The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

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Apr. 27, 2024 

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Month: March 2021

Staying safe, winning top priorities for softball

Oswego State softball began its season on Monday splitting the doubleheader with the Rochester Institute of Technology losing 8-5 in game one and winning 4-3 in game two.  Head coach Gabrielle Rivers played against the Tigers when she was on…

Bucs varsity football returns to Oswego after canning 2019 season

The Oswego varsity football team may not have fielded a team in 2019, but head coach Jason Primrose has 41 players ready for a shortened campaign this year. COVID-19 pushed back the Buccaneers’ season from its typical fall time frame…

With high-end skating, offensive prowess, Vance makes impact for Lakers

During Carson Vance’s first game with the Oswego State men’s hockey team on Nov. 1, 2019, it was around 43 degrees Fahrenheit outside in Oswego.  In his hometown, Tempe, Arizona, it was 77 degrees when the puck dropped in the…

Mask mandates vital to protection

In the beginning of March, it was announced that Texas and Mississippi would lift the mask mandates that were required due to COVID-19. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott thinks Texas should completely open up, as seen by his decision to allow…

Fear must end, women need more

The month of March rang in National Women’s History month in the U.S. While celebrations were rampant over social media, the salutations were soon cut short with the tragic, vile news regarding 33-year-old Sarah Everard, a marketing executive from South…

Letter to the Editor

In our cocoon called Oswego, we can easily view geopolitical events as something far from our universe of life, which can be easily dismissed. Deep down, we know otherwise. Currently United States and Chinese diplomats are meeting in Alaska to…

Response to Leonard’s slur weak, harmful

On March 9, the Miami Heat’s Meyers Leonard yelled an absolutely atrocious word while live-streaming on “Call of Duty.” After getting sniped at, Leonard hesitated before saying an anti-Jewish slur clearly and intentionally into a microphone. While Leonard was suspended…

The Editor-in-Chief’s column: Student quality matters, not institution

Syracuse University. Arizona State University. Northwestern University. The University of Maryland.  All of these schools have something in common, and no it is not just the fact that they all have “university” in their titles. Those four schools have notable…

Student Spotlight: The Gravetender

You said we wouldn’t last past June Or late July I can’t remember As the words have blurred from the tears I shed when you left And never came back Like family Who came and went as they pleased Pushing the…