The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

DATE

Dec. 23, 2024

Month: October 2017

First-year transfer easing through transition from club to Div. III

Since transferring from University at Albany this past year, Shauna O’Flaherty has surprised many here at Oswego State with her strong play so far this season. This is O’Flaherty’s sophomore year, but her first as a Div. III volleyball player…

Club baseball combines leadership, comraderie to create fun product on field

While October is most commonly associated with postseason baseball heating up in the MLB, it is also the same time the fall season of the National Club Baseball Association is heating up. That is certainly the case for the Oswego…

Field hockey aiming for their best season since 1985

The average cost of a movie ticket was $2.75 the last time the Oswego State Lakers field hockey team had a winning season. That same year, 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union and Nintendo released their…

Price increase comes at curious time

For years, Netflix has dominated in-home entertainment options with hundreds of popular TV series and films to choose from, especially when they produce quality content that can compete with the most popular wide-release movies and biggest network shows. Given the…

Cuomo gives hope to students displaced by recent hurricanes

There is no reason not to offer in-state tuition rates to those displaced by the recent hurricanes. Similar measures were used in 2005 when people were displaced by Hurricane Katrina, according to “Higher Education Today.” It would be wrong not…

Trump tramples women’s right to fair contraceptive coverage

It happened once again; President Donald Trump and his administration decided to take care of women’s ovaries. On Oct. 6, the departments of Justice and Health and Human Services co-signed an executive order to make it easier for employers to…

Stunning annual report numbers

On Oct. 3, every Oswego State student received an email from the faculty. That email was sent to announce the issue of the Annual Security and Fire Report. It was probably forgotten, unopened or quickly overviewed, and that is a…

Cam reveals his own ignorance

The joke is not on 25-year-old sports reporter, Jourdan Rodrigue, it is on the quarterback of the Carolina Panthers, Cam Newton. Last week, during a press conference, Newton was asked a professional question by female reporter Jourdan Rodrigue from the…

New Politics proves they are far from ‘Lost in Translation’

Rating: 4/5 stars On Oct. 6, Danish rock band New Politics released their long-awaited album, “Lost In Translation.” The band created tension when their single “One of Us,” from their fourth studio album, was released on March 10. The band…

‘Spielberg’ taps into mind of one of world’s greatest directors

Rating: 4.5/5 stars “Spielberg” successfully touches the heart and finally puts audiences in the head of a remarkable filmmaker. At the start of “Spielberg,” Steven Spielberg talks about a moment during his teenage years when he said he considered not…