The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

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May. 3, 2024 

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In the Office Opinion

Confessions of a registration addict

The day is here. I’ve been preparing for weeks. My palms are sweaty as I fumble at the corners of the torn-up paper with all the five-digit numbers I’ve been jotting down. I stare down the clock as it moves…

Opinion

Strictly driven

The bulk of attention in motorsports has gone to Danica Patrick so far this year. Anytime Patrick runs a race when she does not get lapped, she gets more media attention than the winner of the race. In the latest…

Opinion

Korean tensions threatening America

Within the past month or so, tensions between the U.S. and North Korea have been getting increasingly taut, as leader Kim Jong Un has made various threats of launching a medium-range ballistic missile toward South Korea. U.S. government officials have…

Opinion

Fantasy baseball offers chance for anyone to become GM

Now that Louisville has cut down the nets, it’s time to flip the sports calendar to baseball season. Instead of hearing about shooting percentage and RPI, sports fans are hearing terms like ERA and RBI for the first time since…

Opinion

Fallon takeover of ‘Tonight Show’ in 2014 good move for NBC

In February of next year, “The Tonight Show” will have a new host behind the desk. Jimmy Fallon will take over the show as the sixth host since the show’s creation in 1954. Fallon is joining the likes of Steve…

Opinion

From chips to tacos to chips, Doritos’ spinoff food repetitive

Frito-Lay’s newest flavor of Dorito chip hit the shelves Tuesday. My appreciation of Doritos dates far back, far enough back that I grew up on Nacho Cheesier and Cooler Ranch Doritos, rather than the more grammatically sound, but not nearly…

Sports

Baseball drops 1st home game of year to Fisher

A mud-brown Laker Field sat underneath a gray sky on Wednesday as Oswego State lost in seven innings to St. John Fisher, 7-4, and saw game two of the double-header postponed due to rain. Head coach Scott Landers was left…

Sports

Laker baseball runs in family

Over the last seven years, the Oswego State baseball team has played 228 games, seen two head coaches and adjusted each year to roster turnover from graduations and transfers. Throughout all that time, however, there has been one constant in…

Sports

Lakers eye improvement

Thus far, the 2013 Oswego State softball team has had a season defined by lost opportunities, but with the potential to improve. The weather has easily been Oswego State’s greatest rival this season, as rainouts have canceled two important SUNYAC…

Sports

Intramural sports report

The Oswego State intramural soccer league has come to a close. After a hard-fought regular season and thrilling postseason, four teams were crowned champions in their respective leagues. First, in the co-rec recreational division, Team Swagger overcame the odds and…