Christmas overrated: too early to celebrate
Oswegonian Editor-in-Chief Annika Wickham published an editorial supporting Christmas creep, a term used since the mid-1980s to refer to a phenomenon of retailers and consumers embracing the Christmas season as early as Nov 1. Wickham says to the anti-creep crowd,…
Lack of foreign language education creates issues
American ethnocentrism is vastly harming students’ education and our connection to other countries and cultures. This all begins in elementary school. The typical American education system waits until high school to begin teaching foreign languages, if it even does at…
No excuse for Kanye West’s anti-semitism
It seems that Kanye “Ye” West has become less of a musician and more of a public provocateur, each reason for appe arance in the headlines more ridiculous than the last. He has done many things in his career but…
The holiday season can start when we want it to
Halloween has officially ended, which can only mean one thing: you can officially start preparing for Christmas. The ‘when Christmas season starts’ debate is a tale as old as time and though I understand and recognize both sides, I think…
Differing Opinions: NHL Reverse Retro jerseys 2022
Resident hockey lovers Abigail Conpropst, Alex Abramovitch and Zac Case will be discussing some of the newly released NHL Reverse Retro jerseys and sharing their differing opinions. Arizona Coyotes Abramovitch: Love it. The Coyotes do not have much going for…
Homemade costumes better than store-bought
It is once again that special time of year where millions of Americans decide to dress up as either the characters from a particular Netflix show or any career professional with “sexy” tacked on the front of it. Every Spirit…
We need to be realisitic about “Midnights,” it was okay
The internet is all abuzz this week about the release of Taylor Swift’s new album “Midnights.” A self proclaimed Swiftie, as her fans like to label themselves, I was part of this excitement though I did not stay up and…
Hochul best choice for governor
Gov. Kathy Hochul is awful. Here is why you should vote for her. Jumaane Williams’ loss in the New York Democratic primary proved once again the unwillingness of the party to nominate a progressive candidate. While centrists like Gov. Hochul…
Trajectory of college friendships, what they mean
If there is one thing any college student or prospective college student needs to know is that we are all in this boat together. Once you move in on the first, always somehow wretchedly hot day in the dying embers…
Columbus Day should be part of Fall Break
Fall break this year gave us the Friday of Oct. 14. However, we were not given the Monday prior off on Oct. 10, which was Columbus Day, now also known as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Many public schools and even universities…
