The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

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Nov. 20, 2024

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Electoral College unbalanced, corrupt

The system that America established to elect the president is called the Electoral College. States have a select number of electors that vote, depending on how the people in their states vote. The system today is unbalanced and corrupt and…

New photos emerge, shed light on Joaquin Phoenix Joker standalone

Recent footage of Joaquin Phoenix (“You Were Never Really Here”) as the Joker has fans divided. A teaser trailer featuring Phoenix in a look reminiscent of classic whiteface clown makeup surfaced as early as Sept. 16, 2018. The look also…

‘Hold the Dark’ shines bright during slow September season

Within this dull, dreary month of September, against all odds, Netflix has shined a light through again. Granted, there is a reason for that, as this time, it has teamed up with an extremely promising up-and-coming filmmaker and a star-studded…

Archives Film Laker Review

‘Hell Fest’ proves to be so-so in terms of quality

“Hell Fest” proves the spirit of the “B” movie lives on. It is a fairly unique concept that has a lot of room for exploitation in horror films. It is just a shame that it is living in the shadow…

Bankruptcy looms, Telltale Games fires half its employees unexpectedly

Telltale Games, a popular video game developing company, announced on Sept. 21 that it would be firing a majority of its employees and that, once all affairs were wrapped up, it would cease any continuing development of games. While video…

Party politics ruin Kavanaugh hearing

Regardless of political affiliation, it is impossible to excuse any of the parties responsible, with the exception of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, for turning Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing to the United States Supreme Court into a circus. It started…

Dunkin Donuts disrespects destitute man

Dunkin’ Donuts is in the news again, and it is not for a name change this time. The Post-Standard reported that, on Oct. 1, a Syracuse Dunkin’ Donuts employee dumped water on a homeless man sleeping in a booth while…

Believe Dr. Blasey Ford’s testimony

Dr. Christine Blasey Ford told the truth. That much must be clear to everyone. Her testimony had no possible positive edge for her. Regardless of what happens with Kavanaugh, she will forever be associated not with her numerous academic achievements,…

‘Dark Phoenix’ releases first trailer showing off new dark tone

The “X-Men” franchise, with the original release dating back to 2000, originally focused not on the formation of the X-Men or them learning their powers, but on the question of what is right and wrong when both of them are…

‘Creed II’ trailer offers more than just ‘Rocky IV’ remake

On Sept. 26, the new trailer for “Creed II” was released, and after 33 years, Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren, “The Expendables 3”) is back. The roided-up Russian who killed Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers, “Chicago Justice”) in “Rocky IV” is back,…