Loans become more than numbers
Student loan debt must be one of those things that doesn’t hit you until senior year. I’ve been at Oswego State for three entire years and before my fourth and final year began this August, I was mostly concerned with…
Lance Armstrong returns bronze medal
Alright, serious question right now. What more can we possibly say about Lance Armstrong? The man who was once considered “the greatest thing on two wheels” has been stripped of that moniker, along with his seven Tour de France titles,…
Loans remain big concern
I graduated from Oswego State in May, started an internship that paid $15 hr in June which ended in August, and in October I’ll be starting a full-time job in the field I studied for. I took out about $40,000…
Big money schools may not be worth it
I’ve returned from the other side. Like many state college students, I’ve wondered of the lives lived by our counterparts in those charmingly quaint private liberal arts colleges. But I did more than just wonder. I enrolled, I attended and…
President Putin writes editorial concerning Syrian conflict
A couple of days ago, America was slapped in the face by Russian President Vladimir Putin. He gave his opinion on President Obama’s speech about his plans to take action in Syria over dictator Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons…
New iPhones give tech-savy, frugal consumers choices
The big news this week is that Apple is releasing two new phones: the iPhone 5C and the 5S. Apple has been criticized from many fronts on their decision to release two different phones at the same time with such…
Potter universe makes big-screen return
On Sept. 13, J.K. Rowling made an announcement that longtime Harry Potter fans have long been waiting for: she’s once again going to be writing in the Harry Potter universe, and this time it is something completely new. Rowling is…
Women’s soccer wins 2 at home
The Lakers won a pair of home games this weekend against Utica College and Alfred State College by scores of 3-2 and 3-0 respectively. The Lakers performed strongly in the second halves of both games, increasing their record to 4-2….
Lakers volleyball hosts tournament
Despite dropping its first match in straight sets, Oswego State won two of the next three matches to go .500 in the Oswego State Tournament, the first full-scale competition of the 2013 season held at Max Ziel Gymnasium in Laker…
Women’s soccer starts fast under McGrane in 2013
Brian McGrane is a busy man, with papers, books and other assorted documents sitting on top of his desk, yet he would not have it any other way. “It’s awesome,” McGrane said, without a moment’s hesitation. McGrane is entering his…
