The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

Opinion

The holiday season can start when we want it to

Halloween has officially ended, which can only mean one thing: you can officially start preparing for Christmas.  The ‘when Christmas season starts’ debate is a tale as old as time and though I understand and recognize both sides, I think…

Differing Opinions: NHL Reverse Retro jerseys 2022

Resident hockey lovers Abigail Conpropst, Alex Abramovitch and Zac Case will be discussing some of the newly released NHL Reverse Retro jerseys and sharing their differing opinions. Arizona Coyotes Abramovitch: Love it. The Coyotes do not have much going for…

Opinion Staff Editorial

Homemade costumes better than store-bought

It is once again that special time of year where millions of Americans decide to dress up as either the characters from a particular Netflix show or any career professional with “sexy” tacked on the front of it. Every Spirit…

We need to be realisitic about “Midnights,” it was okay

The internet is all abuzz this week about the release of Taylor Swift’s new album “Midnights.” A self proclaimed Swiftie, as her fans like to label themselves, I was part of this excitement though I did not stay up and…

Hochul best choice for governor

Gov. Kathy Hochul is awful. Here is why you should vote for her. Jumaane Williams’ loss in the New York Democratic primary proved once again the unwillingness of the party to nominate a progressive candidate. While centrists like Gov. Hochul…

Opinion Staff Editorial

Trajectory of college friendships, what they mean

If there is one thing any college student or prospective college student needs to know is that we are all in this boat together. Once you move in on the first, always somehow wretchedly hot day in the dying embers…

Opinion Staff Editorial

Columbus Day should be part of Fall Break

Fall break this year gave us the Friday of Oct. 14. However, we were not given the Monday prior off on Oct. 10, which was Columbus Day, now also known as Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Many public schools and even universities…

Political donations corrupt U.S. elections

Politicians taking donations from companies, constituents and a million other sources is nothing new. In fact, it is something that just comes as a second thought in this modern climate. Politicians are given millions in order to fight for certain…

We need to normalize using the “C”-word correctly

There is a lot of good and evil in the current political climate throughout the U.S. and the world. There are only two sides and if you are not with one, you are for the other. No other options.  This…

Filipino-American History Month

As a child of immigrant parents, I remember worrying about how I would fit into society. I still felt like an outsider even though I had lived in the United States since three-years-old, almost all my life. Even my last…