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Student Association plans for year

UPDATED: The original version of this story states that the future of OzFest is uncertain, and it could have been interpreted that the event may not happen at all. This is inaccurate, and we apologize for our mistake. This version…

Campus relocation roundup

Over the past few months, Oswego State has gone through several changes in anticipation of the fall 2019 semester. The campus bookstore in Hewitt Union, entitled Bookland, has been moved to the old theater department labs and classrooms, while an…

Team must replace all-conference golfer

It is a new era for the Oswego State golf team, as their 2019-20 season starts with the St. John Fisher Collegiate Invitational on Friday, Sept. 6. It is a year where they must make up for the loss of…

Volleyball builds off last year, wins first invitational

The Oswego State volleyball season is underway and the Lakers are looking to build off a successful 2018 campaign. They made the SUNYAC playoffs but fell in the semi-finals to SUNY New Paltz. Last weekend they got off to a…

Lakers use new season as way to bond

With the new semester starting, fall sports are upon us as the Oswego State women’s tennis team begin their 2019 campaign. Coming into the year the team is focused on growth as a group on and off the court. The…

Men’s soccer looks to get back to playoffs in tough conference

Last season the men’s soccer team ended its season in heartbreak. The team was one point away from a postseason berth, their first since 2014. Through the pain from last season, the Lakers are ready to take the next step…

Lakers look to land first winning record since 1985

The Oswego State field hockey team has been shooting for a winning record for the last 34 seasons, after a 7-6 record in 1985 – a year that Bowling for Soup said was “way before Nirvana, there was U2 and…

Women’s soccer gears up for start of 2019 campaign

The Oswego State women’s soccer team narrowly missed out on a SUNYAC playoff berth in 2018. Last season, it was tough for the Lakers to score. This season, the message is pretty clear. Oswego State needs to capitalize on their…

Fire in Scales Hall

A fire broke out in Scales Hall on the east side of campus Wednesday night. The fire originated from a stove in a Scales kitchenette unit around 8 p.m. Oswego State University Police responded to the emergency call and were…

Social media can lead to desensitization

For as long as humans have existed, we have been obsessed with vanity. When the way we were able to document our beauty was by commissioning a painter to do a portrait, those who could afford it had obscene amounts…