The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

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Month: September 2019

Volleyball builds off last year, wins first invitational

The Oswego State volleyball season is underway and the Lakers are looking to build off a successful 2018 campaign. They made the SUNYAC playoffs but fell in the semi-finals to SUNY New Paltz. Last weekend they got off to a…

Lakers use new season as way to bond

With the new semester starting, fall sports are upon us as the Oswego State women’s tennis team begin their 2019 campaign. Coming into the year the team is focused on growth as a group on and off the court. The…

Men’s soccer looks to get back to playoffs in tough conference

Last season the men’s soccer team ended its season in heartbreak. The team was one point away from a postseason berth, their first since 2014. Through the pain from last season, the Lakers are ready to take the next step…

Lakers look to land first winning record since 1985

The Oswego State field hockey team has been shooting for a winning record for the last 34 seasons, after a 7-6 record in 1985 – a year that Bowling for Soup said was “way before Nirvana, there was U2 and…

Women’s soccer gears up for start of 2019 campaign

The Oswego State women’s soccer team narrowly missed out on a SUNYAC playoff berth in 2018. Last season, it was tough for the Lakers to score. This season, the message is pretty clear. Oswego State needs to capitalize on their…

Fire in Scales Hall

A fire broke out in Scales Hall on the east side of campus Wednesday night. The fire originated from a stove in a Scales kitchenette unit around 8 p.m. Oswego State University Police responded to the emergency call and were…

Social media can lead to desensitization

For as long as humans have existed, we have been obsessed with vanity. When the way we were able to document our beauty was by commissioning a painter to do a portrait, those who could afford it had obscene amounts…

Humanity needs to fix climate before too late

July of 2019 was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth. Glaciers melted, sea levels rose, wildfires raged and tons of carbon dioxide poured into the atmosphere. Climate change got worse this summer and it will keep getting worse until…

Staff Editorial (Sept. 6, 2019)

The beginning of a new academic year also brings a new year for The Oswegonian, which is entering its 84th year of publishing. The staff is excited to share their best work every week with the faculty and students of…

Security cameras not needed in Oswego

“Big Brother is watching, but it’s for all the right reasons.” This was the opening line of a College Life Newspaper article published last week in response to Oswego putting up new cameras to try and “thwart” criminal activity in…