Winter cold weather more enjoyable than summer heat
Leaves are turning orange, pumpkins are appearing and temperatures are dropping. These are all signs of fall as September nears its end. Many are sad over the loss of summer and the forthcoming cold weather. However, unlike the geese, I…
Season brings opportunity to enjoy fall flavors
The fall season has officially begun! Now that it is the end of September, this time of year brings on many things such as comfy sweaters, apple picking, cooler weather and pumpkin spice everything. There is everything from pumpkin spice…
Too early for Halloween, not like Christmas
A certain Oswegonian editor published an opinion in the Sept. 23 issue arguing that the season to celebrate Halloween has already begun. âHalloween is deserving of just as much appreciation of occasions like Christmas, and therefore is entitled to be…
Havensâ Hot Takes: from the News Editor
Any of my friends, family or people who remotely know me know that one of my favorite phrases is âHere me out ⊠I have a hot take.â I pride myself on having a long list of unpopular opinions, covering…
Oswego chicken restaurants ranked: Popeyes, KFC and Tullyâs TendersÂ
With Popeyes as its most recent addition, Oswego is currently the home of three fried chicken oriented fast food restaurants, with the others being KFC and Tullyâs Tenders. More specifically, each establishment stands out for its offering of chicken tenders…
Editorial: Have Marvel films overstayed their welcome?
In the spring of 2019, I was in the movie theater with my brother in Rotterdam, the Schenectady suburb, not the city in the Netherlands, when we watched âAvengers: Endgame.â We were psyched. The both of us grew up with…
Rina Sawayma dives into contemporary pop rock with âHold the Girlâ
Japanese-British pop rocker Rina Sawayama (âFollow Meâ) released her second studio album âHold the Girlâ on Sept. 16. The album is the follow-up to her star-making debut album and ode to Y2K, âSAWAYAMA.â The album made her an instant alt-pop…
Weezer EP incoherent after taking ideas from other musicians
The autumn season has just begun and as promised, Weezer (âBuddy Hollyâ) released the latest EP in their âSZNZâ collection on Sept. 22. It features seven songs and is the bandâs ninth EP record. Weezer dropped âSZNZ: Autumnâ hoping to…
Asterâs debut novel âLightlarkâ breathes new life into fantasy genre
Alex Asterâs debut novel, âLightlark,â is an intense fantasy that will leave readers shocked with the twists and turns that happen throughout the course of the book. Lightlark is an island that appears once every 100 years for 100 days….
Maya Hawkeâs âMOSSâ hones in on folk ballads, Swift-esque sounds
Singer-songwriter Maya Hawke (âBlue Hippoâ) released her second studio album âMOSSâ on Sept. 23. The album follows her critically acclaimed debut âBlushâ from 2020. To call Hawke a singer-songwriter is like calling Ted Kascynski a mathematician: there are some important…
