Department of Education amends sexual misconduct rules in Title IX
The federal Department of Education amended the laws that make up Title IX regarding sexual misconduct and how schools are required to investigate and discipline students involved. The new guidance, which is currently represented as a placeholder policy until Secretary…
Add ‘American Assassin’ to list of typical action films
Rating: 2/5 stars “American Assassin” is directed by Michael Cuesta (“Kill the Messenger”) and stars Dylan O’Brien (“Teen Wolf”) as Mitch Rapp, a young CIA black ops recruit who teams up with Michael Keaton (“Spider-Man: Homecoming”) to thwart the launch…
Woolfolk hosts meet and greet to converse on student concerns
At a talk featuring Jerald Woolfolk, vice president for student affairs and enrollment manager at Oswego State, students brought up numerous issues they were aware of on campus such as racism, renovations and accessibility concerns on campus for the disabled….
Young Thug, Carnage surprise fans with ‘Young Martha’
Rating: 4.5/5 stars This past week, the highly anticipated album from YSL/Heavyweight Records and artists Young Thug and DJ Carnage has finally dropped and is creating chaos. A plethora of teasers from DJ Carnage were released on Twitter wth the…
Killers give listeners nothing new in ‘Wonderful Wonderful’
Rating: 3/5 stars Formed in Las Vegas in 2001 by Brandon Flowers (lead vocals, keyboards) and Dave Keuning (guitar, backing vocals), adding bassist Mark Stoermer and drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr. to the line-up a year later, The Killers were thrown…
Planetarium features astronomical shows
The planetarium at Oswego State has over 50 years of history. First operating out of Piez Hall, which was renovated into the Shineman Science Center in 2012, the planetarium now operates in a domed room on the second floor of…
Aronofsky’s ‘mother!’ has alienated mainstream audiences
Rating: 4/5 stars Darren Aronofsky’s (“Noah”) allegorical horror film “mother!” is easily the most ambitious, and very likely, the most divisive film seen all year. It is one of those movies that is incredibly hard to synopsize without spoiling the…
Golf to defend title at 20th Annual Fall Oswego Invitational
Oswego State Lakers golf will host their fall invitational for the 20th consecutive year this weekend at their home course Oswego Country Club. Head coach Mike Howard took over the golf program 25 years ago and wanted other teams to…
Junior forward heating up in her second season in Oswego, helping turn team
Katie Reynolds hat trick last week against Keuka College led the Lakers to a 4-2 win, their third of their current four-game win streak after starting the season 0-2. Reynolds has scored six goals in six games so far this…
Change comes in various types
Many students are guilty of liking that beautifully worded, heartstring-tugging Facebook post that claims to be in support of ending world hunger or that 140-character message on a timeline that ends with the phrase “please retweet.” Then, what happens is…
