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Laker Review

Real actor chemistry, predictable ending in ‘Once Upon A Mattress’

“Once Upon A Mattress,” a musical directed by Stephen Nachamie, opened with beautiful music and strong voices. The show, which opened Thursday, April 19, featured actors that did a fantastic job keeping the musical cheery and delightful. The set of…

Campus News Opinion

Jewish students forced to make choice

“What are you doing tonight? There’s no school tomorrow…” This is a question I have heard several times during the course of the week. While most students and faculty members at Oswego State will be throwing back a beer and…

Laker Review

David Benioff visits, discusses writing experiences with students

From an early age, author and screenwriter David Benioff loved to make up stories. In his first grade class, Benioff was asked to write a story about what his father did for a living. He wrote about his father, the…

Campus News Opinion

Tips for freshmen, first year students

So you have survived your first week at Oswego State. I am sure you have all been getting adjusted to the change and having a lot of fun. It might take some time to feel comfortable here, especially if you…

Interviews Laker Review Web Exclusive

Handguns Punk-rock Show Review

A punk-rock show presented by WNYO on April 14 allowed Oswego State students the opportunity to experience a form of music that is not often offered on campus. Although the station has presented concerts before, they rarely had artists that…

Campus News Opinion

New Shineman Center causes confusion

After a decade of planning and three years of construction, the Richard S. Shineman Center for Science, Engineering and Innovation has opened to universal excitement.  However, some people around campus are wondering if the college overhyped the new building. The…

Laker Review Web Exclusive

Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel Review

“Army of Two” has already established itself over the last couple of years with two decent title releases, but has failed to take over the third-person shooter market. With this third entry in the franchise, the game brings us two…

In the Office Opinion

Take more chances, you never know

Opportunity is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as a good chance for advancement or progress. In life, opportunities are not always granted; sometimes they happen by chance. Chance. Something happening, almost always, unpredictably and sometimes without a cause. By chance,…

Laker Review Web Exclusive

The Vagina Monologues

Oswego’s Women’s Health Center put on their version of the award winning play “The Vagina Monologues,” on April 12, in the Hewitt Union Ballroom. The play is a collaboration of V-Day founder Eve Ensler’s interviews with over 200 women about…

Opinion Staff Editorial

Buy Local, Support City

Greetings, readers. With our first issue we wanted to stress something important.  Something that, as students of Oswego State, is a near civic duty: supporting the community we live in. While many students argue that Oswego does not have that…