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…
Cayuga, Seneca halls to receive wireless Internet this summer
Campus Technology plans to update three resident halls with wireless Internet access this summer; currently, three residence halls on campus have wireless internet. As the residence halls are remodeled, CTS will install new wireless infrastructures. The plan is to start…
Running toward a cure
Danielle Barone darts across the quad behind Sheldon Hall. She moves so fast that it’s almost possible to miss her. She’s dressed head to toe in Under Armour. A hat, gloves and iPod complete the running outfit. As she pounds…
Fast start leads Lakers over visiting Cobleskill
"The Oswego State men’s lacrosse team led the entire way as it defeated SUNY Cobleskill, 12-5, in a non-conference matchup Wednesday afternoon at Laker Field. "Junior midfielder Britt Leone’s goal on an extra-man opportunity off a pass from senior midfielder…
