The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

DATE

Dec. 21, 2024

Month: March 2020

Concerns about online classes rise

The Internet and Blackboard outages Oswego State students have experienced a few weeks ago left Student Association senators concerned about the transferring to online classes due to COVID-19 outbreak fears.  At Tuesday’s SA meeting, program directors addressed the senate in…

Lakers end inconsistent season, fail to return to NCAA tournament

It was a tale of two seasons for the Oswego State men’s hockey team during its 2019-2020 campaign, which ended Saturday with a 4-1 loss against SUNY Geneseo in the SUNYAC Championship.  The season began earlier than normal, players came…

Lakers, other Div. III institutions alter sporting events

Update: March 13, 2020 – 3:43 p.m. Thursday, March 12, the Oswego State Athletics Department canceled the remainder of all winter sports, as well as the spring sports season. Two days before the Oswego State baseball team was expected to…

Editor’s Column: ‘End of hockey season’

Men fall short of national tournament Just 151 days ago, I wrote that the Oswego State Lakers seemed primed to make a run at the NCAA Tournament. It was a team that brought in just two new players and had…

Beat Writer’s Column: ‘Men’s basketball season ends’

Back on March 11, the Oswego State men’s basketball team fell to The College at Brockport, ending its season. With that, my time as the beat writer for the team also came to an end. It is now time to…

Softball gears up for season under new head coach

Note: This story was written prior to SUNYAC and the NCAA’s decision to cancel all remaining sporting events. Ten months ago, the Oswego State softball team was eliminated from the SUNYAC tournament, after giving its season a full makeover. A…

Lakers end impressive season with loss to nationally ranked Cardinals

Another season is officially in the books for the Oswego State Lakers women’s hockey team as its season ended last Saturday against Plattsburgh State in the NEWHL Championship game for the second time in three seasons.  The Lakers finished their…

Lakers send 2 field athletes to nationals

Note: This story was written prior to SUNYAC and the NCAA’s decision to cancel all remaining sporting events. The number of athletes left competing for the Oswego State men’s and women’s indoor track and field team is down to two….

Nicolas Cage cranks crazy to 11 in cosmic horror ‘Color Out of Space’

H.P. Lovecraft is one of the most influential horror writers of all time, but his works have been considered too difficult to adapt, due to their heavy exposition. Many attempts have been made over the years to capture his unique…

Boston B-movie ‘Spenser Confidential’ proves routine fodder

From “21 Jump Street” to “The Nice Guys,” the 2010s were filled with films relating to the buddy-cop film genre. Even in the early 2020s, films of this type are still proving to be popular among general audiences, with the…