George Orwell – “Animal Farm”
“Four legs good, two legs bad,” chanted the pigs, horse and dogs. The theme of animals overtaking their farm from humans parallels the Russian Revolution in George Orwell’s famous novel “Animal Farm.” Old Major, a pig with great revolutionary ideals…
New ‘Odd Future’
Discretion advised: the use of the Parental Advisory sticker on an album has never been more useful than it has been with alternative hip-hop group Odd Future. The young, rebellious group from Los Angeles gained underground hype in the late…
Oswego calling for diversity in media
Faculty and students at Oswego State are calling for voices of diversity in the media of the future. On Thursday, March 22, the Voices of Diversity program held a private luncheon and an evening lecture. At the luncheon, Jackie Robinson,…
Fashion in Oswego
While Fashion Week stormed through the streets of the city, Oswego State had its own taste of glamour as the Black Student Union (BSU) held its annual Variety Fashion Show on Friday. The BSU turned Hewitt ballroom into a runway…
Freedom isn’t free
Freedom isn’t free, so they say, but at what cost are you willing to pay for a bit of security? Would you allow others to be arrested for thought crimes, or insinuations of guilt, only to have them arrested without…
Kony 2012 Propagates Stereotypes
It happened quite quickly. The Internet erupted with Kony 2012. Celebrities were tweeting about it, the video on YouTube was getting over a million views a day, and my Facebook wall was littered with literally hundreds of posts about it….
‘The Stolen Kingdom’ easy to grasp
Ross Rosenfeld’s debut novel “The Stolen Kingdom” offers an action adventure plot that anyone can understand and get into very quickly. The story starts out in the Kingdom of Blesden, located in Europe during the Middle Ages. Following the death…
Tyga returns with second album
After enduring multiple push backs and a recall Tyga released his second album, “Careless World: Rise of the Last King,” under Lil Wayne’s record label Young Money Entertainment. There was a considerable amount of hype behind this release based on…
Oswego State’s Other Championship Sports Team
As I sat in the stands of the Max Ziel Gymnasium last Saturday, watching the Oswego State men’s basketball team defeat Cortland for their first SUNYAC championship since 1965, I couldn’t help but think to myself, why aren’t more people…
Antoine Saint – Exupery’s The Little Prince
I want to share with you a beautiful story about a little prince who lives on a planet far away in space. This little prince inhabits a planet that is not very large, and has a baobab tree. He keeps…
