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Lakers dominate at home during Dig Pink weekend

Coming off of a split in SUNYAC Pool Play at Potsdam, the Oswego State volleyball team returned home for a pair of games in the Oswego State Triangular. The squad won both games in overbearing fashion, sweeping both matches three…

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Recreational Sports Report

A new champion has been crowned in the intramural flag football playoffs.  Team 4-Rip stormed through the playoff bracket, winning almost every game in convincing fashion to take the top spot for the fall season. However, they were not the…

Campus Events Laker Review

Tyler art gallery opens faculty exhibition

The annual Faculty Art show opened this past Friday in the galleries of Tyler Hall, offering a free showcase of the personal works of the professors of the Art Department at Oswego State. The works span many forms of media,…

Laker Review Reviews

Stallone, Schwarzenegger radiate brawn

Sylvester Stallone (“Bullet to the Head”) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (“The Last Stand”) make a promising team in “Escape Plan,” bringing the audience the action they paid for. Stallone plays the lead role of a former lawyer now structural engineer, Ray…

Laker Review Reviews

Sibling pop band debut subpar album

It’s rare to find siblings who share a gift for music. Acts such as The Jackson 5, Arcade Fire and Kings of Leon have gained major commercial success but, even with these examples, it is rare to find four siblings…

Laker Review Reviews

TV Spotlight

This episode was definitely better than the last one, because it seemed more like a classic Mindy story. This week, we got the chance to see Mindy be the attention-seeker we all know and love. We also were given a…

Campus Events Laker Review

Theatre department adapts famed fiery novel ‘Fahrenheit 451’

Oswego State’s play “Fahrenheit 451” debuted last week and was a theatrical success. The play, directed by the Theatre Department chair Mark Cole, played in Waterman Theatre and starred Oswego State students. “Fahrenheit 451” is an American novel, written by…

Laker Review Reviews

Katy Perry shows artistic maturity, musical growth in ‘Prism’

Katy Perry, one of pop music’s most famous and prominent artists, has achieved worldwide success. After a short stint as a gospel singer, Perry achieved great fame after her singles “I Kissed A Girl” and “Hot N Cold,” stormed the…

Campus Events Laker Review

Playwright Tammy Ryan discusses work in Campus Center

Playwright and teacher  Tammy Ryan was the latest visitor to Oswego State’s Living Writers Series.  She said that she was excited to be speaking for the first time to a group of college students about where her work comes from. …

Laker Review Reviews

Scarce supply of suspense, character expansion in ‘Carrie’

“Carrie,” based on the 1974 novel of the same name by Stephen King, is a predictable horror film. In fact, there is no point in the film seems scary. For a movie billed in the horror genre, it fails to…