California bill misses mark
The state of California has recently passed several controversial bills targeting part-time employees and their companies, generating a huge amount of noise on social media platforms. Last September, California legislators approved a landmark bill requiring companies such as Uber or…
Tasteless marketing trivializes violence
Last week, McDonald’s Portugal publicly apologized for using the tagline “sundae bloody sundae” to promote their Halloween ice cream desserts. The phrase is typically used when describing Bloody Sunday, or the Bogside Massacre, in Northern Ireland in 1972 when British…
Wind Storm Damage Gallery
Photos by Stephen Novak, Erin Blank | The Oswegonian Funnelle Hall leaning lamppost photo submitted by Katie Gaffney Top wind gusts exceeded 60 knots (~70mph) on campus early Friday morning, with sustained winds of 35-55mph late Thursday evening. Trees were…
Lakers reach SUNYACs for first time since 2014, fall to Cortland in penalty kick shootout
It was a heartbreaking end to the Oswego State men’s soccer teams 2019 campaign. Last Saturday, the Lakers competed in the first round of the SUNYAC playoffs at SUNY Cortland. The Red Dragons struck toward the end of regulation, notching…
Volleyball ends season in quarterfinals, will return key players next year
The Oswego State volleyball season has come to an end after a 3-0 loss to SUNY Cortland in the quarterfinals of the SUNYAC playoffs. Last season, the Lakers were able to make it to the SUNYAC semi-finals, beating The College…
‘Weekly Spotify Breakdown’: Nov. 1, 2019
Friday, Nov. 1’s “New Music Friday” Spotify update lightly improved from that of the prior week. While listeners could notice a steep decline in the variety starting three weeks ago, Spotify has been trying to pick that up. While its…
Nautical nightmare ‘The Lighthouse’ explores descent to madness
Robert Eggers (“The Witch”) is one of many young American filmmakers, along with Ari Aster (“Midsommar”), Barry Jenkins (“If Beale Street Could Talk”) and Trey Edward Shults (“Waves”), in this fairly new wave of A24-produced, critically acclaimed and visionary independent…
‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ travels back in time to kill franchise
This franchise needs to be terminated. Directed by Tim Miller (“Deadpool”), “Terminator: Dark Fate” is the newest installment in the long-running “Terminator” franchise. The brainchild of James Cameron (“Avatar”), “Terminator,” has been a staple of action cinema since the 1980s….
‘Outer Worlds’ provides fun gameplay despite annoying flaws
When “The Outer Worlds” was announced, the developers, Obsidian Entertainment, leaned heavily on the fact that some of their members created the original “Fallout” games and later developed the side-entry “Fallout: New Vegas,” which is thought by some to be…
Punk rock band My Chemical Romance announces reunion show
Fans might have come out of their emo phase when the band My Chemical Romance broke up in 2013, but they can now step back into the light and enjoy this music once again. Rumors were floating around that My…
