TV Spotlight
The Walking Dead, Episode 4.01; “30 Days Without an Accident” In the season four premiere of “The Walking Dead,” the episode opens up with Rick walking out of the prison, which seems to have turned into a little town, much…
Student filmmakers compete in annual Panic Film Festival
The 4th annual Panic Film Festival, an event requiring students to produce films in 48 hours, wrapped up last Saturday with a screening in the Campus Center auditorium. “Unfortunately, a lot of teams that registered didn’t complete their films in…
Short, incoherent thoughts in Fall Out Boy’s ‘PAX AM Days’
“PAX AM Days” is not a new Fall Out Boy album. Just 13 minutes long, “PAX AM Days” is an experimental, spur-of-the-moment punk-inspired EP that has nothing to do with the band’s most recent release “Save Rock and Roll,”…
Robert Rodriguez’ ‘Machete Kills’ exploits grindhouse genre
“Machete Kills” is the latest film in writer and director Robert Rodriguez’s Machete film series. Danny Trejo reprises the role of Machete as he fights his way through Mexico and the United States to stop a rampaging madman. The film…
Hint of experimentation in Parade’s ‘Monsters in the Closet’
Alternative rock band Mayday Parade returned with their fourth album “Monsters in the Closet” released on Oct. 8. Many songs maintain a theme of dealing with the pain we create for each other. The opening track points out that the…
Creative Writing: “Waiting”
I feel as though my whole life has been centered around waiting. I waited for you. I waited for our daughter. I waited for freedom, from this life that has always been a chain around my neck. Now here you are,…
Horoscopes
Aries: Up until now, you’ve been indulging in romantic feelings. Time to get your act together, Aries. De-clutter your space, empty the inbox and hit the gym. Take the incoming challenges, but do not obsess or allow your independent nature…
Timothy Egan speaks to Oswego campus
History came alive in the Hewitt Union Ballroom on Wednesday night when Pulitzer Prize winner Timothy Egan came to speak to the Oswego State community about recent book, “The Worst Hard Time,” published in 2006. Not only was this book…
3.0 or bust: GPA minimum for School of Education questioned
Starting in the fall of 2015, the grade point average requirements necessary to gain admissions to SUNY-system education programs will be raised in an effort to find candidates better prepared to be successful teachers. The policy, which has been…
Oswego State brings in new VP
President Deborah F. Stanley announced today that Jerald Woolfolk Adley has been appointed as vice president for student affairs and enrollment management, effective Jan. 1, 2014. Adley comes to Oswego State from Mississippi Valley State University, where she has been…
