The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

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May. 5, 2024 

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Gosek takes pride in hometown’s ice hockey tradition

Men’s ice hockey head coach Ed Gosek lives by the belief that a person should give back to the community where he or she grew up. A native Oswegonian, Gosek was the youngest of four children to a Oswego fireman…

Hockey Sports

Lakers win ‘Pink the Rink’ match

The Oswego State men’s club hockey team finished its 2nd “Pink the Rink,” weekend with 2-0 win against Syracuse University on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Lakers improve their record to 5-5-1 on the season. The Lakers started “Pink…

Soccer Sports

Lakers to put season in rearview mirror

Oswego State men’s soccer started out with a game that would come to epitomize the team’s season: a tight game that just did not go its way. The Lakers tied Houghton in their season and home-opener and would go on…

Other Sports

Recreational Sports Report

It is officially basketball season in Lee Hall, as intramural basketball has opened in three different divisions. Twenty-three teams are competing in the men’s competitive division, while the men’s recreational league fields 11. The co-rec competitive division is compiled of…

Laker Review Reviews

Clarkson kicks off Christmas spirit with ‘Red’

In recent years, it has become increasingly popular for singers to release Christmas albums. With Colbie Caillat to Cee Lo Green releasing albums in recent years, it seemed as though it was only a matter of time till Kelly Clarkson…

Laker Review Reviews

Mix between reality TV, narrative in ‘Grandpa’

From the creators of “Jackass” comes “Bad Grandpa,” a raunchy roadtrip comedy full of hidden cameras and real reactions. Irving Zisman (Johnny Knoxville “Jackass Number Two”) has to get his grandson Billy (Jackson Nicoll “Fun Size”) to North Carolina to…

Laker Review Reviews

VH1 film highlights life of R&B trio

After watching the biopic “CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story,” one might think it would actually be a curse to have been born a stunning, driven, talented black girl with big dreams. The movie revealed how the industry tore up a group…

Laker Review Reviews

TV Spotlight

This show continues to follow its storytelling by going back into the past. As we see into the past of Captain Hook (portrayed by Colin O’Donoghue, “The Rite”), we learn more about who he really is. It’s always really enjoyable…

Laker Review Reviews

Caribbean direction in Arcade Fire’s broad album, ‘Reflektor’

How do you top a Grammy Award-winning opus like “The Suburbs?” Canadian musical collective Arcade Fire has attempted to do just that with their genre-bending, border-smashing fourth album “Reflektor,” a record completely unlike their previous works. While still displaying an…

Laker Review

Documentary reveals child abuse in African cocoa industry

Imagine being taken away from your family and all that you know, and thrown into a foreign land with empty promises of wealth and prosperity. Imagine being 11 years old and being forced to work on plantation for little to…