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Plot holes, chuckles in Sudeikis’ comedy ‘We’re The Millers’

“We’re The Millers,” released Aug. 19, was a different type of comedy. The movie tells the story of a drug dealer who needs to move a huge shipment of weed and creates a fake family to help him do so…

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Summer Movie Recap

Much like a summer relationship in high school, the summer movie season is usually a time of broken dreams and surprising occurrences. There are some hits and there are misses; highs and lows. There’s that one movie that makes you…

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Summer Music Recap

The Civil Wars: “The Civil Wars” On The Civil Wars’ new album, the self-titled “The Civil Wars,” the folky duo brings the first set of new songs since their worrying hiatus last year. Fortunately for fans, the two are together…

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Finale to Pegg’s ‘Cornetto Trilogy’

If you enjoyed the other installments in Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg’s “Cornetto Trilogy,” then “The World’s End” will be right up your alley. The film has that same brilliant blend of quirky comedy and high-speed action you loved in…

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Creative Writing: For the Love of Women

For the Love of Women Let her grace interrupt your space as she walks giving life to an ungrateful race   The Women The strong, the beautiful The fearless, the driven The fixers, the joyful The one whose love has…

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Rising Student Artists: Corey Sheen tells musical stories

Whether on paper or through music, Oswego State junior Corey Sheen said he tries to tell stories. Sheen, a journalism major, has translated his love of storytelling to pursue a career in hip-hop. “As a journalist, you have a responsibility…

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Book Spotlight 4/19

“Every Walrus Can Fly” by Brian Philips Brian Phillips retreads a common story in his latest illustrated book for children, “Every Walrus Can Fly”, in which we learn that if you put in a lot of effort in, you can…

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Fall Out Boy back from hiatus with reinvented, mature sound

April 16 was the day Fall Out Boy fans have been waiting almost four years for. Best known for being a teen sensation in the mid-to-late 2000s, pop-punk band Fall Out Boy have been on hiatus since the fall of…

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WNYO Loud Rock album of the week: ‘13’

After 13 long years of waiting, the popular hardcore punk band Suicidal Tendencies has returned with their latest album, “13.” From the first song on, the band holds nothing back and cuts right to the chase. This energy also shown…

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‘Gods Among Us’ surprise hit with fighting game enthusiasts

In 2009, NetherRealm Studios released “Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe” which saw the characters from the MK universe clashing with the heroes and villains of DC Comics. Then in 2011 the studio rebooted its staple franchise with the game “Mortal…