The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

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Smallest success or biggest error?

Depending on who you ask, the long national nightmare that is Obama’s health care bill is either finally over or just beginning. In the aftermath of its passage, Nancy Pelosi has gotten even more annoying. Fox News has transformed into…

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Shortie Says – 3/5/10

Dear Shortie, Sorry to sound ignorant, but how do you know if you have an STD?– Scared To Death Dear Scared To Death,No need to apologize, because many sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) have no symptoms at all. For example, 80…

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In The Office – Waiting on true sportsmanship

The pageantry. The spectacle. The sight of thousands of fans screaming and cheering for their country. No, I’m not all riled up over the Winter Olypmics. I’m waiting patiently for the World Cup. It’s the greatest single event in sports,…

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Community service a labor of love

We’ve all learned that community service is admirable. In the eyes of a student, however, community service may be considered a pain (sometimes literally). Perhaps after having been required to fulfill community service hours in high school, it would most…

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Basements, babes and blue

It’s not every week we salute a true artist in the pages of this here Oswegonian. Usually we’re too busy paying homage to the puck-slapper of the week or running stories about the newest strange animal in Oswego County. (By…

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Lori Moreth – 3/5/10

The question is whether the government can implement bans, restrictions, regulations and mandates on its citizens without those actions violating the Constitution. Some would argue that if the end justifies the means, as in protecting the public or the environment,…

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Keith Harris – 3/5/10

The role of government should only be to serve and protect the interests of the people it represents as well as those of the global community. The moment a government takes any action which violates the freedom or welfare of…

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Media should never lionize a Tiger

Over the past three months, we’ve been bombarded by the Tiger Woods fiasco. It’s not surprising, since it’s not everyday that the world’s most dominant athlete gets involved with a major sex scandal. Since everyone in the known world knows…

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She Said – 3/5/10

They looked hot when you two first got together, but now he has put on 30 lbs. What’s with that? When we talk about people letting themselves go, most of the time we are talking about women. However, men also…

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He Said – 3/5/10

Well it was inevitable, after only a few months of dating she has decided to skip the vegetables and go straight for the donuts. Skin-hugging jeans are replaced with sweatpants, revealing shirts are now T-shirts and worst yet, you are…