Loans become more than numbers
Student loan debt must be one of those things that doesn’t hit you until senior year. I’ve been at Oswego State for three entire years and before my fourth and final year began this August, I was mostly concerned with…
Lance Armstrong returns bronze medal
Alright, serious question right now. What more can we possibly say about Lance Armstrong? The man who was once considered “the greatest thing on two wheels” has been stripped of that moniker, along with his seven Tour de France titles,…
Loans remain big concern
I graduated from Oswego State in May, started an internship that paid $15 hr in June which ended in August, and in October I’ll be starting a full-time job in the field I studied for. I took out about $40,000…
Big money schools may not be worth it
I’ve returned from the other side. Like many state college students, I’ve wondered of the lives lived by our counterparts in those charmingly quaint private liberal arts colleges. But I did more than just wonder. I enrolled, I attended and…
President Putin writes editorial concerning Syrian conflict
A couple of days ago, America was slapped in the face by Russian President Vladimir Putin. He gave his opinion on President Obama’s speech about his plans to take action in Syria over dictator Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons…
New iPhones give tech-savy, frugal consumers choices
The big news this week is that Apple is releasing two new phones: the iPhone 5C and the 5S. Apple has been criticized from many fronts on their decision to release two different phones at the same time with such…
Potter universe makes big-screen return
On Sept. 13, J.K. Rowling made an announcement that longtime Harry Potter fans have long been waiting for: she’s once again going to be writing in the Harry Potter universe, and this time it is something completely new. Rowling is…
Behave Yourselves Kids
It’s well known that Oswego State students make up a large part of the population in the town of Oswego. It could be argued that we, the student population, are a heavy burden on the town. Over 8,000 students attend…
As seasons change, life does as well
How great is this time of year? Everyone is back in the swing of things here, football is back, Major League Baseball playoffs are right around the corner, whatever non-sports fan activities are probably happening and, most importantly, the heat…
Obama decides no troops on Syrian soil
“I will not put American boots on the ground in Syria.” As I sat on the couch surrounded by friends Tuesday night, we all knew the gravity of what was just said. President Barack Obama addressed the nation about the…
