The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

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Month: October 2019

Digital devices have no place in classrooms

The cellphone is the best and the worst thing to ever happen to college students. Cellphones allow students to freely call or text home whenever they need to – whether it be for money, being homesick or just to say…

Conservatives cannot defend Trump anymore

Impeachment is on the way, that much is clear, but when that will happen seems to be a complete mystery, even to the Democrats fighting for it. Regardless of when it begins, the Democrats have already lost the impeachment battle….

Volleyball drops final 2 SUNYAC games, falls to 6 seed for playoffs

Last season, the Oswego State volleyball team was able to knock off No. 3 seed The College at Brockport in the SUNYAC quarterfinals. The then six-seeded Lakers upset the Golden Eagles 3-2 and now find themselves in a similar situation….

Women’s hockey travels to Vermont

The regular season is officially set to begin for Oswego State as it will hit the road and travel to Vermont to face the Castleton University Spartans for its first two regular season games of the season. After winning their…

Swimming, diving teams begin seasons

The start of the 2019-20 Oswego State men’s and women’s swimming and diving season is a mirror image to the way the two teams started off in 2018-19, a meet against Rochester Institute of Technology and SUNY Oneonta. The hope…

Exhibition games provide Oswego State with things to fix

Forty penalty minutes, 11 different goal-scorers, one power play goal and two wins sums up the Oswego State men’s hockey team’s two exhibition games. The Lakers’ two exhibitions were a 9-1 win over Carleton Place from the Central Canada Hockey…

Men’s soccer travels to Cortland for SUNYAC first round

The Oswego State men’s soccer team finds itself in a position it has not been in since 2014. This Saturday, Nov. 2, the Lakers head to SUNY Cortland for the first round of the SUNYAC playoffs. The last time Oswego…

Weekly Spotify Breakdown: Oct. 25, 2019

In contrast to the past several weeks, listeners will notice how Spotify’s selection for its “New Music Friday” playlist offered quite a scarce variety when it comes to the different musical styles readers were provided. While the Oct. 25 edition…

‘Watchmen’ delivers captivating story despite bland filmmaking

Damon Lindelof (“Lost,” “The Leftovers”) is one of the entertainment industry’s most interesting writers. Notorious for posing interesting questions and taking his sweet time to follow up, Lindelof has decided to set his sights on one of the world’s most…

Rex Orange County creates his lyrical masterpiece with ‘Pony’

There are defining moments for every musical artist, albums from The Beatles’ “Abbey Road” to Beyoncé’s “Lemonade” collect the essence of an artist’s sound while delivering genuine and powerful lyrics. For Rex Orange County, that defining moment is the recently…