The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

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Basketball Sports

Lakers earn opening-round win

The air was electric inside Max Ziel Gymnasium on Tuesday night, as the fourth-seeded Oswego State men’s basketball team knocked off No. 5 SUNY Cortland, defeating the Red Dragons, 69-57, in the SUNYAC championship play-in game. The Lakers struggled a…

Hockey Sports

Lakers look to turn strong season into playoff success

The No. 3 seeded Oswego State women’s ice hockey team is set to host sixth seeded Buffalo State in the opening round of the ECAC West playoffs on Saturday at 3 p.m. at the Campus Center Ice Arena. The Lakers…

Hockey Sports

Lakers fall to No. 1 Plattsburgh

Last weekend marked the end of the season for the Oswego State women’s hockey team. The Lakers finished the 2013-2014 campaign with back-to-back home games against No. 1 SUNY Plattsburgh and dropped both contests, losing 2-0 on Saturday after falling…

Hockey Sports

Goalie trio leads Lakers

There has not been much controversy when it comes to this season’s women’s ice hockey team. It has been an incredible season to watch, as the Lakers won the most regular season games in program history, with a great group…

Sports

Oswego State athletics staff lacks ethnic diversity

While the athletic coaching staff at Oswego State is filled with some of the most influential and successful coaches in all of the SUNYAC, there is one thing clearly missing: diversity among coaches and staff. There are no African-American coaches,…

Sports

Campus Recreation Sports Report

The beginning of March marks some new intramural sports and events at Campus Recreation. The online registration deadline for the annual 6 v 6 dodgeball league and the new team handball league is Tuesday, March 4. Captain’s meetings will be…

Laker Review Reviews

St. Vincent’s eponymous album dazzles

Annie Clark began as an unknown singer-songwriter upon the release of her debut solo album, “Marry Me.” Better known by her stage name, St. Vincent, Clark could never have dreamed of the cult following she gained over the course of…

Campus Events Laker Review

Operatic highs, lows in ‘Rigoletto’

When someone says, “I’m going to the opera,” it conjures images of beautiful people in beautiful clothes, an ornate theater and an intense show full of dramatic music and story. Many of those traits were seen on Sunday’s matinee showing…

Laker Review Reviews

Schoolboy Q heralds return of hardcore hip-hop on ‘Oxymoron’

Boasting in the A$AP Rocky track “Brand New Guy” that he was equal parts Biggie and Nas with a sprinkling of 50 Cent, West Coast rapper Schoolboy Q has a flair for the dramatic. Label mates on Top Dawg Entertainment…

Campus Events Laker Review

BSU variety show, ‘315 To My City,’ celebrates black culture

Behind the Hewitt Union ballroom stage, the executive board of the Black Student Union came together in a football-style huddle. Their apparent encouraging words and chant was inaudible as the Caribbean jams of DJ Tumbo welcomed incoming students to the…