Valentine’s Day isn’t just chocolates and teddy bears
Another year has come and gone, and suddenly it’s Feb. 14 again. Every convenience store is piled high with red and pink gifts for that special somebody. Partners are frantically running around, hoping that their gift will suffice. Those in…
Test free speech on campus
Oswego State has managed to land its name in the news a few times in the last few months, mostly through lists. Most pressing of all lists, Oswego State was named as a top ten worst school for free speech…
Farewell Mr. November: fans lament
One of baseball’s all-time greats announced that the 2014 season will be his last in Major League Baseball. Derek Jeter, an idol to many and one heck of a ball player, will not play America’s pastime come 2015. While this…
In-Klined to Speak
Valentine’s Day is both a great and terrible holiday. I say “great” in that it serves as an opportunity to think about the concept of love, which is in no way a bad thing. I know there are people out…
Baby, it’s cold outside
Last week when my editor asked me to write about the Olympics, I jumped at the chance. It’s not just the Olympics in general, but my favorite of the two: the Winter Olympics. Big air, larger ice surfaces and fresh…
“America is Beautiful” quickly turns ugly
By now most people have heard of Coca-Cola’s “America is beautiful” commercial because of the controversy behind it. If you have not, it is a commercial that aired during the Super Bowl where a few young girls of different cultural…
Graduation Return on Investment sends wrong message
Last semester, Oswego State introduced the Oswego Graduation Return on Investment (ROI), a policy that promises a $300 refund to students who graduate in four years or less. The refund falls under a larger umbrella of promises the college has…
Spring semester means better semester
“The third time is the charm” tends to be accurate. Because Oswego State has semesters and not trimesters, we will have to settle for “second time is the charm.” As we move away from the fall semester, the spring semester…
Love does cost a thing
The turkeys have been gobbled, the pine trees have been unadorned and the confetti was washed out of our hair on New Year’s Day. The holidays over the break undoubtedly left college students with fuller stomachs, but emptier wallets. Nonetheless,…
Oswego State dropped in final home dual
Oswego State’s wrestling team fell to SUNY Cortland on Saturday in its final home dual meet of the season, 40-8. The Red Dragons (13-3) went into Max Ziel Gymnasium ranked fifth in the nation according to the NCAA national rankings….
