The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

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Apr. 26, 2024 

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Shenandoah Briere

Women’s lacrosse turns season around in SUNYAC

After a rough start to the season, the Oswego State Lakers women’s lacrosse team appears to have settled in during SUNYAC play. The team started off 2-2 in their first four games before going on a three-game losing streak, including…

Traditional media is not influential

  An ironic twist in today’s society is the fact that young people who spend a fair portion of their day plugged in to various media cites, in fact do not like the media. This idea was supported in the…

Pepsi’s commercial leaves bad taste with social justice allies

The new Pepsi ad quickly took a turn for the worse. More than likely, the creators had good intentions, an idea of bringing people together, but the ad fell through with that. The ad, which stars Kendall Jenner and shows…

Participate in Day without Women, let voices be heard

Since 1909, March 8 has been designated as International Women’s Day. The day grew out of marches where women demanded better hours, better pay and the right to vote. Since then, it has been used to draw attention to many…

Books offer solace away from textbooks

I was never the biggest bookworm growing up and it was not often you would find my head shoved into a million pages of text, unaware of my surroundings and the outside world, diluted to what the plot of my…

City cracks down on taxi cab drivers

On Monday, the Oswego City Common Council passed, with a unanimous vote, the decision to hold a public hearing regarding new amendments made to the city’s taxi cab laws. The proposed amendment to Chapter 228 on taxi cabs has been…

Trump’s presidential election leaves America’s future unclear

“The fault, Dear America, is not in our stars, but in ourselves; that we are uninformed. Today, America voted for a wall. People of goodwill must work to rebuild a bridge instead,” said Liam Kirst of Syracuse said on Twitter….

News

Students continue post-election discussion

On Wednesday night both the Black Student Union and African Student Organization held an open-discussion about the recent presidential election. Inside the packed room of the Marano Campus Center students sat in chairs that were in a circle, while others…

Laker Review

Look at OZ: Adrenaline, hip-hop dance troupe

A mix of music can be heard coming from the third floor karate room of Lee Hall. Step inside and the image of dancers is brought to life. A pivot on the right foot into a turn, the swinging of…

Discussion of social media shows problems

On Oct. 27 the Lewis B. O’Donnell Oz Media Summit touched upon a topic college students know all too well: social media. The platform for the discussion was a look at how social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and…