Class to summit Africa’s highest peak
This week, students and faculty members continued their preparation for their climb in January of Mount Kilimanjaro. The group, PED 399, led by Gary Morris, Director of Career Services, and Mehran Nojan, Director of Institutional Research and Assessment, will be…
9/11 memorials held
On Sunday, America remembered the horrible events that occurred on 9/11. “As I watched the twin towers fall for the first time, I felt like I was losing something” freshman Lindsey Frazer said. All around the world, people reflected and…
Oswego club hockey team reacts to Russian tragedy
Sports fanatics all over the world are calling the death of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) Lokomovtiv team one of the most horrendous and tragic events in the world of sports. The entire Russian-based hockey team was killed when an…
Burrell makes SMART moves
Marcia Burrell, associate professor in the School of Education, has a schedule that would leave most people feeling overwhelmed. She is the co-director of Project SMART, Chair of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and an active member in several…
Ex-Prof Abducted
Former Oswego State professor Warren Weinstein was abducted from his home in Pakistan in August. He was working in Lahore for a private contractor as an economic development director. On Sept. 7, Oswego State President Deborah Stanley issued a press…
Brothers battle for everything in ‘Warrior’
“Warrior” is in many ways a movie that’s been seen too many times. However, there’s a certain appeal and emotional core that makes “Warrior” a vastly different, and more importantly, good, movie. The film centers on Tommy (Tom Hardy, “Inception”)…
Disease spreads through touch
We live in a world of constant fear. Of these fears, the most predominant is disease and the fear that one day it will be linked to the eventual zombie apocalypse and be the downfall of society. “Contagion,” directed by…
Closing Loop for season
Ask any local and they will tell you half the fun of eating at Rudy’s Lakeside Drive-In is basking in the late-summer sun as it sinks into Lake Ontario. So of course we visit on a Monday, after sunset, in…
Neon Indian shines on sophomore album, ‘Era Extraña’
In 2009, Neon Indian, also known as Alan Palomo, burst onto the electronic scene with his acclaimed LP “Psychic Chasms.” Palomo’s unique blend of synthesizers, breezy melodies, guitar distortion and catchy 8-bit samples helped usher in a new style of…
Queens ‘BLVD’ reveals immigrants’ lives
It’s not always clear what kind of hybrid creature a multi-media performance will be; a dysfunctional mutant, or a powerful, artistic chimera. “Crossing the BLVD” incorporates photography, music and storytelling woven together masterfully by actor and writer Judith Sloan. “BLVD”…
