Super Bowl ads lack humor, pizzazz
This year, the Super Bowl ads weren’t quite what we expected. We had a mix of giggles, goose bumps and possibly even some tears. Though there were decent commercials, there was a big upset with the lack of comedic-relief commercials….
Silver resigns from seat
New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is stepping down after being arrested on multiple corruption charges. Silver is being charged with “two counts of honest service fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit honest service fraud, one count of…
Campus officially smoke free
As of January 2015, Oswego State is a tobacco-free campus. When I first heard about the impending switch last semester, I was against telling adults they are not allowed to have a cigarette without fear of getting reprimanded and punished….
New position brings excitement, drive
Becoming the opinion editor for The Oswegonian is something I have been looking forward to for some time now. The position became available for the fall semester in 2014, as the opinion editor at the time, Alain Pierre-Lys, was to…
Tobacco-free policy disputed
Oswego State’s campus is now tobacco free, but the so-called policy is too weak to make any real change happen in the near future. The policy relies on students to police their peers as they go about their day. If…
Cancelation of ‘The Interview’ wrong call
This year was one of outcries, backlash and outright revolutions in the making, both through social media (#YesAllWomen) and on the real-life streets (Ferguson). People are speaking out, taking stands, and as long as injustice, still triumphs, campaigns and protests…
Looking too far ahead can be wasteful
Every day I wake up and look over the handwritten “to do” list I make for myself the night before because I only half trust technology to remind me and I definitely do not trust myself to remember. I begin…
Old threats exist between U.S., Russia
We recently just saw the 25th anniversary of the tearing down of the Berlin Wall, the symbol of the Cold War, the quarrel that defined the second half of the 20th century. Though the Soviet Union has ceased to exist…
New no-texting initiative
The last time I sat down to watch TV was about a week ago and I saw a commercial that has the potential to change the U.S. Demi Lovato, the famous actress and singer did a commercial to support safe…
Anti-semitism continues to linger
Lately, there have been many reports of increasing anti-Semitism around the world, especially in Europe. I cannot help but find this anti-Semitism shocking and disheartening–but most of all, alarming. Surely no one could forget what sparked the horrific event that…
