being 3-0 on the road this year, things have not been as perfect as…

Students form sit-in protest Friday to show support for marginalized groups

The nationwide protests of Donald Trump’s election continue to inspire Oswego State students to demonstrate and vocalize their frustrations. “No justice, no peace.” This was one of the chants that echoed through the Marano Campus Center Friday afternoon as part…

Family, food more important than debates during dinner

Next week, Oswego State students will be flocking home to celebrate Thanksgiving, the marvelous holiday where families gather around the table to demolish a 20-pound turkey. There is nothing that compares to seeing relatives and busting out the fancy dishware…

Opinion Staff Editorial

Respect holiday break

According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Thanksgiving is celebrated as a legal holiday for people to be thankful for what they have, yet the traditional family turkey dinner is not always the story for some Oswego State students. Whether it is because…

Trump’s speech lacks meaning

On his way to becoming president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump once made a vow to “protect our LGBTQ citizens from the violence and oppression of the hateful, foreign ideology.” Trump’s vow came in July, a full month after…

Student protests show need for unity, not division at college

Last week’s election left half the country emotional, unstable and concerned for their well-being.  Donald Trump becoming our president-elect stirred hatred, fear and disbelief across the U.S. Riots and protests broke out among anti-Trump groups, blocking streets and flooding college…

Major study ends for good reason

Controversy has been stirred among women over the recent conclusion of a male birth control study. Papers, magazines and news sources alike have claimed the study was shut down because of the “whining of men regarding needless side effects.” Any…

In the Office Opinion

Immigration very crucial, influential to U.S.

Immigration is a difficult topic to touch on but it is important to talk about. The United States is built on immigration.  A majority of the early politicians and founding fathers were all descendants of English immigrants. The innaugural Thanksgiving…

Letters to the Editor Opinion

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

If you are like me, you have been getting some hard questions from students regarding the election results. In conservation biology, the study of maintaining the Earth’s biodiversity, we discuss many environmental and social topics like disparity in wealth, women’s…