The Oswegonian

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Nov. 5, 2024

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Month: April 2023

Indie-rockers Wednesday put noise in country on ‘Rat Saw God’

Rating: 3.5/5 stars The indie world has an inconsistent relationship with country. The trademark hipster rejects country pop as a successful bourgeois attempt at convincing rural farmers that they can find representation in a rhinestone cowboy; they also listen to…

‘Murder Mystery 2’ travels to India, favors comedy over intellect

Rating: 4/5 stars Nick (Adam Sandler, “Hustle”) and Audrey Spitz (Jennifer Aniston, “Dumplin’”) are once again back to being messy and solving crimes in the comedic “Murder Mystery 2.” The couple embarks on a dangerously silly adventure as they attempt…

‘Barbie’ trailer brings anticipation of pink-hued comedic brilliance

Rating: 5/5 stars The official trailer for “Barbie” dropped April 4 and its attention to detail has everyone talking. Just under two minutes long, it has over 18 million views and 10,000 comments on the Warner Bros. YouTube page.  The…

‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ exerts fun cinematic experience for viewers

Rating: 4.5/5 stars “Jumpman” also known as Mario, is one of the most iconic faces in pop culture and video games as a medium. He is “the” mascot when it comes to Nintendo. The red-hatted, overall-wearing Italian plumber has had…

Students protest conservative speaker

The presence of and subsequent talk delivered by Cherise Trump at SUNY Oswego on April 5 created tension on campus due to her viewpoints on the matter of free speech. Trump is the executive director of Speech First, an organization…

Final two presidential forums conclude current portion of presidential search

The final two presidential search open forums were held on March 30 and April 3 with the fourth and fifth candidates, respectively.  David P. Jones, the fourth candidate for the SUNY Oswego presidency, spoke at his community open forum on…

Design Club hosts exhibition, gives awards

SUNY Oswego’s Design Club kicked off their student exhibition March 31 in Tyler Hall’s second floor corner art gallery.  This exhibition is only the club’s second since reforming in the fall of 2021 after having been inactive for some time….

Potential TikTok ban could affect students

The United States is trying to ban the popular app, TikTok, claiming they are concerned over user data being stolen by China.  The nation’s main concern with China is that TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, could be taking data such as…

SAPB announces OzFest headliner

The Student Association Programming Board (SAPB) announced on March 31 that OzFest will be headlined by PARTYNEXTDOOR. According to Discogs, PARTYNEXTDOOR is a “Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer.” He is signed to Drake’s OVO Sound record label and…

CNY biotechnology company developing new method to test for brain injuries

Quadrant Biosciences, a Syracuse based biotechnology company, is developing and researching new tests for detecting brain injuries such as concussions using a person’s saliva. Although these tests do generate quicker results for doctors, the main appeal is that the test…