The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

DATE

Dec. 22, 2024

Month: April 2024

Oswego State softball returns home against St. Lawrence University Saints

The Oswego State softball team returned home from their trip to Myrtle Beach to face the St. Lawrence University Saints on March 30 in a doubleheader. It is of note that although the season is ten games in, this is…

Oswego State wrestling coach Mike Howard inducted to Hall of Fame

Another milestone has been made for coach Mike Howard: the head coach of both the Oswego State wrestling and golf team will be inducted into the Upstate New York chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in September.  Mike…

Oswegonian staff debate the excitement around eclipse

Mackenzie Shields: The semester has all been leading up to this: April 8, the day of the total solar eclipse. While for some, it may just be a day of canceled classes, for others, it is much more. Even if…

Influencers should not be required to speak out 

Celebrities should not be required to talk about issues they are not educated on. We should leave the talking to political figures and public officials. It is appreciated when a celebrity makes a statement regarding a global issue, but it…

Looking forward to graduation, despite drawbacks

The SUNY Oswego graduation fair was on April 2 and I was a little disappointed with what I saw while I was there. I went in expecting the fair to be pretty busy, with it also being inside the rink…

New laws needed for women’s safety following stabbing 

Concern for women’s safety is at an all-time high following the death of Samyia Spain, a teen girl who was stabbed to death by a man she rejected in Brooklyn. 19-year-old Samyia Spain and her twin, Sanyia Spain, were in…

‘Interplay’ from shoegaze legends Ride takes listeners for one groggy trip

Rating: 3.5/5 Ride (“This Is Not a Safe Place”) is certainly not a new band and their new album “Interplay” was good.  The first track off “Interplay” is titled “Peace Sign.” This felt very ‘80s, but in a good way….

Camila Cabello experiments with hyperpop to lukewarm results

Rating: 3.5/5 stars Camila Cabello (“Familia”), Miami-raised “Havana” pop singer released her much anticipated single “I LUV IT” on March 27, featuring Playboi Carti (“Whole Lotta Red”). Cabello’s previous work entails mid-tempo pop and Latin influenced releases. Cabello seems to…

Neil Young, Joni Mitchell return to Spotify after anti-Rogan boycott

It seems as though “The Godfather of Grunge” Neil Young cannot escape his current enemy: Spotify. Following their two-year boycott of Spotify, Young and his fellow Canadian-born folk singer Joni Mitchell have returned their music to the streaming platform.  Young…

Rico Nasty, Boys Noize shake up techno with scorching collab 

Rating: 5/5 stars They say good things come in threes. That is certainly true of the latest EP released by Rico Nasty (“SIMP”) in collaboration with the German DJ Boys Noize (“Oi Oi Oi”). The bite-sized three-track EP stylistically titled…