The Oswegonian

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Sep. 19, 2024

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Month: September 2024

Stars wow audiences with VMA fashion, performances

The Video Music Awards took place on Sept. 11 at the UBS Arena in Elmont, New York. The VMAs showcase the year’s most popular music videos and feature memorable performances by many beloved celebrities. This year’s award show was hosted…

Linkin Park new band member causes controversy amid new release of “The Emptiness Machine”

Rating: 4.5/5 stars Seven years after Chester Bennington’s untimely death through suicide, Linkin Park has made their return with new song, “The Emptiness Machine” released on Sept. 5. This will be the second track on their new album “From Zero,”…

Pink Floyd member releases fifth studio solo album

Rating: 5/5 stars Pink Floyd alum David Gilmour has released his fifth studio album, “Luck and Strange,” his first release following a nine-year hiatus from the music industry. Much like the early experimental work of Pink Floyd, “Luck and Strange”…

Megan Thee Stallion covers iconic song “We Will Rock You”

Megan Thee Stallion covering Queen’s iconic hit “We Will Rock You” was not on my 2024 Bingo card. However, the song is quite fitting for her given all that she has been through the years. Over the past four years,…

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” excites fans, welcoming star-studded cast into sequel

Rating: 4/5 stars The lecherous bio-exorcist Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton, “The Flash”) returns in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” the latest slice of gothic whimsy from director Tim Burton (“Wednesday”).  Set over 30 years after the events of the 1988 original, this legacy sequel…

Hollywood Icon James Earl Jones passes away aged 93

On Sept. 9, iconic actor James Earl Jones passed away at 93. Jones is is best known for being the voice behind some of cinema’s most iconic characters. He passed away surrounded by his loving family in Pawling, New York;…

Professor opens new chapter of networking group for broadcasting, cinema students

For Oswego, there will be a new organization for broadcasting and cinema screens studies students to participate in. The Broadcasting Education Association (BEA) has a new chapter of its association opening doors at SUNY Oswego. David Crider, a broadcasting professor…

Seneca artist Luanne Redeye colors kinship on canvas

A family of four poses for a group portrait, two children in front, their parents’ heads cropped from the top. At a brief glance the image may seem like a typical painting, but looking longer, one notices something peculiar: the…

Aspiring sailor revives student sailing club: ‘I came to Oswego for the body of water’

Initial looks can be deceiving. The small 8.5″ x 11″ flyers for the Oswego Sailing Club may have seemed mildly intriguing at first. Tropical music greeted a line of students signing in, a turnout much larger than club president and…

LGBT students find belonging in expanded living space

Following last year’s debut of the All In Living Learning Community (LLC), a living space dedicated to queer students, Residence Life and Housing expanded the community to a second floor of Waterbury Hall to accommodate the wave of interest in…