‘The Lego Movie’ surprises, delights audiences of all ages

“Everything Is Awesome”. It’s a song that will stay in your head long after the end credits roll on what is probably the first truly good movie to come out of 2014. It’s also a great way to define the…

Rising Student Artists: ‘4 Guys in a Booth’s’ farewell season

Four Oswego State students are sending their voices over the WNYO airwaves for the last time as they enter their eighth and final season. The show is “Four Guys in a Booth.” The guys are John Mongiello, Allen Wengert, Adam…

This Week’s Comic

Creative Writing

I’m casually desperate and indefinitely different Born to be a failure and an outclassed outcast I lead the parade for the doubled-crossed Trapped in the pages of a notebook feeling homesick Writing “Paint me in your favorite lipstick” I’ll call…

This Week’s Horoscopes

Aries:  Your stars are unaligned right now. You may feel off kilter until next Friday, but things can get better. Someone in your life wants to tell you something, so try and get them to talk.   Taurus: There’s not…

Top Albums of 2013: Individual Staff Picks

Given our first issue of the semester was published in February, our Best of 2013 music list may seem a little late. We hope you’ll forgive us. Regardless, we wouldn’t be a proper college newspaper staff without having a wide…

Star-studded Golden Globes serves up laughs

On Jan. 12, “Award Season’s Booziest Night,” otherwise known as the Golden Globes, took place. Returning as second-year hosts, Amy Poelher and Tina Fey sought to create an event equal to last year’s Globes.  With their raunchy and oftentimes laugh-out-loud…

Grammy ceremony dazzles with genre-bending duets, upsets

In a nutshell, here’s how the 2014 Grammys played out: Macklemore “robbed” Kendrick Lamar, Daft Punk and Pharrell won big, Katy Perry rode a dark horse, Madonna is still relevant, so is Beyoncé, and Taylor Swift may write another number…

Vocal Effect’s musical medley show kicks off semester right

Vocal Effect, Oswego State’s fifteen-member student-run show choir, brought their range of talents to Waterman Theatre in a concert  on Jan. 30. The fifteen-song show featured “hit songs made famous by artists in their twenties,” including artists ranging from Smokey…

Witty dialogue, similar characters in ‘That Awkward Moment’

“That Awkward Moment” is about three 20-something-year-old male friends trying to navigate the dating scene. The “awkward moment” referred to in the title is the moment where a relationship either reaches the next level or ultimately fails. The film centers…