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Student Association addresses unequal club sports funding Taisha Khalil Contributing Writer news@oswegonian.com

Oswego State junior and club rugby player Kerri McGovern said. “There is a lot of frustration, especially to see the numbers. But it is nice that we know now, because last semester nobody knew about this at all, and now seeing how more people are becoming aware of it is good.”

According to the presenters, SA takes a lot into consideration when distributing the money. They consider historical spending of the last two years, the size of the organization, how active the team is and the team’s current spending. However, the issues with how the money is dealt with are much larger.

For example, the ratio of a team’s wins to losses is taken into consideration when their budget is being considered, even though every season of every sport is unpredictable.

Also, key financial positions in SA

Male club sports teams at Oswego State typically get more money than their female counterparts, sometimes thousands of dollars more per year.

At the Student Association sports funding forum on Feb. 12, the presenters of the event and student affairs directors Omar van Reenen and Emily Stasko displayed the break-down on funding between club sports. The club women’s ice hockey team budget for 2018 is $7,200, while the men’s club hockey team budget is $37,500.

The women’s club rugby team budget for 2018 is $7,300, and the men’s club team has a budget of $18,950. This pattern is seen with other club sports too, such as soccer, volleyball and baseball/softball. Overall, women’s teams receive 65 percent less funding than the men’s teams.

“This really just makes me angry,”

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Oswego academic calendar to be reviewed Chemistry department requests fewer campus holidays Colin Hawkins Contributing Writer news@oswegonian.com

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The current academic calendar closes campus for multiple Jewish holidays, more than any other SUNY campus.

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The Oswego State faculty assembly met on Monday, Feb. 12, and passed a motion to review the academic calendar.

Casey Raymond, a professor of chemistry and lab coordinator for general chemistry at Oswego State, proposed the motion in late December of last year, according to assembly documents. The proposal will change the rules for college holidays, reducing the number of religious holidays that close the entire campus.

Under current rules, Oswego State closes for more religious holidays than most SUNY colleges, and Oswego State is the only SUNY campus closed on Good Friday. The chemistry department uniquely experiences these closings, as the university’s chemistry program

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Chinese opera performs in Sheldon ballroom Startalk educates Oswego on traditional, modern Chinese theater Alexander Gault-Plate News Editor aplate@oswegonian.com Imagine an opera where the cast swings swords at one another or comes out in massive, complicated, culturally significant and intensely symbolic costumes. That is the essence of Beijing Opera.

On Feb. 10, the Oswego State division of the Startalk program brought classically trained Chinese opera performers to the Sheldon Hall ballroom to perform excerpts from both traditional and modern Chinese opera. The performers, all from the Confucius Institute of Chinese Opera, took part in four performances of traditional and modern Chinese theater.

“We went to the Startalk conference, where we met our friends from Binghamton, and they belong to the Confucius Institute in Binghamton,” said professor Ming-te Pan, director of the Oswego State Startalk program.

The performers offered to bring a production to Oswego to expose local residents and Oswego State students to the art form of Chinese opera.

Startalk is a language program run by the University of Maryland that receives an annual grant to operate. This workshop was the final leg of the 2017 program, according to

Corrine Liao, assistant to the director of the Startalk program. It seeks to expose students to Chinese art and language, with 95 percent of the program being taught in Mandarin.

The performers moved through a series of excerpts from traditional Chinese opera first, performing the fight between the Golden Panther and the Monkey King, one of the most well-known operas in Chinese culture.

The performers, Lei Chen and Ju Wang, are undergraduate students at the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts in Beijing and are in the U.S. for one year, teaching students around the region through the Confucius Academy of Chinese Opera at Binghamton University.

The second performance was of The Drunken Concubine, which tells the story of an imperial concubine in the Song dynasty of the Chinese empire. In the performance, Ting Wang’s character, Lady Yang, drinks herself into a stupor following a rejection by the emperor. The performance relies on body movements to tell its story.

“Every gesture in [Beijing] opera has a meaning,” Wang said.

The next performance was two songs by internationally recognized performer Hong Zhang. The first song, The Ditty from Yimeng Mountain, is a traditional Chinese folk song. The second song was

written by a Tibetan composer in 2006, praising the construction of a railroad to connect the Tibetan capital with the rest of the country.

The final performance, The Golden Beach, told the tale of a Chinese general who saved his men from death and killed the invaders that were holding them. The general’s character wore a complex costume of real peacock feathers, shoes with raised soles and four flags on the back.

The performer, Zichen He, explained that only the character of Chinese general got that costume. No foreign generals or Chinese soldiers were permitted to wear the outfit.

After the performances, He explained alongside his fellow performers that many of them had been practicing their craft from the age of 10 and were devoted to the art of Chinese opera.

The event broke into groups, with audience members asking the performers questions and traditional Chinese cuisine being served by the Auxiliary Services caterers.

This was the final event of the 2017 Oswego Startalk program, and the 2018 schedule has not yet been confirmed. The program depends on federal funding, and Pan said they must have a definite goahead before any planning can begin.

“We know we will get awarded and the program will run,” Pan said.

Science Today Lecture: Dr. Vladimir Sirotkin, 2 p.m., Friday in Shineman Center, Room 150.

Women’s basketball vs. the College at Brockport, 5:30 p.m., Friday in Max Ziel Gymnasium.

Men’s ice hockey vs. Plattsburgh State, 7 p.m., Saturday in Marano Campus Center Ice Arena.

Open skate, 6 p.m., Sunday in Marano Campus Center Ice Arena.

Planetarium show: “Astronomical Subjects in the Works of Dante, Swift and Verne: Old and New Cosmologies,” 7 p.m, Sunday at Shineman Center, Room 223.

Open skate, noon, Monday in Marano Campus Center Ice Arena.

Movie: “Killing the Shadows,” 6 p.m., Tuesday in Marano Campus Center, Room 132.

Movie: “A Coffee in Berlin (Oh, Boy),” 7 p.m., Wednesday in Marano Campus Center, Room 132.

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Open skate, noon, Thursday in Marano Campus Center Ice Arena.

Audience members pose with performer Ting Wang (center) as they learn some basic moves that are integral to Chinese opera performance.

The presidents of the men’s and women’s club volleball teams requested $3,000 for a new net system. The current nets are damaged to the point of relying on duct tape.

Additionally, due to the inefficiency of the net system, one of the team members has already been hur t, resulting in stitches and minor plastic surgery. The current budget the teams have are already planned to be used for participation in tournaments.

Student Association Director of Finance Miranda Kryskow said the current budget is $12,830, but $6,000 may be set aside for SAPB’s OzFest day activities.

S A P B o r i g i n a l l y a s ke d for $12,000.

Club softball was approved to receive $1,250.

Their original proposed request included funds to hire umpires, which would cost $1,020. An additional $230 will be used for equipment.

In place of Student Association advisor Jerri Howland, Student Association Vice President Daisie Bancroft inf o r m e d s e n a to r s o f a n upcoming OzTalks: Hate Speech vs. Free Speech, to be held Feb. 22 at 6:30 p.m. in the Marano Campus Center auditorium.

There will be a panel discussion moderated

by Howland.

Student Association Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion O m a r v a n R e e n e n re viewed the open forum for club sports held M o n d a y. Va n R e e n e n presented some of the information discussed, including that overall, women’s club teams received 65 percent less in 2018 funding from Student Association.

A4 NEWS SA faces club sports controversy, women's OzFest day activities funding on thin ice teams recieve thousands less in funding Holes left by former director of finance leave $10,000 out of planning board equation THE OSWEGONIAN FRIDAY, Feb. 16, 2018

STUDENT from COVER are held by members of the executive boards of cer tain club spor ts teams, creating possible conflicts of interests.

Van Reenen believes the answer to this problem is simple.

“We need equal pay for equal play,” van Reenen said. “It’s been too long where the women’s club sports teams are taking 1,000, 2,000 steps behind because of funding. So time’s up. It’s time to now act and push our campus forward and give women an equal opportunity on campus just as the men in their own clubs.”

The women in the room took t u r n s e x p re s s i n g t h e i r t h o u g h t s and experiences within their own teams. One person shared that her team used their own equipment they bought out of pocket because

their budget was too low to afford essential equipment.

“I do believe some people don’t really know what is going on with the clubs and that’s why I think it’s impor tant for those with high positions to know what they are doing,” said club rugby player Gariella Chebetar. “I just don’t think certain people are equipped for the positions they are in, and I think that needs to change.”

The women in the room came to an agreement that if they do not take a stand now and show people how much of an issue this is, the inequality amongst male and female sports groups at Oswego State may never change.

“I just don’t think it’ll go anywhere for a while unless we keep having talks like this and actually have people show up,” Chebetar said.

Kassadee Paulo Asst. News Editor kpaulo@oswegonian.com

Oswego State Student Association receives about $1.8 million in installments from the student activity fee each year, and the senate determines how much funding each organization gets.

After budgets are given to organizations and clubs, there is a remaining portion for the contingency budget, which is money set aside for organizations should there be an emergency. This amount totals $20,000 for the fall and spring semesters. The current amount left in this budget as of Tuesday is $12,830.

“My freshman year, we had, for the whole year, $7,000 as the contingency fund, and we stretched that out for the whole year,” said Dalton Bisson, Student Association president. “I think they’ll be all right, and our finance committee has been very competent and has been able to strike up fair bills that are fair to both the club and the contingency fund.”

Due to a significant mistake in the budget last year, Student Association Programming Board, a subset of Student Association, needed to ask for an additional $12,000 to pay for expenses of the day activities during OzFest this coming May. During the weekly Student Association meeting Tuesday, Feb. 6, Director of SAPB Cindy Pietrkowski presented the need for

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Kassadee Paulo | The Oswegonian The SA Senate will vote on the final funding bill.

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$12,000 for day activities during the annual OzFest. The request included $1,750 for a Ferris wheel and $8,000 for inflatables and other novelties.

“Losing all of our funding for the day activities has been really hard on our board to try to plan around that, especially because our board has also taken a lot of budget cuts,” Pietrkowski said. “We’ve been spreading our budget thin throughout the semester because we are not just the ‘OzFest’ board; We are the programming board.”

According to Miranda Kryskow, the SA finance director, the budget council will not be granting the full amount, but rather $6,000.

According to Bisson, the budget council will likely cut that amount, but it is able to provide some additional funds from leftover accounts.

At the end of spring 2017, the budget council decided to consolidate the regular $10,000 SAPB normally uses for day activities to the rest of the board’s OzFest budget of $190,000 to make an even $200,000 for convenience purposes.

The $190,000 that SAPB uses for the concert is still available, but the funding for the other activities that OzFest features is unconfirmed at the moment.

“I can assume the former director of finance took the $200,000 and said, ‘Oh, they were fine with $190,000 last year, let’s move that $10,000 out,’ forgetting that we combined those two accounts,” Bisson said. “We did this to them [SAPB.]”

However, Bisson said, the former director of finance, Matthew Peters, mistakenly took away the $10,000 from the account and disbursed it to other organizations while trying to “plug up holes” and did not let anyone know.

“I think there was an active avoidance of communication. The former DOF was graduating and getting out the door,” Bisson said.

Additionally, Peters planned for a $2 increase in the student activities fee while budgeting, but he did not tell Kryskow, who succeeded him for the 2017-2018 academic year. There was a $1 increase in the fee, which threw off the budget.

“Matt, the finance director before me, wanted a $2 increase to the budget, but he didn’t tell me that. So when I submitted my bill for the budget increase, I did it for a $1 increase, as was suggested,” Kryskow said.

“Matt made the budget with the thought that we would have $2 extra per person, and that didn’t happen.”

To ensure this mistake does not happen again, Bisson said he and Kryskow are working to make the finances of SA more transparent and will keep records for longer. Most records are typically thrown out after three or four years. Kryskow is also preparing transition documents to help the next director of finance.

To request budgeting information, the director of finance is open for emails, at mkryskow@oswego.edu.

Chemistry department asks for fewer days off

Accreditation requires 400 lab hours per student, but current calendar poses limitations OSWEGO from COVER is accredited by the American Chemical Society, which offers a competitive certification but requires 400 lab hours over the course of a student’s studies. This accreditation is at risk, Raymond explained.

“Students typically have 416 hours in their degree program, however, with the current calendar, the students beginning in fall 2017 will earn 395 hours due to missed laboratory sessions over their four-year career,” Raymond said.

R a y m o n d ’s p r o p o s a l a s k s t h e campus Calendar Committee to review which holidays should result in complete college closure and which should be handled by the existing Oswego State policy for excused absences due to religious observance.

This policy can be found in the attendance policy of the Oswego State student handbook and is protected by state law.

Many of the mandatory holidays that may be reviewed are Jewish holidays, which complicate the calendar because they fall on different dates every year. When these holidays result in closings, par ticularly midweek, they force classes that rely on full-week sessions, such as lab periods, to cancel the entire week – these sessions on different days fall too far behind.

“If a student has an excused absence that we know in advance, whether religious observance or an athletic event, we can offer lab periods in other sections during the week for those students,” Raymond said.

These accommodations are impossible to offer to all 400 students of the chemistry program, particularly if not all students observe that holiday.

Raymond stressed that this goes beyond the chemistry department and would lead to a more inclusive college.

“I’m not trying to take something away,” Raymond said.

With the college observing some religious holidays but not others, it

can cause some students discomfort with approaching their instructors for accommodations.

Any solution that happens sooner will have to be patchwork and temporary."

- Dalton Bisson SA President

“We don’t want anybody to feel uncomfortable,” Raymond said.

Student Association President Dalton Bisson, who sits on the Calendar Committee, also expressed concern for student comfort, but he believes the issue of chemistry lab hours and observance of holidays are related but distinct. Chemistry students deserve to graduate on time, but according to Bisson, any change conducted by the Calendar Committee will take a minimum of two or three years to take effect. This timeline may help future students and allow Oswego State to keep the ACS accreditation, but it may be too late to help the fall 2017 chemistry students that prompted the department to action.

“Any solution that happens sooner will have to be patchwork and temporary,” Bisson said.

While the motion passed on Feb. 12, and Bisson was confident it will continue through the process, he emphasized any action would require several additional revisions and approval.

In the meantime, the chemistry department has investigated options to find a solution with the current calendar. While many are far from ideal, the department explored options that include altering the curriculum during those weeks, conduct-

ing major-only sections for students that need to meet requirements or offering lab sessions on off-hours.

H o w e v e r, t h o s e c o m e w i t h t h e i r own complications. This problem has been around for years, but only recently has it jeopardized requirements, according to Raymond.

Oswego State is not the only school facing constraints by the American Chemical Society. The accreditation is a great boost to students when it comes to pursing careers and graduate studies after they earn their degree, according to both Raymond and L. Paul Rosenberg, professor emeritus of chemistry at Rochester Institute of Technology for 23 years.

Rosenberg remarked on the value of the accreditation, considering it not only a boon to students b u t t he p ro g r a m a nd c ol l e g e , a s the credential attracts more applicants and adds to the prestige of the school. Despite RIT rarely closing for holidays or Rochester’s similarly snowy winters, RIT still experienced difficulty meeting requirements. After RIT transitioned from academic quarters to semesters in 2013, Rosenberg explained the chemistry department had to overhaul its curriculum to comfortably fit the lab hours.

With the motion to review the calendar underway in the faculty assembly, a solution should be found in the coming months. While Bisson understands that nobody wants to lose days off, he invites students concerned with the proposal to contact his office at sa.president@oswego.edu or make an appointment to meet in person. Bisson said “the faculty assembly is always eager to hear student voices” and if enough students feel strongly, he may be able to arrange for students to express their concerns at a faculty assembly meeting. Meetings this semester are on Mondays in Lanigan Hall, room 105, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., every two weeks. The next meeting will be Feb. 26.

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Photo Brief Bridge Street Fire

Photo provided by City of Oswego Fire Department

A building on West Bridge Street caught fire on Feb. 11, disrupting traffic and causing significant damage to the structure itself.

1 2 3 W. B r i d g e S t . , a v a c a n t , m u l t i - f a m i l y h o u s e , c a u g h t f i re at approximately 7 a.m., with the most intense area of the fire located in a second floor apartment of the home.

The flames were so intense, firefighters decided to evacuate the neighboring houses to ensure the safety of their occupants.

Firefighters searched the house, following up on reports of a man residing in the building, but ceased their search when the roof showed signs of collapse.

The evacuated neighbors were permitted to return to their homes once it was confirmed that their houses were no longer in danger of fire or water damage.

This has been the second major fire in the city of Oswego this month, following an earlier fire at 1 Mary St., another multi-family residence on the west side of Oswego. That fire was reported to be centered around a clothes dryer in the basement of the home.

T he f i re a t 1 2 3 W. B r i d g e S t . is still under investigation, and the Oswego City Police request that anyone with information pertaining to it call them at (315) 312-8120.

Reslife focuses on student success, sense of community, support Reggie Debrah Staff Writer news@oswegonian.com “Mackin Chat with Mac and Cheese: Featuring Richard Kolenda,” held in the Mackin main lounge on Feb. 12, encouraged students and residence assistants living on campus to build strong relationships with other on-campus students.

The event was hosted by assistant hall director Sarah Woods and RA Kassadee Paulo. Kolenda spoke about his experience as a student at Upsala College, where he played baseball and football.

He was also the president of the Alpha Phi Omega chapter at his school, which was an exclusively male fraternity when Kolenda was a college student.

After introducing himself, Kolenda went around the room and asked the audience about their experiences living on campus. All the students in attendance spoke about their first year living in a residence hall and getting to know the people living around them, who quickly became friends.

Kolenda said the overall theme of the event was building bonds within residence halls. Kolenda spoke about the bonds he built with others when he lived on campus. He also spoke of the strong relationships he kept with his old college roommate, 40 years after graduation. Kolenda also shared stories of problems that occurred and situations he was involved in as his current position.

Kolenda urged attendees to reach out to others because there may be others in the halls who do not have students that they can depend on.

Kolenda said that students should feel comfortable in the residence halls that they live in, since life in the residence halls is a huge part of college life.

“Living on campus is a positive aspect, and it is important for residence

hall assistants to be able to provide help, support and resources to those who need it,” Kolenda said.

Christopher Lewand, the hall director for Mackin Complex and Sheldon Hall, said he also felt strongly about this topic.

Lewand said he felt that college students are in a critical age range to be supported if they want to find success in and out of the classroom.

“College helps you determine who you’ll be, student affairs tries to help you determine who you are,” Lewand said.

Sarah Woods, the assistant hall director for Mackin Complex and Sheldon Hall ,attended the event because she felt it

was important for RA’s to create bonds with residents. Woods also said she felt it important for residents to know about student affairs.

Students in residence halls are frequently new to living apart from their parents. According to an Iowa State University study, students who live on campus their first year graduate at higher rates than those that live off campus for all of their time in college. Oswego State’s residence life department frequently advertises that students are more successful when living on campus, and Kolenda stresses that students should find their living situation to be positive.

Photo provided by Oswego State News and Media Department Richard Kolenda is the vice president of Reslife and Housing, responsible for every residence hall on campus.

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SUNYAC title comes through Oswego for consecutive season

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Lakers looking for second unbeaten SUNYAC season

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Matt Watling Staff Writer sports@oswegonian.com

The Oswego State men’s hockey team has clinched the No. 1 seed for the SUNYAC playoffs for the second straight season. The team took sole position of the first-place team in the SUNYAC after a 4-2 win over SUNY Geneseo on Feb. 9 at the Marano Campus Center Ice Arena.

Last season, while the Lakers were the No. 1 seed, they lost to Plattsburgh State in the SUNYAC championships by a score of 3-2. The team also lost to the Hamilton Continentals in the first round of the NCAA Div. III men’s ice hockey championship.

While head coach Ed Gosek does not know the answer to what changes need to be made, he is well aware that something different needs to happen.

“Every year is different,” Gosek said. “I wish I had an answer on how we’re going to approach it. We certainly don’t want the way it turned out last year.”

The Lakers were not able to figure out Plattsburgh State’s goaltender Brady Rouleau or Hamilton College’s Evan Buitenhuis, who was named national player of the year for Div. III hockey.

Gosek said they had plenty of “grade-A opportunities” against both teams, but could not convert against the two strong netminders.

“It’s not that our goalies were bad. It was that their goalies were very good,” Gosek said. “[Plattsburgh State] was playing well as a team then. We have to find a way, and we didn’t, and they got the job done.”

The road to clinching the No. 1 seed this season was not easy for the Lakers.

It was a question how the team would perform with such a young roster after losing a large senior class after the 20162017 season.

“Other than being consistent with the rotation, we didn’t really change anything,” assistant coach Mark Digby said. “We didn’t really adjust anything.

We knew we were going to have to be good defensively. I think we played that way as a team early on, which helped them build confidence.”

Despite losing their top five scorers from last season, the Lakers men’s hockey team will have home ice advantage throughout the SUNYAC playoffs. If all goes as planned this weekend, they will be undefeated heading into the playoffs.

Heading into the weekend, the Lakers are 13-0-1 with 27 points in conference play, six more than second-place SUNY Geneseo. Although Oswego State has not lost a game in conference play, this weekend’s slate is arguably the toughest duo of games they will face all season.

The Lakers play SUNY Potsdam on Friday night, who currently sit tied for fourth in the SUNYAC with Plattsburgh State, whom the Lakers play on Saturday. Fourth place seems pretty safe, however, both teams are not guaranteed to make the playoffs, as seventh-place The College at Brockport is just one point behind.

Although this would be something that has not been done since the 2011-12 Lakers, Oswego State does not really care about possibility of an undefeated season.

“We have a chance to finish our conference undefeated, and that’s a heck of an accomplishment, but, unfortunately, it doesn’t mean anything. You don’t get a win from it,” senior captain Mitch Herlihey said. This encapsulates what the team thinks of the accolade. As impressive and rare as it might be, going undefeated means nothing come playoff time.

Heading into this season, The Oswegonian hockey preview ranked the Lakers behind SUNY Geneseo in the SUNYAC. While the Ice Knights have had a good year with a 9-3-3 record, the Lakers have exceeded expectations.

A huge component of the team’s success has been goaltending, provided by David Richer and Cedric Hansen. Coming into the season, they had just two games of college hockey experience. Twenty three games into the season, the duo has given up just 40 goals, the fewest in the conference. While outsiders may have lacked confidence in this inexperienced

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Richer ‘tending hot at right time, looking forward to Whiteout Luke Scoville Sports Editor lscoville@oswegonian.com Oswego State men’s ice hockey goaltender David Richer has made the most of his first season as a Laker.

After the departure of the two starting goaltenders from last season David Jacobson and Matt Zawadzki, Richer went to competition with fellow classmate and close friend Cedric Hansen and won the full-time job around mid-season. In 16 starts this season, Richer is 13-1-2 and has allowed 1.49 goals per game with a .939 save percentage.

Growing up as a goaltender, it was a given decision, one he fell in love with during his childhood when he would play hockey with his friends.

“No one wanted to be the goalie,” Richer said. “I always wanted to be goalie and the one I rather play on the ice.”

Richer had modeled his skills after and looked up to watching professional goaltenders from his home country in the likes of long-time Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jósé Theodore

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Taylor Woods Photography Director twoods@oswegonian.com On Feb. 17, the senior class for the Oswego State men’s hockey team will be looking at their last opportunity to beat Plattsburgh State during a Whiteout game.

Since their freshman year, the current Laker seniors, team captain Mitch Herlihey, Trent Durocher and David Ferreira, have lost against Plattsburgh State during each Whiteout game.

In the 2014-15 season, the Lakers tied with Plattsburgh State 3-3 in overtime.

In 2015-16, they fell to Plattsburgh State in overtime with a score of 5-4. Last year, the Lakers lost 2-1.

“That’s always been a goal here, to beat them at Whiteout. Hopefully, we can do it this weekend,” said Durocher, a forward from Canton, New York. “I think this is going to be the year to do it.”

The Lakers, who are led by head coach Ed Gosek, are currently undefeated in conference play and are treating this rivalry game just like any other contest they have played during their undefeated conference schedule through this point.

“It’s just another win really,” Herlihey said. “It’s a heck of an accomplishment.”

The Lakers will face the SUNY Potsdam Bears and the Plattsburgh State Cardinals to close out the regular season. SUNY Potsdam’s record sits at 9-9-5 overall and 5-7-2 in conference, while Plattsburgh State’s record sits

at 12-11-0 overall and 6-8-0 in the SUNYAC. For Herlihey, his goal is for the Lakers to not think about who they are going to play. Gosek encourages his players to prepare and approach every game as if they were blind to the opposing team.

“We’re going to take one game at a time, but to beat them at home would be unbelievable,” said Ferreira, a forward from Riverside, New Jersey. “I think we’re taking the right steps to do that this weekend, and that’s the most important thing.”

This class of seniors could be the second graduating class in a row from Oswego State to never be able to knock off Plattsburgh State on home ice, and they are looking for retribution for all the difficult losses they suffered through over the last three seasons.

Out of all the freshmen that entered the program in 2014, Herlihey, Durocher and Ferreira are the only three players to finish out their careers at Oswego State.

“They are the three that made it,” Gosek said. “We’re pleased with all of them. They’ve grown in to be first and foremost good people. They’ve represented our program in a first-class manner.”

Each of these three players have distinct qualities that separate themselves from the rest of the team.

“Mitchell, obviously our captain, 100-point guy, power play, penalty killer, regular shift,” Gosek said. “You talk about a leader, and leaders not only lead by

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Taylor Woods | The Oswegonian Herlihey is seeking to win his first Whiteout game vs Plattsburgh State on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m.

example but put other people in front of themselves, and Mitch does that.”

Ferreira brings a different skill set to the ice as a smaller, faster forward that provides a stabilizing element for the Lakers’ forward core.

“David [is] more of a dynamic forward as far as his speed and skill set and plays a different game than Mitch,” Gosek said. “It brings something intangible to our team that is an ingredient that is important.”

Durocher has found a consistent role in the Oswego State lineup by adding the dimension of size that does not exist in many players on the roster.

“Trent has kind of found his niche as fourth line center,” Gosek said. “[He] has been good on draws and kept things simple on both ends of the ice and fills a void for us.”

For the seniors, this season’s Whiteout game will feel bittersweet as this weekend is annually one of the most anticipated of the season by the fans and players alike.

“When you make that first loop around the net and look up and just see everyone wearing white, you don’t even have to be up for the game,” Ferreira said.

“Just that alone is going to get you going.

It’s the best feeling ever.”

In his first Whiteout game, other players had encouraged Ferreira to walk by the line of students going into the rink.

“My first Whiteout game, just from start to beginning, you walk through that line and you get the goosebumps,” Ferreira said.

For Herlihey, contributing to a win for the Lakers is at the top of his agenda, but the excitement of the fans are what will push him to bring his game to a higher level.

“It’ll be nice to see a full arena full of fans,” Herlihey said. “That’s what I think I’m looking forward most to, playing in front of the fans.”

Being part of the hockey team has played a significant part in Ferreira and Durocher’s lives on and off the ice.

“I never played on a team where we’re actually like a family,” Ferreira said. “Every team I’ve ever played on, we always had cliques, and with this team we’re always together.”

Durocher echoed the sentiment of his teammate, saying that this team is like a family.

“The friendships you build here are long lasting. They last forever,” Durocher said. “You’re really a family here.”

With the end of the hockey season and the semester coming, seniors are starting to prepare for graduation.

“Just not being a part of this program in general is going to be really hard to take,” Ferreira said. “This program is revolving around your life. Once that’s gone, I feel like I’m going to have nothing to do.”

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Set back season in rearview for Cards; hope for turnaround Ryan Zalduondo Asst. Sports Editor rzaldundo@oswegonian.com The reigning SUNYAC champion Plattsburgh State Cardinals men’s hockey team has faltered significantly following their spectacular run at the end of last season that saw them fall to eventual runner-up Trinity College in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

Heading into the start of the season, the Cardinals were projected to finish second in the conference by a SUNYAC. com poll. Currently, Plattsburgh State has 12 points and is tied for fourth place in the conference with SUNY Potsdam. The highest they can finish is fourth and can still potentially miss the playoffs completely.

With a record of 12-11-0 heading into the last weekend of the season, the Cardinals have fallen short of the expectations placed on them and are fighting to get a chance to defend their SUNYAC crown.

Their struggles can be attributed to the graduation of starting goaltender of Brady Roleau, leaving them with a goaltending core who had zero NCAA game experience prior to the start of the season.

“It is the youngest team as far as a group of seniors ever,” Plattsburgh State head coach Bob Emery said. “[We had] two inexperienced goalies going into the season.”

Their two main goaltenders, freshmen Jimmy Poreda and Lawson Fenton, have combined for a 2.91 GAA and a .908 save percentage. This is a step down from the 2.25 GAA posted by Roleau over the span of his career.

Beyond the freshmen goaltending tandem, the issues plaguing the Cardinals this season are hard to diagnose for Emery.

“It is really hard to pinpoint it,” Emery said. “However, in order to be successful, you must be able to keep the puck out. Our scoring defense is not good.”

The Cardinals’ start to this season mirrored the beginning of last year.

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Shore Report

Key # - Playoff Seed x - Clinched e - Eliminated

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SUNYAC Standings

Oswego Scoreboard

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Women's Basketball

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Ameele: 17 points, 4 steals Windhausen: 11 points

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Helps: 12 points, 4 assists Ice: 11 points, 5 rebounds McDonald: 11 points, 4 blocks

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Herlihey: 1 goal, 1 assist Zizek: 1 goal, 1 assist Richer: 34 saves

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Schupp: 25 points, 7 rebounds Ferebee: 18 points, 3 assists

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COR: (9-13-1, 4-9-1) GEN: (16-5-3, 9-3-3) Three Oswego State hockey players were given conference honors for their strong play throughout the week. Mitchell Herlihey was named SUNYAC Athlete of the Week, David Richer was named Goaltender of the Week, and Mariah Madrigal was named NEWHL Goaltender of the Week. Herlihey had four points during the weekend, Richer made 55 saves in total during both games, and Madrigal allowed only one goal against SUNY Cortland.

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PLA: (12-11-0, 6-8-0) OSW: (18-3-2, 13-0-1)

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Laker Athletes of the Week

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Men's basketball's Ian Schupp scored a season-high 25 points in the 7673 victory over SUNY Fredonia. Schupp also had seven rebounds in the nail-biting victory for the Lakers. The senior has 276 total points on the season, good enough for second place behind Jemir Ferebee with 366 points. The team now sits at 12-11 (9-7) and currently has the fifth seed in the SUNYAC playoffs, two games ahead of SUNY Oneonta.

Mariah Madrigal

Men's Hockey Senior | Ottawa, Ontario

Women's Hockey Senior | Brownstown, Michigan

With a two-goal per formance on Feb. 9 a t the Ma ra no Ca mpus Cen ter Ice Arena, Herlihey led the Lakers over the SUNY Geneseo Ice Knights by a score of 4-2 and secured the top spot in the SUNYAC playoffs. Herlihey followed it up with another two-point s h o w i n g d u r i n g a v i s i t to t h e C ol lege at Brockport the day after to lead Oswego State to another win and move the Lakers one game closer to clinching the first undefeated season in conference play since 2011-12.

Madrigal was named the Goalie of the Week in the NEWHL following a weekend series against SUNY Cortland. In the first matchup, Madrigal stopped all 23 of the Red Dragons' shots for her third shutout of the season and a 4-0 victory on the road. On Feb. 10, the Lakers returned home to the Marano Campus Center Ice Arena and Madrigal posted 14 saves, this time en route to a 4-1 win. With the 37 saves on the weekend, Madrigal boosted her save percentage to .911. She has a 7-62 record heading into the weekend.

Oswego State men's hockey captain Mitchell Herlihey became the 56th player to score 100 points in program history. He was able to accomplish the feat against SUNY Geneseo on Feb. 9, which resulted in a 4-2 victory for the Lakers. Herlihey scored two goals in the game where Oswego State clinched the No. 1 seed in the SUNYAC. With 19 seconds remaining in the game, Herlihley scored the empty net goal to seal the deal with his 100th point.

Trevor Huffmeier, of the Oswego State wrestling team, bumped up to the 197-pound weight class after primarily being in the 184-pound weight class. Huffmeier won by a 10-3 decision over Chris Halleran after a near-pin, resulting in a four-point advantage for the Newark Valley native. Huffmeier and the rest of the Lakers wrestling team will head to NCAA Mideast Regionals on Feb. 24 at Ithaca College.

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Whiteout Weekend

Ryan Zalduondo Asst. Sports Editor rzalduondo@oswegonian.com This year's rendition of Whiteout will lack the excitement seen in year's past, as No. 3/4 Oswego State has already clinched the top seed in the SUNYAC playoffs.

Plattsburgh State and SUNY Potsdam are having down years and will need wins this weekend to guarantee playoff spots. This is the source of intrigue for the contests this weekend at Marano Campus Center Ice Arena. SUNY Potsdam is tied for fourth with Plattsburgh State, so it is a mustwin game against the Lakers. However, Oswego State has already beaten them handily this year and only gotten better as a team. Expect the Lakers to beat the Bears and move on to the showdown with the Plattsburgh State Cardinals with their undefeated conference record intact. In the Whiteout contest, expect the Lakers to handle the Cardinals easily, just like they did on Dec. 9 at the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena. No matter the stakes for either team, Oswego State has a distinct talent advantage in all facets of the game, and it should result in the Lakers finalizing their 15-0-1 record in the SUNYAC this season.

Ben Grieco Copy Editor bgrieco@oswegonian.com The Oswego State men’s ice hockey team has an exciting weekend ahead, for both fans and players alike. With the annual Whiteout Weekend coming to Oswego this Friday, the Lakers will look to complete their undefeated SUNYAC campaign against SUNY Potsdam and Plattsburgh State.

Oswego State will look to continue the dominance over SUNY Potsdam in the second meeting of the regular season. The Lakers overtook the Bears 7-1 on Dec. 8. Aaron Huffnagle had a four-point performance with a goal and three assists.

If the first game is an inclination of what could potentially happen during the Friday evening matchup, the Lakers’ biggest concern will be heading into Saturday going against rival Plattsburgh State.

While the first game against the Cardinals was a little closer at 5-2 on Dec. 9, Oswego State still showed its offensive arsenal with five different goal scorers in the game. Four of those five goal scorers also finished with an assist.

The Lakers have a lot at stake this weekend, but having clinched the No. 1 seed in the SUNYAC playoffs puts the team at ease just a little more. The No. 3/4 Oswego State Lakers will come out victorious this weekend to go undefeated in the SUNYAC for the first time since the 2011-2012 season.

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Herlihey becomes 56th Laker to crack 100 point milestone Despite entry to exclusive club, senior captain looks to keep team on winning track

Joe Porpora Staff Writer sports@oswegonian.com Oswego State men’s hockey captain Mitch Herlihey notched his 100th career point en route to the Lakers clinching the SUNYAC regular season title over No. 7/7 SUNY Geneseo Friday night.

Herlihey became the 56th player in Oswego State history to join the 100-point club. The Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, native has tallied 29 points on the season, which is second on the team to Josh Zizek’s 31 points. Even though Herlihey is happy about the accomplishment, he is glad it is over.

“It was cool," Herlihey said. "I’m glad it’s over with. A lot of people were asking me questions about it. It’s something I didn’t think I’d achieve when I got here.

To do it in front of the fans was cool.”

Early in the first period against SUNY Geneseo, Herlihey scored a goal that was assisted on by Michael Gillespie and Josh Zizek for the 99th point of his Laker career.

Herlihey’s goal put the Lakers up 2-0 at that point in the game. However, SUNY Geneseo would come back and trim the Laker lead to 3-2 late in the third.

The Ice Knights pulled Devin McDonald, and Mitch Herlihey capitalized, scoring the 100th point of his career on the empty net. Head coach Ed Gosek said that Herlihey’s consistency on the ice throughout his four years with the Lakers led to him joining the 100-point club.

“He’s remained fairly consistent all four years,” Gosek said. “It’s not like he’s had ups and downs. He is who he is. I think now he’s playing with a lot more confidence and has more experience.

To get to 100 points, that’s not easy. He’s earned it.”

Although Herlihey is proud of joining the 100-point club, his main focus right now is winning a championship for the Lakers in his final season.

“It’s kind of in the back of my mind now,” Herlihey said. “I’m just focused on winning a conference title.”

The Lakers will have a good chance of doing just that after their victory

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over the Geneseo Ice Knights. Oswego State will have home ice advantage throughout the SUNYAC playoffs that start Feb. 21. Herlihey and the Lakers lost in the SUNYAC finals to Plattsburgh State last season and look to right that

wrong this time around.

“Last year was a weird year," Herlihey said. "We just didn’t get our bounces and that just happens. It’s college hockey.

Herlihey said. “We learned our lesson when we were losing games around

Greg Tavani | The Oswegonian With a two-goal performance during a 4-2 over SUNY Geneseo on Feb. 10, Herlihey (17) became the only current Laker to reach the milestone.

Christmas that you take one period off and your whole season could be done, and these guys have done a good job all year of bringing it every shif,t every period.”

Herlihey has always been a team-first player and hopes to be remembered for his good character above any statistic or record.

“I just want to be remembered as a good teammate,” Herlihey said. “I don’t want to be remembered as a guy that put up a lot of points. I want to be a guy people look back on and say ‘He was a good guy, hard worker and a good captain.’”

That hard work has led Herlihey to 38 career goals and 64 assists with a plus/minus of +62. Gosek says that it is more about the team and winning than individual stats for Herlihey.

“It’s never about the points,” Gosek said. “His focus since day one this year has been to have the team focused and prepared on practicing and playing the right way on the weekends. It wasn’t like it was a goal [on Herlihey joining the 100-point club.] It’s just something that happened along the way of having a successful season.”

Herlihey has the opportunity to lead the Lakers into the SUNYAC playoffs with home-ice advantage throughout the tournament. First, the Lakers will have to close out the regular season with two home games this weekend against SUNY Potsdam on Friday, then Plattsburgh State for senior night on Saturday.

Redshirt sophomore takes starting reigns in Laker crease

Playoff push sees motivated Richer attempt to make most of huge opportunity Cole Parzych Editor-in-Chief cparzych@oswegonian.com Plattsburgh State is in the midst of a down year but seem to be trending upward with improvements on the back end. Jakob Engvall is back in the lineup, and Div. I transfer Andrew Pizzo from Niagara University has helped stabilize the defense. This may not be enough to contain the Laker offense, who have scored at least four goals in their last six games.

Josh Zizek and Mitchell Herlihey are tied for the team lead with 13 goals.

That ranks them tied for the fifth spot among all SUNYAC skaters. It is not just those two top scorers who are leading the way, though. The coaching staff has seemed to find the lineup they like. The dynamic of all four forward lines fit well into the Lakers’ scheme, and the reliability of all three defense pairs has been keeping chances to a minimum in front of David Richer as of late.

Whiteout Weekend seems to have an impact on the Lakers. On home ice, the Lakers have a 5-8-2 record and have not won a game at the Marano Campus Center Ice Arena since the SUNYAC final on March 2, 2013. A chance at an undefeated SUNYAC schedule could potentially be on the line. The stage is set, and with a new core of players leading this team, it seems time for this brutal streak to end against the school’s biggest rival.

RICHER FROM B1 and current Canadiens goaltender Carey Price.

“When Carey Price came in [2005], I always was looking at Carey Price,” Richer said. “Even today, I’m looking to play a little like him.”

Out of high school, Richer was looking for a “great hockey experience” that matched with what he found at Oswego State. After considering playing locally in Mirabel, Quebec, he felt Oswego State was the right fit.

“It’s not the same hockey experience [playing near home], the arena and the

Taylor Woods | The Oswegonian Richer's goals against average of 1.49 ranks third among all Div. III. goaltenders and first in SUNYAC.

fans,” Richer said. “It really was the facility and the fans that made it awesome and why I wanted to go [to Oswego State].”

After being ruled ineligible last season due to the major junior hockey forcing him to redshirt last season, Richer was stuck watching the Lakers from the outside.

“I’m not [going] to lie, it was the hardest year of my life,” Richer said. “It was really hard. But looking back today, I guess it was worth it. I remember last year, I was watching the Whiteout game and I said, ‘I’m going to be there next year. I’m going to be playing at that game next year.’”

Richer was motivated from the intensity of last year’s Whiteout Weekend to train hard and improve during the offseason and compete to be the team’s starting goalie. Competing alongside who he refers to as his “best friend,” in Hansen helped bring the best of him, as they provide each other with mutual respect and support.

“I knew I still had to earn the starting spot,” Richer said. “It was just a great competition between the two of us.

[Hansen] pushes me every day, I push him every day, and I think that’s why we’re successful.”

It was in no way an easy decision for head coach Ed Gosek and assistant coach Mark Digby to pick their main goaltender.

“I think we’re actually pretty confident in both of them,” Digby said. “It’s nice that the two of them get along as well as they do, push each other the way they do. I think that just really helped reinforce the

whole team mentality that really drives who we are as a team.”

In the last two weeks, Richer was named SUNYAC Goalie of the Week, the only goaltender to be named to that honor twice this season.

“I’m not trying to think too much," Richer said. "I know it’s always fun to hear you won those honors. I’m always trying not to think about it and just play the game.”

During that span, Richer collected a career-high 36 saves in their 5-0 win over SUNY Fredonia on Feb. 3. Against one of the conference’s best offenses in SUNY Geneseo on Feb. 9, Richer held them in check with 21 saves in a 4-2 victory that officially clinched the regular season title for Oswego State. The next night, Richer tallied a 34-save performance in the Laker’s 4-1 victory over the College at Brockport.

“It’s nice to have [Richer] playing the way he is this time of the year,” Digby said.

“It’s also extremely nice he doesn’t care about getting goalie of the week. All he’s focused right on right now is wins.”

Beyond Whiteout Weekend, the Lakers and Richer are in the driver’s seat for playing in some big games ahead.

With the regular season all clinched and wrapped up, Richer is still looking forward to playing his first Whiteout game and win the seniors their first one.

“Pretty excited actually,” Richer said on playing in the Whiteout game. “I remember last year had the goosebumps because I was like, ‘Wow. This is so crazy.’ I’m really

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Home ice clinched again, different First undefeated SUNYAC season Cardinals content on outcome determined for Lakers since 2012 in sight for Laker hockey progressing, spoiling SUNYAC FROM B1 senior day for Lakers Throughout the season, it was a fight with SUNY Geneseo to determine who would come out on top in February. However, throughout a majority of the season, Oswego State had a couple of games in hand on the Ice Knights in the SUNYAC standings.

Oswego State was able to get an edge on SUNY Geneseo after a 2-2 overtime tie on Dec. 1 at the Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena. While the Lakers only had eight points compared to the Ice Knight’s 11, the Lakers had two games in-hand over them.

Buffalo State was also entered into the mix of the potential No. 1 seed during the season. While Oswego State took two points from the Bengals on Nov. 17 in a 4-3 victory, the Bengals were able to win eight of their nine next SUNYAC matchups before the Lakers traveled to Buffalo on Feb. 2.

At the beginning of each season, Gosek keeps his goals for the team “very generic” so that pressure does not amount too high for his team to handle. “[I tell the team] we’d like to secure home ice for the playoffs,” Gosek said.

“Anytime that you can play in front of your own fans and keep your normal routine, that’s a positive.”

The Lakers clinched the No. 1 seed with three regular season games left. They traveled to The College at Brockport on Feb. 10 and won 4-1.

They still have the SUNY Potsdam game on Feb. 16 and the intense rivalry Plattsburgh State contest on Feb. 17.

“All we’re worried about is Potsdam on Friday night,” Gosek said. “We’re not

worried about standings or rankings.

Our focus is on Potsdam and playing better hockey. We know we’re facing two teams that are trying to place themselves in the playoffs.”

Despite knowing they have clinched the No. 1 seed, Gosek does not talk about it in the locker room with his team and instead he lets the team focus on the end of the regular season.

Along with clinching the No. 1 seed for the SUNYAC playoffs, the Lakers have also stayed consistent in the USCHO and D3hockey polls, and currently sit at No. 3 with USCHO and No. 4 with D3hockey. They trail Adrian College and St. Norbert University on the USCHO poll.

Oswego State, as of Feb. 13, has also been giving the No. 1 ranking for the men’s NCAA regional rankings for Div. III. They are right above Salve Regina University.

“We don’t discuss the rankings. We don’t discuss being first in our league,” Gosek said. “We don’t discuss winning.

We discuss the things we need to do to make us successful.”

Before the Lakers take the bye-week for the play-in round of the SUNYACs, Oswego State must handle the SUNY Potsdam Bears and Plattsburgh State Cardinals for the annual Whiteout Weekend. The game against the Cardinals will also serve as the senior game for the team. They graduate three seniors this year, including captain Mitchell Herlihey.

“It’s just another win, but we have a chance to finish our conference undefeated,” Herlihey said. “Plattsburgh always comes here and plays a good game, so we’ve got to be ready for that.”

Greg Tavani | The Oswegonian Oswego State men’s hockey clinched the SUNYAC regular season title in a 4-2 victory against SUNY Geneseo on Feb. 9.

CARDINALS FROM B1 Plattsburgh State began the 2016-17 season with a 5-5-0 record before the winter break, while this season’s team was 5-7-0 heading into the break.

Though both teams were able to put together winning records in the second half of the season, this current team has not fared nearly as well. Going 3-2-0 in their five conference games since the break has positioned Plattsburgh State to be looking at a potential road playoff game or sitting out the postseason festivities as a whole.

This team has seen plenty of ups and downs this season, starting off with a 4-3 loss to the lowly SUNY Canton Roos. Despite this, the Cardinals have collected wins over Norwich University, who are the defending national champions, and another high quality team in the Babson College Beavers.

These impressive wins have been bright spots for Emery’s team,

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UNDFEATED FROM B1 inexperienced tandem to start the season, the coaching staff knew they had the ability to be some of the best in the SUNYAC. “[We were actually] pretty confident in both [goalies]. You look at some of the games Cedric [Hansen] had in the first half. Up in Plattsburgh, he was outstanding,” assistant coach Mark Digby said. “It’s a different game if one of those two breakaways in the third [period] go in.”

Clearly, the goaltenders were able to establish themselves as above-average players, especially early on when they gave up just two goals to No. 9/10 Hobart College on Oct. 29 and one to SUNY Cortland on Nov. 3. As the season progressed and the goalies developed, the Lakers did not change styles, according to their coaches.

“The continued emphasis has been playing well defensively. When you’ve got a goaltender playing well, on one hand, you can give up more opportunities [and he’ll bail you out,] but on the other, if you give up less opportunities, you’ll give up less goals than ever,” Digby said. “This time of year, it comes back to defense, and it’s about how many pucks you’re keeping out of your net, not how many you are putting in the other team’s.”

While the Lakers have not changed schematically, they have been able to find the back of the net more in the second half of the season. In their first seven SUNYAC games, the Lakers scored 29 goals compared to the 30 goals they scored in their last seven games. While this does not seem like a big difference, the first half was padded by an unusual seven-goal

performance against SUNY Cortland. The second half has been extremely consistent with the Lakers scoring four or five goals in every conference game. “[In the] beginning of the year, we were lacking [speed]. [We were] playing really defensively, getting those grinding goals, but now we are putting it all together, and that’s good to see. It comes with players becoming more familiar with each other,” Herlihey said.

With the scoring and chemistry developing, the Lakers have primed themselves to win their final games of the season and reach that undefeated mark. When it comes to hockey, it is vital to get hot at the right time. If they peak too early, they will be gassed by crunch time. If they peak too late, they will not even be in a position to make the playoffs. These Lakers are hitting their stride at just the right time. Early, on the team found wins via low scoring defensive games. Now, they are scoring but still playing great defense, as shown by a sub-1.00 goals against average in Richer’s last five games. Because of that, he has been named SUNYAC Goalie of the Week in back-to-back weeks.

Despite the fact the Lakers are down playing their record and what going undefeated in conference play means, this accolade is still pretty significant. It may not show up in the box score or game previews, but knowing the Lakers have beaten every team they may face in the postseason is a huge advantage. Conversely, if the Lakers’ opposition has not been able to beat them, their psyche may be affected, even slightly. Although both opponents competing Whiteout Weekend need the wins, it is not like the Lakers are playing for nothing.

Our team speed is good. Our puck protection is good.

We are improving all the time.”

-Bob Emery Plattsburgh State head coach

something the veteran coach attributes to the consistent development of his younger players.

“Our team speed is good. Our puck protection is good,” Emery said. “We are improving all the time.”

The team that beat Norwich University will need to show up this weekend when the Cardinals travel to take on SUNY Cortland on Feb. 16 before heading to Oswego State to meet their rivals in the annual Whiteout contest.

The Cardinals can guarantee a playoff spot this weekend by picking up four points, so expect Emery to have his team prepared to beat the Lakers on the road, which is a trend that has not been broken in years. The last time Plattsburgh State dropped a contest in the Marano Campus Center Ice Arena was on March 2, 2013.

Despite a season that is subpar for an Emery-led team, who has not finished with less than 17 wins since prior to the 2009-10 season, which is the earliest record available on the team’s website, the Cardinals are still in the thick of the SUNYAC playoff race.

With this is mind, Plattsburgh State will be looking to use this weekend to propel themselves back into the postseason, where they shocked the rest of the conference just one year ago.

Time for schools to begin reconsidering grade system

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Colin Hawkins Contributing Writer opinion@oswegonian.com When asking the typical college student why they are here, they will give s eve r a l a n s w e r s . Pa s t a l l t he jokes of not knowing or pursuits of certain recreations, students attend college for an education and the degree that proves it. Graduation is the finish line for every student and the goal that colleges work alongside to help students achieve. The gist of this is seen in school mission statem e n t s a c ro s s t h e c o u n t r y. S t a n l y Community College, a school in North Carolina, has taken an experimental approach to helping its students succeed with a simple change: removing the D grade from the grading scale.

Many were shocked at first, but it makes a lot of sense. Stanly began the policy in 2010, where their core classes, the English and math classes that almost all programs require, stopped awarding a passing grade for students who scored under a 70.

The college’s reasoning is simple: most of these lower division courses are prerequisites that require a C to move on to higher level courses, and as a junior college, most students will

transfer to institutions that require a C to retain their credit. That is not the only issue a D on a transcript can cause.

Students who transfer from a community college to Oswego are faced with grading challenges during the process. Poor grades earned early in someone’s career can be difficult to shake. Financial aid often will not cover passed courses, even if it was only passed with a D. Even if good performance in later semesters salvages a GPA, many community colleges require a 2.0 to graduate, and universities typically want at least a 2.3 or 2.5 out of transfer applicants.

This leaves community college students in a tough spot if they graduate with the minimum, a spot that could mean the community college failed its mission statement to fully prepare its students yet granted them a degree regardless.

The Stanly model makes a good point. If students actually need a C, then a D simply is not good enough.

If a college has a duty to prepare its students, setting the bar below what is required is not helping their stud e n t s a c h ieve . A s muc h a s it may hurt to have a 68 become an F on a transcript, that D was not going to help anyway.

Valentine’s Day haters simply upset with single loneliness

Taylor Woods | The Oswegonian The mushy messages associated with Valentine’s Day have turned many people away from the holiday.

Alexis Hanna Staff Writer opinion@oswegonian.com Feb.14, as a general rule, is seen as either a day to “remember you are alone” or to show off your loved one. The day is either widely ant i c i p a t e d o r a b s ol u t e l y d re a d e d .

The difference in feeling toward the day is ultimately the difference of whether people are in a relationship or not. Those without a significant other often bash the holiday, Valentine’s Day, as it only reminds them of being single. This is an example of essentially spitting on the celebration of love.

This is the response toward one of the most genuine commercialized holidays.

As our generation has grown up, we have been almost taught to feel that way toward Valentine’s D ay i f t he re i s n o t “ t h a t s p e c i a l someone” to shower with love. Ever yone on social media publicly defies the holiday, showing pity

and despair for their single selves.

C e l e b r i t i e s , You Tu b e r s a nd s oc ia l media faces we cherish talk down the holiday, generalizing it as a big c o m me rc i a l d ay to re m i nd s i ng l e people that they are single, as if it is a bad thing. Naturally, we tend to do the same.

This is not how we should react to a day meant for love. Love is supposed to be genuine, joyous and celebrated between not only lovers but all of mankind. People can love on neighbors, parents, teammates and best of all, friends. Single people can enjoy it too. Valentine’s Day, while it may be largely commercialized (but what holiday is not) is one of the greatest holidays to be celebrated nationally. It is a day full of love, a day full of cherishing loved ones and day to celebrate the simple fact that love exists. Shower loved ones with recognition and remind them and let them know they are loved, be it a mother, father, aunt or best friend.

Valentine’s Day does not have to be a day just for couples. It should be a day to embrace any loved ones.

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Best tobacco alternative to date Students find Juul e-cig convenient, comparatively harmless to smoking Erin Newell Staff Writer opinion@oswegonian.com

A community college’s decision to eliminate the “D” grade has many schools questioning their own grading.

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that time the e-cigarette industry will be regulated by the FDA. This will willingly give vape users the knowledge they need about e-cigarettes being an alternative to cigarette smoking.

The regulation by the FDA is a muchneeded measure since anyone with access to the internet and social media knows that fake stories can spread quickly. Seemingly every week, a new story will come out proclaiming either the benefits or potential risks of using a Juul with little validity. With the FDA regulating the e-cigarette industry, the smoking community is hopefully one step closer to knowing the truth about Juuls and the health

risks associated with them.

We live in a world of diverse people who live their daily lives in all sorts of ways, and part of some peoples’ lifestyle includes smoking. One thing is for sure: we know the risks of smoking cigarettes and the terrible consequences that result from doing so. The Juul may be equally as addictive due to the nicotine, but if it can help people quit the tobacco tyrant, then it is at least better than smoking a pack a day. If people are bound to burn, then they might as well keep working toward a less harmful way to do it.

Walk around any college campus, and one is bound to see the most popular smoking fad among young people: the Juul. Since the small device does not have to be filled, users buy “pods.”

They may seem harmless at first, but each pod, in a pack of four, contains 5 percent nicotine, which is equivalent to a pack of cigarettes, or 200 puffs.

With growing popularity comes growing concern about the long-term consequences of the Juul. That said, there are not enough conducted studies to prove all of the health repercussions of the new e-cig. However, we do know the health risks of cigarettes. Juul users every day are making the gamble that the s lightly unknow n is s afe r than the consequences of cigarette smoking.

In an ideal world, people would not smoke and this would not be an issue, but we do not live in such a world, and millions of people smoke every day.

This must be respected as a purely personal choice. Cigarette smoking causes heart disease, cancer and many other horrific diseases. Obviously, that burning tobacco, tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide would cause these horrendous illnesses. Sure, the Juul might not be healthy, but if it is a healthier alternative to a known killer, we should know all the facts. Fortunately, people might get the answers they need Taylor Woods | The Oswegonian about the Juul come November 2018.

According to The New York Times, by The discreetness of the Juul makes it easy to use almost anywhere, but especially on campus.

Dealing with our mortal enemy

Never too early to begin planning student loan repayment plan Michael Reilly Circulation Director mreilly@oswegonian.com Student loan debt: those three words send shivers down the spines of students and parents alike. Whether students choose to acknowledge its existence or not, for a majority of them, it is coming. And everyone can agree, it is not something they look forward to.

As a matter of fact, it is mentioned at the beginning of a bankrate.com article that, as of 2016, the average student loan debt reached $37,172, which was a 6.05 percent increase from the year before. These statistics were provided courtesy of the vice president of strategy for college scholarship website cappex.com, Mark Kantrowitz.

1. Treat the loan like a mortgage.

This can be done by simply making larger payments to cut out the principal more quickly. For example, if one has a $25,000 student loan with a 6.8 percent interest rate and a 10-year payback period, they would be making at least a $288 month payment.

Kantrowitz makes the hypothetical suggestion of paying $700. This would take someone just over three years to repay the loan. Kantrowitz also suggests adding payments and sending in checks every other week instead of just once a month.

2. Create a three-to-five-year plan.

Wealth manager of A&I Financial Services, Clayton Shearer, highly sugg e s t s u s i ng t h i s me t ho d , a s i t w i l l give a sense of comfort knowing exactly how long it will take to pay the loan back. Shearer adds that clients “have a goal in place, they’re committed to it, and they know exactly what to pay monthly.”

3. Set aside money specifically for

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the purpose of paying off your debt.

Having a portion of earnings automatically put in a savings account is effective because it is forced. Doing this will enable one to have money set aside that can grow, as opposed to it being spent on eating out or online shopping.

Everyone on earth knows you do not do any more of that. It is important to mention that if one decides to set aside money to repay a loan, they need to open a new account as opposed to using one they already have. This way, they are less likely to use that money on something other than paying off debt.

4. Get a part-time job while in school.

By having a job, one can then put aside a certain amount of thier paycheck for the purpose of paying off debt, as mentioned in the last step. To go about this successfully, it is important to make a

plan and put together a budget. Getting a head start and already having money ready to pay off debt before graduation will feel infinitely better than not.

5. Avoid the usual traps. We all have those “instant gratification” temptations we contemplate foregoing our financial goals to indulge in. For most, this could be by far the toughest action on this list to take. It is important to have a big sit-down with yourself and decide what you need money for, and what you could cut back on. Discipline is crucial.

When it comes to debt, students know it is a guaranteed pain in the neck. Therefore, the best way for dealing with debt is just by sacrificing now and getting the nonsense done and over with as quickly as possible.

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SPORTS NOTHING GETS PAST

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OLYMPICS: MORE THAN SPORTS What is your interest, if any, in Whiteout Weekend?

“Hockey is not a big interest of mine, honestly.”

Kristen Manahan creative writing, senior “I hate waiting in lines, and we have lost like three years in a row.”

Cliff Vital biochemistry, junior “I am really interested in it, but when I went to get my ticket, they were all sold out.”

Abby Penkalski zoology, sophomore “I am going. It will be my first one. I just know Plattsburgh is not going to be as good as they usually are.”

Darryl Webber chemistry, senior “I am not really a big fan of hockey, so I am not going.

But I am sure it is going to be fun.”

Alex Kent broadcasting, freshman

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It also gives Americans the chance to find new heroes. The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio produced gymnastic stars Simone Biles and Aly Raisman, among others. This year, snowboarders Red Gerard and Chloe Kim are two Americans that have gained attention for their efforts in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

The Olympics evoke national pride in people from across the world. Seeing a country’s colors on the podium in the luge, Nordic combined, curling or any other event should bring a sense of pride and love for one’s country.

These two weeks also display some of the best female athletes currently walking on this planet. Women’s sports have come a long way since the inception of Title IX in 1972. And the Olympics give those competing on the biggest

Every two years, the world of sports comes together for two weeks of non-stop action.

During this time, viewers across the world revel in the spectacle known as the Olympics.

These sports, besides hockey and some snowboarding events, are not traditional sports people follow regularly. NBC gives viewers a chance to follow competitors of less-popular sports and find excitement from watching various events to which these athletes dedicate their entire lives.

Hardcore sports fans also get a change of pace at seemingly the perfect time. The ability to follow countries or individual athletes comes at the perfect time for many sports junkies who have seen their teams bow out of the playoff race in their respective sports.

stage a chance to show the rest of the world how talented they are.

Finally, countries from all over the globe are given the chance to set aside differences and unite. The Olympic motto is “Faster, Higher, Stronger,” and the last word should hit home with current world leaders during trying times. The countries of North and South Korea were united for the opening ceremony.

There is no shortage of electric moments in these Olympic games. People from all walks of life are entertained by the athletes currently on the other side of the world. All they need to do is tune to NBC or NBC Sports Network on their television, tablet or smart phone and enjoy for a short sitting each day.

IN THE OFFICE

Club sports funding gap deserves explanation Giant disparity between budgets break along gender lines The discrepancy in funding between men’s and women’s club sports on the Oswego State is a blatant error on behalf of the Student Association.

For club sports that have both men’s and women’s teams, there is a huge gap between how the funds are allocated and it reflects poorly on SA. There is a lack of explanation for why women’s teams benefit less than men’s teams in terms of the difference in funding.

In 2018, the men’s club ice hockey team was given $37,500 for their program while their female counterparts were only slotted for $7,200 in the budget, which is an 80.8 percent difference.

Though the difference could potentially be explained by the amount of members each club has or something similar, a difference of over $30,000 is egregious.

If there is a difference in the amount of money allocated to each program, it should be based on the amount of people in each specific program. If certain men’s programs are given funding for certain trips or tournaments, there

Ryan Zalduondo Assistant Sports Editor rzalduondo@oswegonian.com should be an equal amount given to women’s teams for similar expenses.

There are different levels to the issue beyond the extreme gap in funding, the main one being that these are club sports. These are club activities and should be joined by students who are looking for a chance to still be competitive athletes during their college careers. Whether these students

are men or women, their experiences should not be impacted by what SA allows them to have.

A potential solution for this would be to allocate funds to each program based on the amount of members they have, so each team has equal opportunity to travel for different games and tournaments. Their experiences should not be limited by the amount of money each team is given.

SA should begin by giving a base of equal funds depending on the sport, regardless of gender, then allocating the rest of the remaining money to whoever needs it regarding their status for traveling or tournament entry.

A reasonable explanation as to why men are allowed a significantly larger amount should be provided by SA, or they should change the way they fund club athletics immediately. It is time for club sports to be treated equally and the pool of funds to be allocated based on needs for each individual organization.

Hibernation season nearly over Bone-chilling temperatures, wind will not be missed Derek Smith Opinion Editor dsmith@oswegonian.com The first assignments have arrived on Blackboard, which means the early semester period of leisure is unofficially over. It is sad to know that time outside class will soon be spent doing more homework and reading than playing For tnite and watching the Olympics.

But as rainy days suddenly appear on the forecast, we are reminded that less than a week from the time this is printed, spring will be exactly one month away.

This is hardly a cause for celebration, but anyone in the Northeast who survived this winter’s unusually harsh weather earned a little good news. Until Earth’s rotation speeds up, the only cure for the winter blues is the tiny feeling of hope students receive when spring enters the collective conscious.

March 20 is certainly not too late for snow in upstate New York, but thanks to fossil fuels, plastic water bottles and rampant food waste, win-

ters are getting shorter by the year.

The Center for Disease Control lists March as the final month of this year’s p a r t i c u l a rl y a w f u l a n d s o m e t i m e s fatal flu season. For the first time in

Until Earth’s rotation speeds up, the only cure for the winter blues is the tiny feeling of hope students receive when spring enters the collective conscious.” months, the unavoidable microorganisms that inhabit every single sink, doorknob and water fountain on campus will at least not be contagious.

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Even for fans of winter weather, that part of the season will not be missed.

For the past several months, every walk to class resulted in a numb face, runny nose and static hair. That unfortunate feeling will soon be replaced by muddy sneakers and raind re n c h e d h a i r. N o w, s t u d e n t s w i l l only need to lay a light sweater on the bathroom floor in the stalls without coat hooks.

Wa rd ro b e v e r s a t i l i t y i s a n o t h e r thing to look forward to. Instead of being confined to the same four layers, a winter coat and hat, Oswego spring weather will allow students to wear everything from a parka to tank top all in one day with drastic daily temperature shifts.

We have almost made it through another vicious winter and are app ro a c h i n g t h e h o m e s t re t c h . D a y s will be longer, homework distractions more abundant and transpor tation less traumatizing.

Most impor tantly, spring means Spring Break and eventually, the end of another academic year. Enjoy whatever it is you like about winter now, because it will not be here much longer.

◊....to the unequal funding between men’s and women’s sports teams. ◊....to the chemistry department looking to cut the number of holidays. ◊....to the Plattsburgh State Cardinals.

◊....to watching the Olympics. ◊....to spring’s near arrival. ◊....to replacing smoking with the Juul.

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Boston band steals show in Syracuse Trajectory of band filled with possibilities, from dorm to stardom Samuel Sandler Contributing Writer laker@oswegonian.com

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On Feb. 1, in Syracuse, Juice blew the roof off Funk N’ Waffles. While other acts were excellent, Juice’s unique style and energy stole the show. The band is comprised of seven members. On guitar are Daniel Moss, Michael Ricciardulli and Kamau Burton.

Rami El-Abidin plays bass, Miles Clyatt is on drums, Christian Rose is on electric violin, and Ben Stevens is on vocals. Burton also provides vocal support with Rose, who is known for his rapping.

The band classifies itself as a blend of rock, pop and hip-hop influences. The deep sound provided by a plethora of instruments makes for an unforgettable live experience.

The real question is, how did all of these different musicians decide to form a band?

“Freshman year, it all kind of happened by chance,” Stevens said. “None of us are music majors, but we all just met through different classes and social circles.”

The seven Boston College students started playing together and realized they had something special. They decided to play a battle of the bands and won. This was just the beginning for them.

The first album for Juice was self titled and came out in 2016. One of the best achievements for Juice members was

when they won the $20,000 grand prize at the 2016 Land The Big Gig Competition at Summeriest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The band also opened up for DNCE at Summerfest in 2017.

“That was crazy. It didn’t even seem real,” El-Abdin said.

“You think you’d be super nervous, but as soon as I got on stage, it felt totally awesome, just looking out at the crowd you think, am I really here right now?”

Currently the band is touring the East Coast and gaining traction.

While listening to Juice’s recorded music is still a treat, it does not compare to seeing them live. On Thursday, the band, unfortunately missing Burton, was electrifying. The fun that the band has on stage diffuses seamlessly into the crowd.

“Especially in a room like this when there is such great energy, you get a rush of blood to your face,” Rose said. “You see all your boys on stage just ripping it and you can’t help but to smile.”

Each member of the band showcases their talents with expert solos that get the audience going wild. In the band’s cover of Kanye West’s “Gold Digger,” Moss shredded on the guitar. The versatility to transform a rap song into an intense guitar solo boasts the talent of the group.

“A lot of the emotion that we have on stage is contrib-

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none. This feeds into the enlightening chemistry on stage.

“I can rip a solo; you can rip a solo; we all can do that,” said guitarist Mike Ricciardulli. “You start to feel the music a little more as time goes on together because there is an inherent energy on stage and you want to contribute to that more than anything.”

Contributions were made by all members of the band.

Stevens’ soulful and charming voice shocked listeners’ ear drums with intensity. He sings his riffs so naturally and freely that it sends chills down the spines of concert-goers.

This, paired with the sleek and clean rapping of Rose, kept the material fresh at all times.

Rose can crush a violin solo, spit bars and harmonize all in the span of five minutes. This kind of prowess is a spectacle on stage.

“Sometimes you’ll be sitting in the car with them driving from place to place and forget that they aren’t just your friends,” Stevens said. “Then you remember they are all virtuosos at what they do, and I am so fortunate to be surrounded by those guys.”

If listeners want to hear a fresh style with an empowering stage presence, look no further. The Juice is loose, and it is only the beginning. Juice is releasing a new single on Feb. 16 named “Sugar.” When talking to the band members, Nick Nicosia | The Oswegonian almost all of them said “Sugar” Juice pulls from an array of musical techniques and genres to create a youthful, innovative sound. was their favorite song. uted by the fact that we switch it up every night,” Moss said.

“I think a lot of the happiness and emotional reactions on stage are us just reacting to something we’ve never heard before.”

The drums also get the crowd moving. The steady style of Clyatt helps the audience know when to bob their heads and tap their toes.

“I listen to a lot of jam bands even though we don’t classify ourselves as one,” Clyatt said.

“But philosophically, I like that looseness and mentality of just having fun with it and letting stuff happen.”

One of the many exciting things about Juice is audiences never know who is going to solo next. The capabilities of every band-mate is second to

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‘Cloverfield’ marketing, what it spells for future of film Dominic Rizzi Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com

A major event happened during the Superbowl. While the game was the bigger event, at least in terms of cable television ratings, the actual major one was the dropping of “The Cloverfield Paradox” on Netflix directly after the big game ended. Technically, it is the third installment in the J. J. Abrams-produced Cloverfield films that have been dropping ever since the found footage/ Kaiju combination dropped 10 years ago. The film made waves after it was dropped, but not necessarily for the reasons one would think.

The film’s reviews ranged from mixed to very poor, with most of the criticisms coming from the fact that the film’s desperate need to connect to the other Cloverfield films made it come off as a jumbled mess that ended up feeling like multiple films crammed into one.

While those are the criticisms toward the actual movie, one has to admire Netflix’s drive when it came to how they released this film. The Cloverfield franchise is one that has built

itself on using a viral marketing campaign to make its films seemingly come out of nowhere, and this time, Netflix seems to have allowed that marketing campaign to completely overpower the major criticisms and backlash that this film received.

So what happened exactly?

This film faced a lot of similar circumstances surrounding the previous entry in the saga, “10 Cloverfield Lane.” It had a tense viral marketing campaign that was seemingly building up a film that originally had no connection to “Cloverfield” at all and had a different name, “God Particle,” similar to how “10 Cloverfield Lane” originated as a completely separate project known as “The Cellar.”

Originally slated for an October 2017 release, the film was constantly pushed back due to supposed production problems, mainly attributed to the massive amount of money that Paramount lost that year due to having one to many flops on its hands. Paramount also suffered a personal loss, as CEO Brad Grey, who was ousted from the company earlier that year due to a power struggle between company backers and the family of majority owner Summer

Redstone, died on May 14 from lung cancer.

After finally getting a pushback to April 2018, a new set of rumors came out that Paramount had supposedly sold the film to Netflix for roughly more than $50 million, allowing the studio to instantly profit as well as avoid a likely theatrical misfire and a costly marketing campaign. As a result, Netflix was able to continue what fans are now calling the Cloverfield trend of marketing, successfully managing to oneup the previous film as well as give new meaning to the phrase

“coming out of nowhere.”

However, this does spell concern from true movie lovers, who criticized Netflix heavily when they broke into the original film game back in 2015, due to the fact that they would seemingly take any project for any amount of cash, as well as the fact that most of the movies they churned out were critical disasters.

Because of this, another heavy criticism that came their way was the fact that Netflix had prolonged the careers of celebrities like Adam Sandler and Marlon

Wayans, comedians and actors whose theatrical work had seen much better days. However, in the last two years, Netflix has struggled to up its game in terms of critical work, giving way to a whole new batch of critically acclaimed television, as well as finally nabbing some Oscar nominations with the historical epic film “Mudbound.” With the critical backlash surrounding “The Cloverfield Paradox,” however, fans are beginning to worry that Netflix is falling back into its old habits of just taking anything for a quick buck.

Image from Netflix via YouTube.com Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars in what is the worst critically reviewed “Cloverfield” film released since the original in 2008.

‘15:17 to Paris,’ awful cinematic version of real-life event Connor Brennan Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com

Rating: Clint Eastwood has been directing films since his 1971 debut “Play Misty for Me.” His latest, “The 15:17 to Paris,” certainly does not give any indication that he is getting better.

The film follows the lives of Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos and Spencer Stone as they grow up, express their views on war and, finally, one day on a trip through Europe, stop a gunman from threatening the lives of the passengers of a train on its way to Paris. From reading the TIME magazine article “The True Story Behind the Movie The 15:17 to Paris,” most of what leads up to the event, which took place on Aug. 21, 2015, is historically accurate.

The problem is nothing is done to make the buildup to the event interesting in the slightest.

Image from Warner Bros. Pictures via YouTube.com The non-actors reliving their past are surprisingly not the worst featured in the film.

Everything is presented without a hint of natural progression or smooth transition to the next stage of these men’s lives. The film even opens as the gunman is attacking the passengers on the train and the men notice what is going on, then flashes back to when they were

children. In fact, as the film continues, it flashes forward to the event at least twice in the film seemingly for no purpose. This directorial choice does not reveal any more of the men’s inner psychology. It all goes to show that there was nothing in the film to get excited about,

especially if one goes into it having seen the trailer beforehand. These desperate attempts to remind audiences of what is coming and kills the anticipation, increasing the bore factor.

Aside from poor storytelling choices, two other significant areas where the film suffers are the dialogue and performances. Both aspects come together to form one point: almost nobody in the film seems like a real person. Sadler, Skarlatos and Stone should all be given a pass because they are essentially reliving real events in their lives. In that case, how to “act” would not necessarily be the right question. Nearly everyone else is terrible, though.

The kids playing the three men are probably the worst, and it only goes to show how hard it can be to find kids with actual acting talent (case in point, Dafne Keen’s incredible film debut in “Logan” last year).

The actors playing their Catholic school teachers do not fare much better. Whereas with the kids, it

did not seem like they knew what they were doing, these adult actors seem to be exaggerating their characters, playing them up to be as stereotyped as possible.

Aside from some lines being absolutely cringe-worthy, there are many lines that do nothing but play up the military as the coolest thing about the United States.

A lot of this dialogue makes these people seem unlikeable, which is probably the biggest problem of the film. In fact, a scene in Stone’s room, when he is a kid, shows a poster for “Full Metal Jacket.” No wonder he and his friends are so hyped up about joining the military and getting into combat.

To top off this intricate recipe for terrible dialogue is the sheer lack of subtlety in the film’s main message about being destined for something bigger than oneself and choosing whether to act.

The way in which most of these instances play out, similar to the progression of the story, does not feel natural.

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Franz Ferdinand ‘Always Ascending’ to new musical territory Mary Katherine Moylan Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com

Rating: Feb. 9 marked the fifth album release of Franz Ferdinand, titled “Always Ascending.” The band from Scotland came into the light after the release of its second single “Take Me Out” in 2004.

This brought about the post-punk revival of the early 2000s that they were known for. Heavily dabbling in art rock, dance-punk, dance-rock and indie rock with its past albums, the band channeled some David Bowie “Blackstar” vibes with “Always Ascending.”

The title, “Always Ascending,” was the lead single of the fifth album. Released Oct. 25, Franz Ferdinand was particularly synthheavy with the disco-rock song.

“Always and always and always ascending / The Shepard misleads so you think you’re transcending” refers to the Shepard Tone, the “Love Illumination” artists’ overlap sine waves to create the illusion of a constantly

rising pitch throughout the song.

True to theme, the music video released for “Always Ascending” on Dec. 4 includes color shots to accommodate the vibrant lettering of the album cover and shots of the camera continuously rolling upward to display individual rooms of display on the band.

Never ceasing this action, the video creatively reflects the song.

Starting with the familiar rock sound of Franz Ferdinand and an ascending bass line, “Paper Cages” is about individuality and the need for it.

“You’re so vivid and free in your imagination.” This line makes the observation that individuality is recognized like no other and questioned. “Is it personal choice / Personal conviction / Or are you living like me in paper cages?”

Franz Ferdinand demands that listeners break down the walls they build for sake of image and out of the image they have built for themselves. “Step out, step out of our cages / Step out of our paper cages.”

“Huck And Jim,” a clear reference to Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” is com-

Image from Eddy BERTHIER via flickr The members of Franz Ferdinand reached deep within themselves to create something totally different from their past endeavors.

pletely understood until the first chorus. “We’re going to America / We’re gonna tell them about the NHS / When we get there we’ll all hang out / Sipping 40s with Huck and Jim.” The NHS is the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. Obviously criticizing the path the United States has taken, the artist goes on to continue in the second chorus, “We’re going to America / We’re gonna tell them about the DSS / When we get there we’ll all hang out / Sipping 40s with Huck and Jim,” referring to the Department of So-

cial Security this time. The book, “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” is about Jim, a slave fleeing his master. Huck, a young white boy, joins Jim on his journey along the Missouri River to flee from the South, despite their cultural difference and the tension of the U.S. Optimism shows Alex Kapranos has faith in the American people, which is why he is symbolizing them as Huck and Jim. “Feel The Love Go,” the second single released from “Always Ascending,” is a siren for those to be aware of.

“Hey, what’s that thing that

you’re doing? / Hey, what’s that thing that you do? / No, you’re not that thing that you’re doing / For the things that you do are not who you are.” They then give the advice of “Think of a friend (love) / And wish them love / Think of an enemy (more) / And wish them more / Think of every life and wish them all your love.”

“Always Ascending” is a unique and leisurely album that allows the listener to sit back, relax and groove. Franz Ferdinand amazingly mixes it up and yet keeps its revolutionary strokes.

MGMT taps into its darker side in ‘Little Dark Age’ Ian Saunders Asst. Laker Review Editor isaunders@oswegonian.com

Rating: They are finally back. Nearly five years after the release of its very bizarre and polarizing selftitled album, “MGMT,” the band suddenly resurfaced in late 2017 with the single “Little Dark Age,” a dark and glitzy track drawing obvious inspiration from ‘80s new-wave pop hits.

Consisting of multi-instrumentalists Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, MGMT looked to be tossing the flower headdresses and psychedelic look aside in favor of black lipstick and torn-up clothing.

After the next singles “When You Die” and “Hand It Over” were dropped, it was clear that the next album was not going to be focused in just one direction.

This should not be surprising to anybody, considering how all over the place their previous projects had been, with VanWyngarden and Goldwasser experimenting with as many

different sounds and ideas as they could. This free-wheeling approach to making albums had produced great results, like with its sophomore LP “Congratulations,” but had also resulted in the complete mess that was its self-titled project. There were plenty of doubts going into “Little Dark Age,” mainly with whether the album would be consistent

or just another collection of halfbaked ideas.

“She Works Out Too Much” kicks the album off in a fun and exciting way, with a female voice counting down over bright, colorful synths. “Welcome to the s*** show, grab a comfortable seat,” sings VanWyngarden, with a saxophone wailing away in the background. In an interview

Image from MGMTVevo via YouTube.com MGMT seems to have used its time off wisely and created a brave, personal project.

with Rolling Stone, VanWyngarden explains that Goldwasser and he were not trying to “mask [their] pop influences,” mentioning bands like Talking Heads and Hall and Oates. The lead single “Little Dark Age” reinforces that idea, fitting right into the synth pop theme with its eerie, almost unnerving melody.

The chorus is packed with energy, and VanWyngarden’s strained and uneasy sounding vocals fit perfectly over the aggressive synth arpeggiator.

“When You Die” is one of the group’s most well put together tracks, with a guitar pattern that gets progressively more disorienting as the song plays on. The number of switch-ups on the track brings their track “Siberian Breaks” from “Congratulations” to mind, yet “When You Die” feels better written, accomplishing more in a much shorter runtime.

The song “Me and Michael” is a cute, light-hearted tune originally meant to be written about a girl, with VanWyngarden changing the subject to an ambiguous story of a man named Michael. It is a solid track, but suffers from feeling like more of an hom-

age to ‘80s synth pop than a reimagining of it. “TSLAMP” is a smooth, punchy track written about cellphones and the way they affect how people communicate. The instrumental is upbeat and soaked with reverb, as VanWyngarden laments about all the time he has spent staring down at his phone.

“James,” “Days That Got Away” and “One Thing Left to Try” shows that the duo shoved their weakest material in the last half of the project, something they have done before.

These tracks do not have any real kind of structure, with the mostly instrumental “Days That Got Away” going stale before it is even half over. With how strong the first half of the album is, it is disappointing how easily skippable most of the second half is.

“Hand It Over” is a lush, expansive finishing track, with some of the most beautiful vocal layering in their entire discography.

While “Little Dark Age” might not appeal to everybody, it is a huge step forward for the duo, with their songwriting showing the most improvement out of everything else.

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Wright’s ‘The Darkest Hour’ resurrects Winston Churchill Francesca Miesner Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com

Rating: “The Darkest Hour,” a film directed by Joe Wright (“Pan”), takes place in World War II-era United Kingdom. As Europe started to fall, the only major nation that remained untouched at this point was the UK. Neville Chamberlain (Ronald Pickup, “The Happy Prince”) is prime

minister before and at the start of the war. However, a lot of politicians think that he is no longer a good choice, especially not during a time of war where the world could be ending. The only person that Chamberlain, his political party and King George VI (Ben Mendelsohn, “Bloodline”) could give the position without compromising their morals was the notoriously unpredictable Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman, “Hunter Killer”).

The film spans from them de-

ciding to give him the position of prime minister all the way until he decides to fight the fascists until the end of the war. What made this film interesting was that it was not a one-sided perspective of Churchill’s rise to power, nor did it idolize or romanticize him.

On the contrary, it showed some of his darker qualities, such as alcoholism, pickiness and short temperedness, as much as his more positive ones. Since he was already known to be an emotional and volatile person, his

Image from Universal Pictures UK via YouTube.com Oldman perfectly embodies Winston Churchill, both mentally and physically, in one of his finest performances in a lifelong career.

opponents felt very passionately about removing him from power once he was in the position.

While Churchill was attempting to make these decisions, viewers could see his opposition realizing that there was more to him than anticipated, and most ended up rallying behind his decision to not negotiate with the Nazis.

David Malinowski (“Breathe”), the man in charge of Oldman’s prosthetic makeup, had the most daunting task. He had to make a thin man look larger in both the face and stomach, all while maintaining the malleability of actual skin. He made Oldman look so different from what he truly looks like that most did not recognize him until almost halfway through the film.

Some of the things that did not go so well were the accents.

Two characters specifically, King George VI and Neville Chamberlain, had trouble maintaining their English accent throughout the whole film. Both of them either had a lisp or a French accent, depending on the line or the scene. This, while sitting in

the theater, pulled some abruptly from World War II-era England to the movies. Upon further research, it was found that perhaps Mendelsohn was attempting to bring more life to his character, as King George VI was known to have a lisp from when he was younger. Either way, this fell flat and removed from the otherwise gorgeous portrayal of Churchill, Elizabeth Layton (Lily James, “Baby Driver”) and Clemmie (Kristin Scott Thomas, “Brexit Shorts”).

This film was well executed and extremely immersive, up until the ending. It cut off rather abruptly, and viewers found themselves, even after a twohour movie, wanting more. It was almost as though they wrote the script until the end of World War II, realized that they could not have a five-hour long film and decided to instead cut it off around the two-hour mark.

If viewers like history, want to know more about England during World War II or just want to see Oldman nail the role, this movie is a good fit.

‘Jumanji’ reboot loses magic original film offered Reggie Debrah Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com

Rating: The movie “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” is a reboot of the 1996 movie “ J u m a n j i .” T h i s s to r y i n troduces four new protagonists. It has Spencer Gilpin (Alex Wolff, “The Naked B ro t h e r s B a n d ” ) , A n t h o n y “Fridge” Johnson (Ser’Darius Blain, “Footloose”), Martha Kaply (Morgan Turner, “ I n v i n c i b l e” ) a n d B e t h a n y Wa l k e r ( M a d i s o n I s e m a n , “Laid in America”). They are four high school students t h a t d o no t h ave m u c h i n common.

Through many different scenarios, all four of these students find themselves in detention, where their punishment is to clean up the school’s old storage space.

W h i l e t he s t u d e n t s a re i n the middle of their cleaning, Fridge and Spencer discover an old video game console.

Spencer convinces ever y-

one to take a break to check out the game. At first, everything seems normal, but after everyone selects their characters, things get a bit out of hand when everyone gets sucked into the console.

Eve r yo ne w a ke s u p i n a stage jungle to discover they have been transformed into the characters that they selected. Spencer becomes D r. S m o l d e r B r a v e s t o n e (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, “Ballers”), a heroic and strong archeologist. Fridge becomes Franklin “Moose” Finbar ( Kev i n H a r t , “ R i d e A lo n g ” ) , a f r a g i l e zo olo g i s t . M a r t h a becomes Ruby Roundhouse (Karen Gillan, “Guardians of the Galaxy ”), a buttkicking “killer of men.” Bethany becomes Dr. Sheldon “Shelly ” Oberon (Jack Black, “The Polka King”), a cartographer.

Together, the four of them must find a way out of Jumanji, but the only way to get out of the game is by beating it. To beat the game, the gang must sur vive their dangerous new world by using their newfound skills, working to-

gether and collecting the legendary “Jaguar’s Eye.” Jumanji is a fun adventure movie that can be enjoyed by the entire family.

While the target audience is kids and pre-teens, the movie also features jokes and situations that an older audience can relate to. There are other aspects of the movie that must be complimented, starting with the realistic setting in which the movie takes place and the characters that the viewer follows throughout the stor y. They are both relatable and likeable, making it easier to follow the story and root for the characters’ success.

While there are many places in which this movie can be praised, there are also many flaws that can be found in this movie. One thing to remember when g o i n g to s e e t h i s m ov i e i s that it is still a kid’s movie, meaning that for every one j oke t h a t i s g e a re d to w a rd adults, there are about five jokes that are meant for kids.

The movie can also be criti-

cized for its lack of action in an adventure movie. While there can be pieces of action seen throughout the movie, these scenes are scarce and c a n m a ke t he mov i e s e e m slow or boring at times.

Overall, while this movie could be enjoyed by people of all ages, it would be enjoyed

mostly by a younger audience. There are many bright sides that bring the movie up, such as the comedic styles of Johnson and Hart (which work excellently together). Unfortunately, writing and overall execution of the movie was the downfall of this ‘90s classic.

Photo provided by Sony Pictures Entertainment via YouTube.com The “Jumanji” reboot trades in a board game for a vintage video game system.

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