The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

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Year: 2018

Golf wins Oswego State Invite for fourth straight year

Last weekend, the men’s golf team hosted the 21st Oswego State Fall Invitational at the Oswego Country Club. For the fourth consecutive year, the Lakers won the tournament with a combined score of 611 (+43) over two days. While shooting…

Smartphones not smart for kids

Technology has allowed for drastic improvements in the modern world. It has added in medical treatment, communication, education and much more, but it is to further develop already-formed minds, not to teach young children. While technology has seemingly endless benefits,…

Debut song suggests promising career for young artist

It has become clear that this is the golden era for musicians. With the ubiquity of the internet, artists can now release professional-sounding music on their own with nothing but a microphone, a computer and some time. Artist Ben Kent…

Electoral College unbalanced, corrupt

The system that America established to elect the president is called the Electoral College. States have a select number of electors that vote, depending on how the people in their states vote. The system today is unbalanced and corrupt and…

New photos emerge, shed light on Joaquin Phoenix Joker standalone

Recent footage of Joaquin Phoenix (“You Were Never Really Here”) as the Joker has fans divided. A teaser trailer featuring Phoenix in a look reminiscent of classic whiteface clown makeup surfaced as early as Sept. 16, 2018. The look also…

‘Hold the Dark’ shines bright during slow September season

Within this dull, dreary month of September, against all odds, Netflix has shined a light through again. Granted, there is a reason for that, as this time, it has teamed up with an extremely promising up-and-coming filmmaker and a star-studded…

Archives Film Laker Review

‘Hell Fest’ proves to be so-so in terms of quality

“Hell Fest” proves the spirit of the “B” movie lives on. It is a fairly unique concept that has a lot of room for exploitation in horror films. It is just a shame that it is living in the shadow…

Bankruptcy looms, Telltale Games fires half its employees unexpectedly

Telltale Games, a popular video game developing company, announced on Sept. 21 that it would be firing a majority of its employees and that, once all affairs were wrapped up, it would cease any continuing development of games. While video…

Party politics ruin Kavanaugh hearing

Regardless of political affiliation, it is impossible to excuse any of the parties responsible, with the exception of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, for turning Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing to the United States Supreme Court into a circus. It started…

Dunkin Donuts disrespects destitute man

Dunkin’ Donuts is in the news again, and it is not for a name change this time. The Post-Standard reported that, on Oct. 1, a Syracuse Dunkin’ Donuts employee dumped water on a homeless man sleeping in a booth while…