Men’s Hockey sets sights on Lake Placid
Two years ago it was a season of excitement after the Oswego State men’s ice hockey team reached the NCAA National Semifinal for the first time since the 2006-07 season, losing to St. Norbert College. Last year seemed like a…
Lakers shut out again
The Oswego State men’s soccer team dropped a tough decision to the College at Brockport on Saturday afternoon, losing 2-0. Battling both the elements and their opponent, the Lakers failed to produce much offense and recorded only three shots on…
Women’s hockey aims for top of ECAC
The Oswego State women’s ice hockey team ended last season with a heartbreaking 2-1 double overtime loss to Neumann University in the ECAC West Quarterfinals. This ending seemed premature for a Laker team that finished with their best record in…
Lakers have holes to fill from last season
There’s something about the smell of the Campus Center Ice Arena that just gets one’s hockey juices flowing. For me, that smell first arose in July when I covered the Erik Cole Dream Big Youth Hockey Tournament here on campus…
Club rugby turns heads
The women’s club rugby team has taken Oswego State by storm. Playing with a ball half the size of a normal football, running for nearly an hour and a half, and tackling each other bone to bone, the team has…
Freshman off to fast start
It is very rare to see a freshman enter a collegiate sports program and instantly see success. Meghan Murphy is one of those uncommon exceptions. Murphy posted two fifth-place finishes at the Oneonta and Oswego State Invitationals, the first two…
‘Forza 4’ takes pole position
A game that car lovers and non-car lovers alike can enjoy, “Forza Motorsport 4,” encompasses the cult of cars better than any other racing game on the market. “Forza 4” also accommodates for the less skilled players, who have little…
Zombies ‘Walk’ again
It has been a long wait, but “The Walking Dead” finally returned Sunday night with a brand new episode, “What Lies Ahead,” to kick off the second season of the highly acclaimed AMC show. The 90-minute premiere was everything viewers…
‘Escape’ this Addiction
Several elements made Jane’s Addiction one of the great rock bands of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s: their Led Zeppelin-like swagger, lead singer Perry Farrell’s frenzied, caterwauling vocals, the Hendrix-esque guitar histrionics of Dave Navarro and the heavy-yet-melodic rhythm…
One good ‘Thing’ leads to another
It seems like Hollywood has little to offer as of late except for remakes and sequels. When Mattijs van Heijningen Jr. was given the go ahead to make the 2011 installment of “The Thing,” a lot of people shook their…
