The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

Opinion

Opinion

Think with your heart

You’ve already seen the stores packed with them for months. Now that Thanksgiving is coming up next week, you see it more and more. Anywhere you go, you are surrounded by the iPhone 5Cs, the PlayStation 4s, and the Xbox…

National Issues Opinion

Nutrition company promises high profit

Heard of Vemma? Vemma is a business specializing in nutritional wellness drinks.  If you’re like me, you or at least one of your friends has been confronted by a member of this business in hopes of recruiting them as a…

National Issues Opinion

Football, family remain cornerstones of Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving break is that time of the year when most students return home to enjoy a few days off from the chaos that is Oswego State. Another benefit of the break is the “Three Fs” that everyone enjoys: food, football…

Opinion

Ask Alain

While I normally answer questions, this week I decided to address the rest of the year since this is our last issue here. 1. Thanksgiving: Make sure you’re all caught up. This is literally too important to not mention. Do…

Campus News Opinion

The Beast returns to Oswego State

As the legends of Oswego State go, the tale I am about to weave to you is one shrouded in mystery yet riddled with truth. It is said that years ago our school’s founder, Edward Austin Sheldon, found what is…

Campus News Opinion

Pointless penalties in class

Many Oswego State students will be heading home to go back to their families for Thanksgiving break and for those that live a great distance away, navigating can be difficult. Some professors are throwing a wrench in students’ traveling plans…

Archives Campus News Community News World

Recognizing Oswego State veterans

Name: Matthew Gordon Major: Cinema screen studies  Minor: Theater Service: Almost nine years in the Marines Originally from: Grant County, Ky. “Well I joined the Marine Corps in September of 2002, attended boot camp at Parris Island, S.C., 3rd Battalion,”…

Opinion Staff Editorial

Facts promote discussion

After the controversy and discussion that followed our staff editorial last week on Greek Life transparency, we decided it was best to write a follow-up that further explained some of the points brought forth and the reasoning behind our Freedom…

In the Office Opinion

Just do your thing, it will be fine

“When are you graduating?” I have been asked this question literally three times a week this semester, and it’s starting to take a toll. It’s become the main fixation of my peers and respectively, our families, because it’s the new…

Campus News Opinion

Self-induced segregation

As a student that has been enrolled at Oswego State for four years now, there’s a lot that I notice.  I don’t really say much, but there are a lot that people fail to mention.  Sometimes I question if it…