The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

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BAFTA’s celebratory night becomes overshadowed by controversy 

The 79th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA’s) celebrated many aspects that make cinema amazing, but it was unfortunately the subject of much controversy. The award ceremony, which was held on Feb. 22, was hosted by Scottish actor Alan Cumming, known…

Women’s hockey season ends with 2-1 playoff loss against Cortland

The Oswego State women’s ice hockey team saw its season come to a close on Saturday, Feb. 28, falling 2 – 1 to Cortland in a tightly contested SUNYAC playoff matchup. The contest remained scoreless through the opening ten minutes…

Lakers deliver strong showing at SUNYAC Championships

From long distances and hurdling to weight throwing and long jumping, the Oswego State track and field teams distributed a strong overall performance at the SUNYAC championships on Feb. 27 and 28. Over two days of action at SUNY Brockport,…

Men’s ice hockey advances to SUNYAC title game against Hobart

The Lakers are just one win away from going back-to-back as SUNYAC Champions for the first time since 2014, and the third time ever. But the mountain they have to climb may as well be a sheer cliff.  Oswego’s win…

Men’s, women’s lacrosse fall in early season matchups

The Oswego men’s and women’s lacrosse season has started. However, little did the players know that the Saturday afternoon back-to-back games would be either cancelled or moved to the opposing school. The men’s team was expected to play SUNY Geneseo…

Lakers end season losing to Cortland in SUNYAC Championship

Following a defeat of SUNY Morrisville three days before, Oswego State men’s basketball team took down SUNY Oneonta, but then fell to SUNY Cortland a day later in the SUNYAC championship game The Lakers picked up a double-digit victory over…

Mahar Hall, Hewitt Quad close due to renovations

On Feb. 5, students at SUNY Oswego began seeing new caution signs preventing pedestrians from passing by the Hewitt Quad and Mahar Hall. Professors and students believed that a skiing event may be prepared. Others thought that maybe it was…

Distracted drivers are endangering our streets

I was at a red light just the other day, minding my own business when I decided to look around at other drivers. What I saw can only be explained as pure horror, a large portion of the drivers were…

‘Survivor’ gears up for biggest season yet with season 50

Over 25 years, for 49 seasons and counting, CBS has graced us with the greatest reality competition show in the world: “Survivor.” And it has all been leading up to this ultimate 50th season. This season there are 24 contestants…

Volunteers track bird patterns while at Rice Creek Field Station 

Even in the dead of winter, when Oswego feels frozen solid and colorless, there is still movement at SUNY Oswego’s Rice Creek Field Station. From November through April, birdwatchers gather at Rice Creek to participate in Project FeederWatch, a nationwide…