The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

DATE

Dec. 24, 2024

Chris Ellison

Laker Review

Gallego displays his abstract ‘Memento’

Artist Juan Gallego visited Oswego State for the first in a series of lectures sponsored by the art department on Monday. Gallego, a professor at CES Felipe II University in Madrid, has been known for his abstract-yet-realistic paintings. The first…

Laker Review

Exploring ‘Life on the Ice’ with Rogers

Editor and author Susan Fox Rogers spoke about her experiences in Antarctica as part of the Living Writers Series on Monday. Rogers spent six weeks in Antarctica with a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic Artists and Writers Program…

News

When coming out, students gain acceptance, history

National Coming Out Day (NCOD) is an important day for many students at Oswego State. While the act of coming out to anyone is not an easy task, everyone has different stories and experiences. Sophomore sociology major Troy LaFave’s story…

News

Mayoral hopefuls spar over student issues

  Candidates for city of Oswego mayor struck different postures on issues affecting college students in a debate Wednesday. The factors the candidates thought would lure young people to the area and keep Oswego State students in the city after…

News

99-percenters occupy quad

In solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement, where thousands are protesting economic exploitation, SUNY students left class to rally in the quad on Wednesday. “Corporations influence government to a point where people have no say,” said Alex Lykins, co-president…

Opinion

Guilty before proven innocent

Earlier this week, American citizen Amanda Knox was freed from an Italian prison after her 26-year sentence stemming from the murder of Meredith Kercher, one of Knox’s flatmates while the two were studying in Italy, was overturned. She had been…

Opinion

Don’t call Obama Hitler

On Monday, country singer Hank Williams Jr. was a guest on Fox News’ morning show “Fox and Friends.” This is newsworthy is because Williams got in some trouble when he became the latest contestant in the let’s-compare-Obama-to-Hitler game. Monday was…

Opinion

Wall Street hypocrisy

It started on Sept. 17th, 2011 with a group of protesters made up mostly of college students, anarchists and others. They called this uprising “Occupy Wall Street.” At the time it began there was no leadership and no stated goals….

Opinion

Anonymous support of radical activism

Over the last week or so, I’ve been asked by numerous people if I knew about the situation on Wall Street, where internet activists from the organization Anonymous are currently organizing a mass protest known as Operation Occupy Wall Street….

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor – 10/7/2011

Hi! I’m the owner of the little used bookstore on Utica Street in Oswego. It was so nice to hear of someone not of my generation that grieves the same way I do over the loss of many physical books….