New film is a ‘code’ worth cracking
Philosophers have suggested that humans are a mimetic and imitative lot; when something new is created, a number of copycats appear, most of whom are of lackluster quality. There always seem to be a few, however, that grasp on to…
Everybody’s working for the weekend
What do you do when all the drinking, partying and overall fun of college goes away and you have to get a real job? For the cast of Comedy Central’s new show "Workaholics," the answer is to keep on doing…
Khalifa is new wiz kid of rap
In the dawn of the new decade, the face of music is changing rapidly, and new artists are coming from all corners. Amidst all the smoke comes Pittsburgh native Wiz Khalifa’s Atlantic Records debut, "Rolling Papers." With 2011 being Khalifa’s…
Rocking with Guitaro
Guitaro is a post-shoegaze electronica outfit from Vancouver that has flown under the radar too long. I spoke members Jeremy Unrau, Mark Weibe and Heather Warkentin with them about their latest album, "JJ’s Palace." Q: Guitaro has been together for…
Spring Concert bound to entertain Oswego
After weeks of endless anticipation, the wait is finally over: the annual Student Association Programming Board Spring Concert is this Saturday, April 9th, in the Campus Center Hockey Arena. The show, starring J. Cole and Sam Adams, is bound to…
Army ‘Kill Team’ deserves no defense
On March 27, Rolling Stone magazine published a feature on their website called "The Kill Team," which told in great detail the story of the soldiers in the Third Platoon of the Army’s Bravo Company. The feature was an expose…
Scaling the NYT pay wall
I miss the New York Times. I spent the last hour of March 27, the day before their pay wall went up on March 28, frantically reading as many articles as I could. I read articles about Libya, about the…
Confessions of true nerd
This week, I had a rare moment to sit down in my living room and watch TV. As I browsed the channels, I passed over "Real Housewives," sports and entertainment news and settled in for some quality programming – "American…
Hometown advantage: gift, but also curse
When I walk across campus at Oswego State, a mere 12 miles away from my hometown, I could just as easily be a thousand miles away. All around me are people that are different. Some have different clothes, haircuts and…
1,000 cranes and counting
The Oswego State junior who set out to fold 1,000 paper cranes and collect $1,000 for the relief effort in Japan reached her goal last Friday, just 19 days after she began. It took Amanda Woomer 19 days to reach…
