Safety inspections commence
With the beginning of every new semester comes fire safety inspections in all residence hall rooms and, sometimes, confiscation of personal belongings. Oswego State junior Julie Loney previously had a foldup table taken from her room by a resident assistant…
In the Office: Unfortunate weather calls for additional bus
Looking out the window to frosty and bitter winter conditions is a constant occurrence at Oswego State. Just the thought of having to walk from a residence hall like The Village or Seneca Hall is chilling to the bone on…
The First Step
On a bone-chilling February 1st, I looked at the calendar. It spit at me. It was just that time of year, and that day would soon be approaching.It wasn’t just that I had no relationship prospects, as had been the…
Staff Editorial: Little Donny’s Big Parade
President Donald Trump’s vision of marching soldiers, confetti and tanks rolling down the streets of Washington D.C. is slowly becoming a likely, yet unnecessary, reality. Last month, an anonymous military official told The Washington Post that Trump requested a “parade…
‘Man of the Woods’ attempts reinvention of Justin Timberlake
Rating 4/5 Stars This album is weird. Released on Feb. 2, Justin Timberlake’s 5th studio album, “Man of the Woods,” what is described as a pop album, is actually a music fever dream. Listening to this album is like taking…
2017’s best pop album disguised as Jackman musical
Rating: 3.5/5 Stars Every once in a while, a movie-musical comes along that completely shatters our expectations of what a movie about people breaking into song and dance can be. Whether it be the 70s summer hit “Grease” that became…
Rich Brian’s debut album proves he can do more than joke
Rating: 3.5/5 Stars When Brian Immanuel, formerly known as Rich Chigga (currently known as Rich Brian), dropped the music video for his breakout single “Dat $tick” in 2016, it was met with mixed reactions. The 17-year-old Indonesian rapper wearing a…
Daniel Day-Lewis’ supposed final acting performance
Rating: 4.5/5 Stars “Phantom Thread” is directed by the literal master Paul Thomas Anderson (“Inherent Vice”) and stars Daniel Day-Lewis (“Lincoln”). The film sees him portray esteemed dress-making master Reynolds Woodcock, who falls for a waitress, Alma (Vicky Krieps, “A…
Del Toro proves his master status once again in ‘Shape of Water’
Ratings: 4.5/5 Starts Guillermo Del Toro (“Troll Hunters”) wrote the screenplay, directed and produced the film, “The Shape of Water.” As a loyal fan of Del Toro, there were no worries that this film would be anything less than incredible….
Spielberg crafts his love letter for journalism in ‘The Post’
Rating: 3.5/5 Stars In the past few years, the role of the media in relation to our current political climate has been relentlessly debated. Some would argue that journalists in our modern era hold no integrity and only serve biased…
