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City of Oswego pollution proposal to ban public vaping, styrofoam

Preacher disrupts campus Crowd forms, University Police responds Alexander Gault-Plate, Ben Grieco, Julia Tilley, Stephen Novak

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Sierra Davis | The Oswegonian Vaping is one of the bans being proposed in the city of Oswego, along with smoking.

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Mayor Billy Barlow and the common council of the city of Oswego are moving forward with plans to ban styrofoam containers and restrict the public use of tobacco and vaping in the Port City.

The proposed bans will attempt to decrease pollution levels and make public areas more accessible to citizens.

The proposal, known as the “Keep Oswego Clean Initiative” bans “the use of expanded polystyrene containers,” in the city of Oswego, as well as, “cigarettes, cigars, pipes or any form of tobacco products in or on any city-owned parks, beaches, pools, recreation centers, playgrounds, outdoor sporting arenas, outdoor stages, parking garages or the sidewalks immediately adjoining the parks outdoor recreation areas, parking garages and public places.”

Barlow, who proposed the initiative, said the new laws will “protect our environment by preventing litter, eliminating smoking from public spaces and city events.” Barlow feels litter, and more specifically

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smoking, inhibits people’s ability to enjoy public spaces.

“As a waterfront community, I believe we have an even greater responsibility to be environmentally conscious and protective,” Barlow said.

Under the proposed laws, any business that serves its customers products in styrofoam containers would be fined “not more than $100 for a first violation,” and “a fine not exceeding $200 for a subsequent violation.” Styrofoam was banned particularly because it was found to be “a significant portion of the trash polluting local waterways.”

Violators of the proposed smoking and vaping ban will be fined $100 to $150 for their first offense and up to $200 if caught in violation a second time. If a smoker is caught violating the initiative three times they could face fines of up to $250 and “imprisonment of not more than 15 days.”

Businesses and Oswego State students had different views on the styrofoam ban.

Dunkin Donuts employees were unpleasantly surprised by the change. Employees from the restau-

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On Wednesday, Oct. 16 traveling preacher and YouTuber Jesse Morrell brought his sermon to the Oswego State campus. Speaking from the Hewitt quad in the center of campus, Morrell’s speech amassed a crowd of students, many who responded negatively to the preacher, resulting in an intervention from University Police after half of an hour.

Provocation reportedly started when Morrell saw Jade Laplante and Sarah Novak, two women who are in a same-sex relationship, kiss in front of him, which drew his resentment.

Laplante is a junior Human Development major, and she says that Morrell targeted them when he noticed they were walking while holding each other’s hands. Laplante said that Morrell yelled “You better be sisters or good friends,” which she and her girlfriend responded to by kissing.

He began to shout at them more, enraging both Laplante and Novak, who turned to leave. Morrell began to step towards them. That was when Ariel Gutman-Gates, a friend of Laplante and Novak, saw what was happening and began yelling back at Morrell.

“Ariel is sort of a hothead sometimes, so he charged towards this guy and starts yelling at him,” Laplante said. “A crowd started forming because of the argument.”

The crowd formed and began to shout over Morrell, limiting his ability to speak and causing an onlooker to call University Police.

Gutman-Gates approached Morrell at various points throughout his sermon, trying to persuade him to leave the campus.

“It started off really small, then he started screaming more and more, then I got more combative with him in the sense that I didn’t want anyone else getting involved with the guy,” Gutman-Gace said. “I know I can control myself, I’m not going to touch the guy, but I don’t

know about other people.”

University Police responded to the crowd after an onlooker called them, and officers eventually asked Morrell to get the appropriate permits or he would be unable to continue his demonstration.

“We received a complaint that there was a ministry person in the quad and we went there to see if he had the permits to be there,” said University Police chief John Rossi.

Morrell did not have a permit from Campus Life, so he was asked

by UP to either leave or go the Campus Life center in order to receive the permits required. Campus Life has a minimum processing period of three days for any permit requests, so Morrell was unable to continue speaking on Wednesday.

Laplante and Novak both said that they felt that UP did more to help Morrell than they did to help them.

“They could have told him that he needed a free speech permit to speak here and left it at that,” Laplante said.

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‘Fowl mess,’ geese leave mark on campus Campus says not much can be done to get rid of flocks

Alexander Gault-Plate Editor-in-Chief aplate@oswegonian.com The Oswego State campus is home to plenty of Canada geese, becoming perhaps one of the most prevalent features on campus. Especially in the fall semester, geese can be seen in almost every area of campus, in large flocks, leaving their droppings on athletic fields and walkways.

At some upstate New York colleges, the problem has grown to such a degree that the schools now pay to have border collies chase the geese off campus. University at Buffalo has hired a company to bring dogs to its campus regularly to keep the geese away, and SUNY New Paltz has purchased their own dog for the purpose of keeping geese off campus, for the cost of $5,500.

According to Daniel Baldassarre, a professor of Biology at Oswego State who studies birds, that method is the best nonlethal method of managing a goose population.

“Really, the best thing to do is to shoot them,” Baldassarre said. “That is a very real, ethical and scientific way to manage geese populations.”

Geese are not just a nuisance where they are prevalent. Baldassarre said that they can also pose a serious ecological threat. When goose droppings run off into bodies of water, they can cause something called eutrophication, where the nutrient cycle of an aquatic environment is knocked off balance. That can lead to things like algal blooms, overgrowth of different plant species and can kill an environment. Geese are also notoriously territorial when nesting or protecting their goslings.

Baldassarre said that the geese on the Oswego State campus are unlikely to nest in the immediate area, and likely fly to nearby wetlands to nest during the mating season.

At Oswego State, senior grounds worker Scott Stuart said that the campus does not have to do very much by way of cleaning up after the geese.

“We don’t really do too much,” Stuart said. “If there’s an event for the president, or something really big, we

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Thomas Pemrick | The Oswegonian Canada Geese will violently attack anything they sense as a threat to their goslings, including humans.

will run a power sweeper to clean up the walkways,” Stuart said that the geese tend to congregate around the Glimmerglass Lagoon, in his experience. About 20 years ago, the campus tried to scare the geese away from the lagoon by installing floating plastic alligators.

However, Stuart said that the alligator floats either sank or were stolen by students within the year and were never replaced.

Stuart said that he has not seen any environmental issues in the lagoon as a result of goose dropping runoff, and the geese are more of a nuisance than a legitimate issue around campus.

The geese on the Oswego State campus are likely a mix of migratory and non-migratory flocks of Canada geese, according to Baldassarre.

Further south of Oswego, much of the goose populations are sticking around throughout the year, while further north, the birds are likely migrating down from the Canadian arctic, where they have spent the breeding season. Those birds will stay in the area from late fall until early spring.

When it comes to population management, Baldassarre said that different methods yield varying results, and choosing a path forward is basically a cost/benefit calculation. If an institution is spending a lot on cleanup, or if the birds pose a safety threat as they do at airports, then developing a way to keep them off the property makes sense. However, methods like scaring the geese away with dogs have limited utility, and they are more likely to make the geese someone else’s problem as opposed to breaking the flock up.

“You may chase them off for the day, but they may come back the next,” Baldassarre said. “If you only have the dog once a week, then it may not make any difference at all.”

At Oswego State, it would appear that the geese do not pose enough of a problem for the administration to need to take action. University Police Chief John Rossi said that the only time he remembers his officers having to deal with a goose directly was when one got tangled in fishing line by Tyler Hall. The officers freed the goose and it flew away, according to Rossi.

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Success Fair, 1 p.m., Thursday, Penfield Library Lobby Colin Hawkins | The Oswegonian Canada geese were once in decline due to destruction of their habitat and over hunting, but their numbers have rebounded considerably.

Lisa Evaneski, Oswego State’s Title IX Coordinator, visited the senate to review Title IX regulations, laws and what services she provides to the Oswego State campus.

Evaneski said she met with SA advisor Dr. Jerri Howland last year to ensure no budgets were violating Title IX codes.

Mike Flaherty from Auxiliary Services presented in front of the senate about their budget and debts. Flaherty acts as the fiscal agent for SA. He told senators that the clubs and organizations are not satisfying the income lines. He said that in the 2019 - 2020 year, 184 clubs were listed, and 57, which is 30%, got no funding. He also mentioned that SA owes Oswego State $380,000 for WTOP-10 TV’s HD upgrade, as of June 30, and owes auxiliary services $62,000 for the homecoming festivities as of Oct. 11.

unified discussion on how to better help new clubs. New clubs are anticipated to be able to form the week before Thanksgiving this year.

In this time where no new clubs are being formed, Strachan is foFour Taekwondo club e-board cusing on how SA can help supmembers asked SA for $3,400 in port and better these up-and-comfunding, which was their budget ing clubs and organizations. for last year. This year, they have no budget. The club has been around since 1989, and normally competes in taekwondo tournaments. Part of the funding they asked for would go towards tournaments, while the rest of the costs would go towards purchasing gis, which is the uniThe Ski and Snowboard Club form worn, belts and testing fees bill was voted on, after multiple during belt ceremonies. amendments.

Originally, the club asked for their original budget of $8,500.

That is the budget they had in the past, although they were given $0 for the semester.

The bill was heavily debated on SA President Takeena Stra- during the meeting, facing a multichan discussed some of the tude of amendments. tasks she has been working on The Ski and Snowboard club over the past couple of weeks. attended the meeting, addressing One of the major tasks she’s senator’s questions and concerns. been working on was freezing They prioritized their transnew clubs from being formed, portation budget of a requested as of Oct. 1, in order to have a $6,500 over any other aspects

of their proposed budget so they could continue their annual trip to Mont-Tremblant. They said the lowest cost for transportation they could find was $5,500.

After multiple amendments, the bill was passed, giving Ski and Snowboard Club a total of $2,500 dollars.

Student Association has a remaining of $15,500 in their contingency fund left for the rest of the 2019 - 2020 school year.

A total of three bills were tabled during SA. The Paint Ball Club, Circle K, and Roller Hockey, bills were all tabled for a future meeting.

All clubs and organizations asking for funding must attend a meeting with the finance committee. Neither Circle K, Roller Hockey, or Paint Ball Club attended the meeting, so voting on the bills is postponed until they do.

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A4 NEWS Annual college safety report released City officials propose Reports of sexual misconduct on campus rose in 2018 plan to cut down on litter THE OSWEGONIAN

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Colin Hawkins News Editor chawkins@oswegonian.com The annual college crime and safety report released by Oswego State this month showed campus crime statistics for recent years, with an increase in sexual misconduct on campus during 2018.

The federal Clery Act mandates that academic institutions receiving government funding must prepare and release these annual reports on campus safety statistics. Occurrences of crime and misconduct reported to the college are categorized by type of incident and location, and then compared to statistics from the last three years.

According to an Oswego State report, incidents related to sexual misconduct have risen compared to recent years. Incidents of rape increased to 14 cases in 2018 from nine in 2017 and 14 in 2016, while fondling increased to five reported instances in 2018 from two and one instances, respectively. Dating violence and stalking rose most drastically, compared to the previous two years. Reported cases of dating violence in 2018 increased to 13 cases, more than doubling the other recent statistics of six cases in 2017 and five in 2016. The category most on the rise in sexual misconduct was stalking, with reported cases growing to 17 in 2018 after eight and two cases respectively in the previous two years.

While the reported incidents of sexual misconduct seem to rise, according to Oswego State Title IX coordinator Lisa Evaneski, this may be due to efforts by the college to support victims that come forward rather than an increase in offenses.

“Since 2011, we have been directing efforts and resources toward creating a culture of reporting so that members of our campus community can feel safe reporting incidents, including those reflected in the Clery report,” Evaneski said in an email. “As we increase the type and frequency of prevention programming and training for students and employees, we also understand the direct effect it may have on the number of reported cases.”

The Title IX office is responsible for adhering to federal, state and college anti-discrimination and sexual violence policies. To help facilitate and support a safe campus culture, the Title IX office runs programs and workshops to help students understand the issues and ways to reduce discrimination and sexual violence.

“We encourage our students to become more aware of the programs and resources available to them. We offer a number of workshops throughout the year on consent, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking; safe and positive bystander intervention,” Evaneski said. “We know that if members of our [Oswego

NEW from COVER -rant on West Seneca St. said customers would rather come to their store than the new Dunkin Donuts on West First St. because they did not like the paper cups. The employee felt the the ban would negatively affect the restaurants business because customers prefer the styrofoam cups.

Oswego State students were more optimistic about the styrofoam ban, believing that the proposed laws would benefit the environment.

“I think it’s a good idea,” senior journalism major Savannah Norton said. “Not using styrofoam is a good start. It should help the environment.”

Anthropology major Noah Dion felt styrofoam was “not good for the environment,” but he did not think the styrofoam ban was enough. “I think bigger things

need to be done, but every little bit helps,” he said. Dion was happy with the direction the new initiative was taking.

When asked about the smoking ban on and near city-owned property, students were more divided, with some unsure if the penalties were too harsh.

Freshman political science major Sarah Tilley said, “It would be good if smoking was banned in public places, but then again people have a right to smoke.”

In regards to the smoking ban, Noah Dion said, “People will still do it. Smoking was banned on campus, but you still see people doing it regardless of the rules. I don’t think it will change anything.”

City officials hope to make the city of Oswego a regional leader in environmentally friendly laws and healthy living.

Photo by diegoparra via Pixabay Oswego State released its annual college crime and safety report, showing increased reports.

State] community trust how we will handle their reports in a supportive, confidential way then they will be more comfortable in seeking us out for services and support.”

Other reported categories, such as substance use, had a relatively steady number of reported incidents in 2018 compared to previous years. Liquor law violations resulting in disciplinary action has decreased to 93 reported cases in 2018 from 105 and 138 in 2017 and 2016.

Arrests due to alcohol on campus remained at zero, as it has for all three years in the report.

Notably, annual drug arrests remained relatively steady over the past three years, at 40 in 2018 with 39 and 49 in past years, while drug discipline has increased. Oswego State drug cases resulting in disciplinary action rose to 115 annual cases in 2018, up from 107 in 2017 and 78 in 2016.

According to Oswego State University Police Chief John Rossi, the difference between an arrest and discipline comes down to the situation, as often the violations are minor or dealt with by the college instead of law enforcement.

“We typically charge underage possession of alcohol when there is an underlying issue such as a disturbance or a large party,” Rossi said in an email. “The officers use their discretion and the instances of these types of disturbances have been rarely reported to us. We attribute this to the proactive approach of the Residence Life staff, including the R.A.’s handling these situations before it gets to our level.”

Rossi said that an increase in drug discipline could be due to stu-

dents misunderstanding the legal status of certain controlled substances, which could explain the increase in disciplinary action given for drug violations.

“With the decriminalization of marijuana, which is mistaken for legalization, we opted to use our Code and Conduct Office instead of the local courts for possession offenses,” Rossi said.

Oswego State compares well with some other SUNY institutions.

Plattsburgh State had 181 disciplinary referrals for alcohol in 2018 according to their annual report, when Oswego State had 93. Additionally, Plattsburgh State had 116 cases of disciplinary drug referrals in 2018 compared to 115 in Oswego. Oswego State has a total enrollment of about 8,000 students, according to the U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education, while Plattsburgh State has about 5,700 total enrollments.

Students can help keep themselves and the campus safe, according to Rossi, by reporting suspicious activity and using the NY Alert service and Oswego Guardian app on their phones. Rossi credits the safety personnel on campus with helping reduce crime on campus through commitment and dedication to enhancing community safety.

“I cannot say enough about how dedicated all of our employees are, both sworn officers, supervisors, investigators and our civilian staff,” Rossi said.

“They truly care about the wellbeing of our community and constantly put extra effort in everything that they do.”

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Former student paints art inspired by school, professor’s style Julia Tilley Asst. News Editor jtilley@oswegonian.com

Ben Grieco l The Oswegonian Traveling preacher Jesse Morrell (Center) began speaking on campus on Wednesday.

PREACHER from COVER “But then they proceeded to tell him everything down to the wire he needed to do in order to come back.

And he told us that he will be back.”

“It felt like University Police was inviting him to spread his hate more, and it felt like they were helping him more than they helped us,” Novak agreed.

Morrell seemed to change his mind in the timeframe between leaving the quad and leaving the Campus Life office, telling reporters that he did not plan to return any time soon as he left the office.

Gutman-Gace asserted that Morrell was overstepping his boundaries on campus. He said that while Morrell has the right to discuss his ideas, he should not do so in a way that could harm an individual.

“Your speech is protected, but you should not target people,” Gutman-Gace said.

Morrell said he has come to expect a strong response from the people he speaks to.

“I fully expect sinners to be sinners,” Morrell said. “That’s my target audience, the unbelievers.

And I fully expect the atheists to heckle me, the homosexuals to heckle me and those are the people I’m trying to reach.”

Morrell has reportedly been roaming the country for 19 years, making stops on college campuses to speak with students. Morrell makes his trips to other universities from his home in Texas. He often records his events and posts the footage to his ministry website “Open Air Outreach.”

Morrell said that this is not his first visit to Oswego State, disclosing that he had once preached in Oswego in 2005.

Oswego State policy supports free ideas and conversation, stating that any third party can openly speak on campus. However, they must first go through Campus Life, who can then determine the time, place and manner of the assembly. Due to Morrell’s lack of college approval, he was asked to cease his presentation.

The campus does see itself as a place where free speech is upheld.

The Oswego Free Speech, Civil Discourse and Peaceful Assembly webpage reads that “Members of the SUNY Oswego community will have different perspectives and ideas, which may conflict. Our role is not to shield people from ideas and opinions with which they disagree or are potentially offensive.”

Ultimately, the page recommends that students ignore speakers they disagree with and to not engage those that are openly seeking confrontation.

“Others might choose to ignore the speaker in order to deny them the attention they seek. The law does not, however, give individuals the right to threaten a speaker, commit any violent act against a speaker, or create a situation in which the speaker cannot be heard. Ultimately, critics cannot silence that with which they disagree-no matter how strongly they may disagree.”

The Oswego State administration did not comment by the time of publication for this story.

As of Oct. 12, both Park and Wilbur Halls have been redecorated with an art exhibit from Ron Throop, a 1990 Oswego State graduate.

He originally asked for the exhibit to be in the Mackin Complex, where previous artists showcased their work in the 1950s and 1960s.

Throop graduated with a B.A. in history, although he originally came to Oswego State as a business administration major.

“I did not want to pursue a degree in business. I couldn’t even balance my checkbook,” Throop said.

In the spring of his sophomore year, Throop took a course on the Enlightenment, which really peaked his interest in history. He cited “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac as his introduction and “gateway” to his artistic life.

This exhibition is inspired by the works of Roy Lichtenstein, a wellknown pop artist. Although Throop has no personal relationship to Lichtenstein, he said he felt a connection to the former Oswego State professor. Throop read an article about Lichtenstein’s time in Oswego, and noted parallels between their lives.

Lichtenstein’s pop art style was what brought him to fame. Despite an entire exhibit being done in this style, it is not Throop’s typical art style. He tends to paint with acrylics, while he used oil in order to replicate Lichtenstein’s style, which was a huge change for him.

“It began as if I was expected to paint a drunken zebra with my fingers and a bowl of macaroni and cheese. Oil painting is no comparison to acrylic. And for the novice, it can be a never-ending nightmare,” Throop said.

He also sketched out designs for the first time before painting in order to better follow Lichtenstein’s process, which was a huge shift from his usual work process. He tried to make these pieces as close to Lichtenstein’s style as possible.

“For this body I mirrored mostly Lichtenstein’s choices—the closer to the bone, the better. For instance, if Roy painted on canvas, I would seek mid-twentieth cen-

Photo provided by Ron Throop Oswego alum Ron Throop feels he “owes a deep debt of gratitude” to the college.

tury linens, canvas, sheets, etc. and stretch them as Lichtenstein would have. For instance, there is a ‘Vona’s’ painting from an ad taken right out of The Oswegonian from October, 1957. I stretched that on a 1950s restaurant tablecloth I bought on eBay,” Throop said. “I added a walk up Sheldon Ave and the Old Main [Sheldon Hall] to give it an Oswego story. Other paintings I’ve made in my own style, focusing on the new medium.”

Throop began painting this collection on Feb. 1, 2019, and finished in August. This is not his first time having art displayed at Oswego State. Some of his work was displayed at the Penfield Gallery, as part of a group exhibition. Throop sees importance in creating and displaying art close to home.

“I believe if art is to do any good in the world, then it must remain local as often as possible,” Throop said.

Besides this exhibit, Throop has spent his time post-graduation writing and publishing 17 books, having a solo art exhibit in Hamilton, New York, and preparing a popup gallery for both paintings and sculptures by Tyler Hall Art Gallery Director Michael Flanagan.

As for his most recent exhibit, one of Throop’s favorite pieces is “Oswego Used an Indian Summer to Bait and Switch on Roy Lich-

tenstein,” which depicts a woman in a bathing suit, taken from Lichtenstein’s 1962 painting “Aloha,” beside Lichtenstein walking on Sheldon Avenue.

“This was a personal triumph in the realm of painting oils onto a car mechanic’s dropcloth, which is a material more stubborn, unforgiving and set in its ways than any car mechanic I ever met,” Throop said.

The other is a painting entitled “In 1995 Roy Lichtenstein Was in Southhampton Signing Paper to Add to His Enormous Fortune. I was in a Tree Asking My Future Wife For a First Date,” which Throop called “pregnant with meaning” in reference to his life as a “husband, father and sensitive human being.”

All proceeds from pieces of art purchased as well as books and GoFundMe donations are going toward an Oswego High School graduate on the path to study art, art education or art history at Oswego State.

“I owe Oswego State a deep debt of gratitude. All meaningful change began here,” Throop said. “I would never have painted a picture and written a book, learned how to love if it were not for my experiences at this wonderful college.

So, I thought this exhibition should help someone else gain the opportunities I had.”

Photo provided by Ron Throop Inspired by work of former Oswego faculty member Roy Lichtenstein, Oswego alum Ron Throop creates art connected to the campus.

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Conservative climate panel held on campus Car engulfed in flames at Former congressman, economist discuss climate Oswego field hockey game Colin Hawkins News Editor chawkins@oswegonian.com

Oswego State College Republicans club hosted a panel on Tuesday, providing an economic perspective on tackling carbon emissions and alleviating what many scientists call a climate crisis.

The panel featured former Republican South Carolina congressman Bob Inglis and Syracuse University professor and economist Peter Wilcoxen.

The event was announced the day before it was held and was lightly attended.

Inglis served in congress from 1993 to 1999 and 2005 to 2011. According to Inglis, his environmental platform, which included a revenue neutral plan to implement a carbon tax as well as an income tax break for American workers, was a hard sell in his deeply conservative district during the 2009 recession. Inglis said he received less than 30% of the vote in the 2010 Republican primary runoff election.

According to Inglis, despite the last decade of conservative rhetoric, where Republican politicians have largely denied or downplayed the human impact on the world’s climate, he said he believes there has to be a change on the conservative side.

“Facts overtake poor ideology,” Inglis said. “The environment is something we eventually have to bring everyone together on.”

According to Inglis, he credits his son with helping him realize the importance of environmental policy after his son became a voter.

“He told me ‘I’ll vote for you, but you’ll clean up your act about the environment,’” Inglis said.

Inglis said the best way to reach conservatives was to use the language of conservatism, such as using economic incentives or focusing on ways to grow sustainable industries. Inglis also said conservatives feel like they cannot engage in climate conversations because they do not have a solution, causing them to change the subject.

“You know the answer … it’s Econ 101,” Inglis said.

Joining Inglis for the panel was Wilcoxen. While politically unaffiliated, Wilcoxen agreed that economic incentives could work to move industry away from fossil fuels and into sustainable practices.

Wilcoxen admitted it would take “enormous and gigantic changes,” but it is possible.

According to Wilcoxen, 80% of the nation’s energy would have to be replaced with sustainable energy, from renewable power plants to replacing fossil fuel engines in cars. These changes, Wilcoxen said, could come from initiatives incen-

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tivizing people and companies to make the switch themselves. Wilcoxen continued, saying that while potentially costly, the United States would be able to implement these programs over time.

“We know it will work,” Wilcoxen said, citing carbon emission data from previous decades which showed times where emissions dropped.

According to Wilcoxen, emissions have steadily increased since the 1940s but dipped in the 1970s, when an oil crisis caused the American economy to search beyond fossil fuels for energy. This shows, Wilcoxen said, that industries can be enticed to switch away from fossil fuels again if it is financially beneficial for them.

Both Inglis and Wilcoxen agreed that solutions could be a carbon tax system based on the emissions resulting from products and transportation or a system where businesses or households are compensated for sustainable activity.

Linden Merrill, a senior biology student at Oswego State who attended the event, said she appreciated the different perspective offered by the panel.

“I think it was cool. I’m not in any economy classes, nor do I have any experience with it but I was really interested in how language affects

[the conversation],” Merrill said. “I wish more people came.”

Chelsie Scott, an anthropology student at Oswego State and one of the organizers of a climate rally held on campus in late September, said she was surprised by the event.

“I guess I came in assuming the economist was going to be a Republican, but he wasn’t really like that at all. He was very neutral and made a lot of really good points, so I was really impressed with that,” Scott said. “I think if [College Republicans] had advertised it better, a lot of students could’ve benefitted from being here and we could’ve made the conversation bigger and better.”

Scott expressed confusion during the audience questions portion of the event, asking why the College Republicans club was now joining the conversation on addressing climate change when a social media post from the College Republicans seemingly mocked last month’s climate strike.

“Personally, I don’t support the Climate Strike in terms of what it was,” said Tyler Toomey, a member of the College Republicans club and advisor to the club’s president.

“Supporting some of these ideas that are real far-left, Green New Deal plans, things like that. I’m not an advocate for telling people to skip work, skip class and do all that stuff. That’s why I don’t personally don’t support [the Strike]. I think it was a great opportunity to get the message out there about climate change and get people to understand there’s a crisis going on, but the solutions they offer, personally I don’t agree with.”

The post in question was posted to the SUNY Oswego College Republicans Facebook page the week before the Climate Strike, saying “tHe WorLD iS GOnnA eNd iN 12 yEaRs!” with a link to the Climate Strike announcement.

The post references a common scientific understanding that unless annual carbon emissions fall significantly by the year 2030, climate change may be on a catastrophic path.

“The College Republican post I made myself, and I stand by that.

I don’t think the world is going to end in 12 years,” Toomey said. “It’s a big problem, can we solve it over night? I wish. But I think it’s going to be a process. Whether it takes 10 years, 20 years, 30 years, when you take the steps to do it, putting that 12-year time limit on it, I think that’s irresponsible.”

While Toomey said there are no current plans to have Inglis back, he said he hopes to host an event like this again in the future. Scott also expressed interest in a collective climate event between clubs on campus to help advance the goal of addressing climate change.

“I would like to for them to collaborate with the other groups on campus that are trying to be in the climate change conversation,” Scott said.

Explosions could be heard across the Oswego State campus Saturday, Oct. 12, as the tires of a burning vehicle were destroyed.

The vehicle fire began at parked car in the Oswego State athletic field parking lot shortly before 11:00 a.m.

Oswego Fire Department Chief, Randy Griffin said a woman had, “started her car, heard a weird sound, noticed some smoke and called 911.” The fire, later identified by the OFD as a “fuel fire” quickly engulfed the vehicle.

The fire could be clearly seen from nearby Laker Turf Field Stadium, where the Oswego State field hockey team was warming up to play a game against SUNY Cortland. A thick column of gray smoke could be seen billowing high into the sky. Flames appeared to shoot out of the vehicle at various intervals. Students and audience members alike rushed over the athletic field parking lot to see if it was their car that was in flames.

The University Police at Oswego were the first to arrive on the scene and quickly secured the area, keeping witnesses at a safe distance. The Oswego Fire Department arrived almost immediately after the University Police and began to fight the fire. There were other cars parked in the parking lot and people were worried their vehicle would catch fire too.

Oswego State’s own Student Association Volunteer Ambulance Force (SAVAC) was also on the scene.

“I was scared my car was on fire,’ Chris Sannuto, a broadcasting and

mass communications major at Oswego State said. After he made sure his car was safe he just “stood there and watched (the vehicle) blow-up,” Sannuto said, “It was crazy.”

Another Oswego State student, Alex Lantz-Gefroh, also a broadcast and mass communication major was worried about the safety of his vehicle.

Lantz-Gefroh and Sannuto are both members of Oswego State’s campus TV station, WTOP-10. The pair, along with other students, were at Laker Turf Athletic Stadium this past Saturday to produce a live-sports broadcast of the Oswego State vs. SUNY Cortland field hockey game. All of the students working for WTOP-10 had their cars parked in the Athletic Field Parking Lot. “I was helping to build graphics for the WTOP broadcast. I was told to come outside and I just saw a tower of smoke,” Lantz-Gefroh said.

He said he rushed to move his car and was worried that it too would become engulfed in flames. After LantzGefroh secured his vehicle he said he saw, “something explode.” That something was the burning vehicle’s tires.

Oswego Fire Department firefighters were able to stop the vehicle fire before it could spread to the rest of the lot.

Oswego Fire Department Chief Griffin said there were “no injuries.”

Neither Lantz-Gefroh, nor Sannuto’s cars were damaged by the fire.

Something both students were very grateful for. Lantz-Gefroh said the WTOP-10 broadcast of the field hockey game went off without a hitch.

The Oswego State vs. SUNY Cortland field hockey game continued on schedule despite the automobile fire with the Red Dragons winning in overtime by a score of 2-1.

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Men’s hockey puts last season’s ‘disappointment’ behind them Each week, The Oswegonian Sports beat writers give you their thoughts on each team's upcoming weekend schedule.

Introduction to beat writers

Ben Grieco Managing Editor bgrieco@oswegonian.com If the headshot looks the same as last year, it is because it is the same person. My name is Ben Grieco, and I am the managing editor of The Oswegonian and also the Oswego State men’s hockey beat writer for the 2019-2020 season.

This is my third year covering Oswego State hockey. My freshman year, when I was a staff writer, I covered the women’s hockey team and its inaugural season in the Northeast Women’s Hockey League. I got to witness program history when Olivia Ellis become the first player to record 100 points in a career for the women’s hockey team. I made some great memories, including a road trip to Buffalo State for the NEWHL semifinals with sports editor Matt Watling. During the year, I also was a secondary beat writer for men’s hockey and wrote a column after each game, “Grieco’s Grades,” analyzing the game.

Last season, as sports editor, I had the honor of being the primary writer for the men’s team. I wrote weekly features and covered every game throughout the season, including a road trip to SUNY Geneseo for the SUNYAC championships.

Make sure to follow me on Twitter, @BenGriecoSports, for the latest updates about both hockey teams and listen to me on WNYO 88.9 FM during the women’s hockey broadcasts.

Lakers look forward to 2019-20 season ahead with little roster turnover Ben Grieco Managing Editor bgrieco@oswegonian.com Following an upset loss to Hobart College in the NCAA Div. III quarterfinals, the Oswego State men’s hockey team has a new-found hunger entering the 2019-2020 season.

With only two new faces on the roster for the season, 24 of those players remember the sting of losing back-to-back games against SUNY Geneseo in the SUNYAC championship and then the loss to the Statesmen just two weeks later.

Oswego State head coach Ed Gosek said the team has used the experience of the loss along with other games to learn different things.

“Anytime you end the way that we did, there’s disappointment,” Gosek said. “Now, those lessons are in our data bank. We’re done talking about them. Everything is moving forward and about the future.”

While there are 24 returning players, the Lakers lost a couple key components, including Devin Campbell, who was a two-time SUNYAC defensive player of the year. He was also an alternate captain his junior year and the captain his senior year.

But, with a strong leadership group, including Josh Zizek as the captain, and a bulk of the defensive core coming back, Gosek said there are high expectations on the back end.

“There’s a lot of depth and competition for positions,” Gosek said. “By committee, we can make up for what we lost in Devin.”

With that large depth, junior Carter Allen said another big loss from defense was Kristoffer Brun as a leadership presence, welcoming in new players. But, the nine defensemen on this year’s roster have been able to mesh well.

“No one seems to have an issue playing with anyone on the backend.

You could draw names out of a hat and guys are ready to go,” Allen said.

“We [have] a really close group and I don’t know how much else there is to say.”

All of the early team chemistry

My name is Neil Boedicker and this is my first year covering sports for The Oswegonian.

Before transferring to Oswego State, I attended Cayuga Community College, I was a sports writer for the school newspaper, The Collegian. I mainly covered the men’s and women’s basketball teams. Not only was I a writer for both teams, but I also did play-by-play and color commentating for both teams during my time at CCC. I knew coming to Oswego State how significant hockey is to the community and was very excited when I was given the opportunity to be the beat writer for the women’s hockey team.

When I transferred to Oswego State, I wanted to attend at least one hockey game my first semester. I never would have imagined that I would be writing about the team.

I absolutely cannot wait to get started and am looking forward to my first official game writing about the team this Saturday, Oct. 19 as the Lakers will face the London Junior Devilettes.

Anyone who is interested in getting updates on the game who cannot attend them can follow me for updates @NeilBo97, where I will be live tweeting every home game this season.

The Oswegonian file photo from 2018 The Lakers begin their season Oct. 19 when they take on the Carleton Place Canadians.

nate captains were named, including Allen, along with Anthony Passero and Jody Sullivan, who are both seniors. Allen is the lone junior for the leadership council.

With 14 seniors, Gosek said there were a lot of players that were “certainly deserving and capable,” but chose four players that have led the program with strong attitudes and have the commitment to what the Lakers stand for.

“I think that these four guys have certainly earned the respect of their teammates in different ways,” Gosek said. “After our experience overseas in Italy, these four gentlemen, along with a lot of our seniors, did an outstanding job early on with that opportunity.

We’re sure it’ll go into the season.”

Passero transferred to Oswego State last season after a two-year stint at Buffalo State, where he was also an alternate captain his sophomore year. In his first year as a Laker, Passero led the team with 30 points, recording 21 assists.

“Being a captain in college, we joke about it all the time, it’s not as exciting as everyone thinks. There’s a lot that goes into it,” Passero said. “As long as guys are pulling their weight and you’re doing your job, it’s fun.”

Gosek said that the team’s goal is to win the SUNYACs during the regular season, and finish on top during the playoffs and that they will “worry about the NCAA tournament if and when it happens.”

With how the team’s schedule works out, there are big games scattered throughout the season. Zizek said it does not matter when the Lakers are on the road or at home, they just want the two points out of every SUNYAC matchup.

“We want to win every single SUNYAC game this year. It doesn’t matter if we’re in front of 2,500 or 25 fans,” Zizek said. “We’re coming every day for those two points because we want to be on top of the SUNYAC at the end of the year.”

But the SUNYACs are not on the team’s mind quite yet. Oswego State is just focusing on the regular season, which starts on Nov. 1 against SUNY Cortland.

“It’s been a long preseason, especially coming back in August. I feel like we’ve been back an eternity here with the extra month, but I think it’s a good thing,” Gosek said. “We certainly want to enjoy every game this year and not be in a hurry to get to the end of the year.”

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can be tracked back to Oswego State’s summer trip to Europe in the middle of August. The Lakers played three games in Switzerland and Italy and swept the series.

The team came back to Oswego on Aug. 1 to begin a training camp in preparation for the trip. During the camp and the actual 10-day trip, there was “no escaping each other,” according to Gosek. While the team already meshed well, players were able to meet their teammates’ families or spend time with teammates that they normally do not hang out with, resulting in even more connections.

“Really, our focus was on ourselves and us becoming a tighter knit group,” Gosek said. “I think it was just another avenue for us to get tighter as a team, and especially with 14 seniors, put our best foot forward on the season.”

Another big change for Oswego State this season happened on the bench, with former assistant coach Mark Digby leaving the program to join the women’s team as the associate head coach. Jon Whitelaw, who graduated from the team in 2013 and was both a graduate assistant and volunteer assistant, was promoted to assistant coach.

Gosek said he will miss Digby and the friendship they formed over the last nine years during Digby’s tenure.

“He helped me get through a difficult time in my life and my kids, watching his kids be born and all of it.

We’ll miss that part,” Gosek said. “The positive is, he’s moving 50 feet up the hallway. It’s not like he’s going to another program or another school.”

Whitelaw was the captain his senior year and recorded 139 total points during his career. He helped the team attend four NCAA Frozen Four matchups and two national title games.

Whitelaw was also an All-American while playing for the Lakers.

“You need young, enthusiastic energy. Jon will provide that,” Gosek said. “[As coaches], we’re really just the caretakers here and here to do what’s best for the players to be successful.

Jon certainly carries that torch.”

Outside of Zizek, three new alter-

After running at SUNY Canton this past weekend, the Oswego State cross country team is in the midst of a three week break before their next meet, the SUNYAC Championships. The runners are tired from an intense training plan, but they believe in a process that will have them fresh and ready for the Nov. 2 race at SUNY New Paltz.

This past weekend at the St. Lawrence University Ronald C. Hoffman Invitational the men’s team finished 19th out of 21 teams and the women’s team finished 16th out of 20 teams. It was a Pre-Atlantic regional meet that, according to head coach Jacob Smith, will not affect the team’s postseason picture, so at the end of the day it was just a nice course to get a Saturday run in. The individual results varied, with Emily Gustafson posting the most impressive individual finish with an 18th place finish out of over 200 competitors. Gustafson ran the 6K course in 23:43, almost two minutes faster than her time in a previous meet on “a hilly” SUNY New Paltz course and 30 seconds faster than the Sept. 28 meet at SUNY Geneseo. Also finishing in the top 100 for the women were sophomores Hannah Hertik and Emily Blake.

The most impressive individual run for the men was from freshmen Gabriel Winters-Bona, who finished in 65th place out of more than 250 competitors. His time 27:06 was exactly a minute faster than his time in SUNY New Paltz. The freshman from ScotiaGlenville has seen great improvement since the beginning of the year, shaving minutes off his time. Despite being a freshman, he exudes confidence. “[The season has been] great, it’s been all up hill,” Winters-Bona said.

“I’m pretty happy.”

Erik Perez shares a similar outlook on the season as a whole and sees an advantage for the team in their upcoming visit to SUNY New Paltz for the SUNYAC championship meet the first weekend of November.

“We have all just been trying to focus on the big meets,” said Perez. “SUNYAC and regionals. We are trying to do a lot of work, putting in a lot of time on our feet and just getting stronger and stronger. New Paltz, which was the pre-SUNYAC meet, we got to see the course so that was pretty [good].

Very hilly but we are definitely going to have the advantage going into that meet [because] we were one of the few teams who went to that event.”

The very fast Gustafson has the same optimism for the women’s side of the team as they go to SUNY New Paltz in three weeks.

“We got to see the SUNYAC course ahead of time,” Gustafson said. “I thought it was a great way for our team to get some experience and know the course.”

The team has been very satisfied

with their experience under Smith, who has brought a new mindset to training in his first season at the helm.

When it is an easy day, you go slow and get your volume in. When it is time to go hard, you give it your all. The runners are tired but believe in his process and reasoning. They want to peak in the postseason, and they are confident as their training tapers down the week before the SUNYAC championship, that they will be in a great position to leave it all on the course in New Paltz.

It is a full system of training, lifting and recovery for the runners this season. Smith was not satisfied with the team finishes at SUNY Canton this past weekend, but again the meet did not hold much meaning on the overall season, and he is confident for what will happen when the runners break through this current fatigue for the meet in three weeks.

“The workouts that we do will be more sharpening workouts,” Smith said. “To help people be prepared to handle that pace in the race at SUNYACs.”

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Neil Boedicker Sports Writer sports@oswegonian.com The Oswego State women’s hockey team is getting ready to kick off its season this Saturday, Oct. 19 at 3:00 p.m. with their first exhibition game against the London Jr. Devilettes. After finishing last season with a record of 10-13-3 and making it to the semifinals in the Northeast Women’s Hockey League (NEWHL) Championship, the Lakers will look to build off of their momentum from last season. The new season is about to start, and with new coaches and new players, the team is expecting a lot from themselves.

“We certainly want to win a league championship,” head coach Diane Dillon said. “We’re hoping to pick up where we left off with the addition of our new players, and the experience we gained throughout the year with our senior leadership.

We’re really looking to make our mark in the NEWHL.” One person who will definitely help the team make this mark is new associate head coach Mark Digby, who was an assistant coach for Oswego State’s men’s hockey team for nine seasons.

During his time with the men’s team, he helped the Lakers earn trips to the NCAA Championship tournament seven times, the Frozen Four four years in a row and the National Championship game twice. Even though this is Digby’s first time coaching women’s hockey in his career, Dillon has called his addition to the team outstanding.

Digby was very complimentary of Dillon as a veteran coach in the women’s hockey ranks.

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Team will face SUNY Potsdam, Plattsburgh State aiming to clinch postseason for first time since 2014

Will Rogers | The Oswegonian Oswego State defenseman Ryan Young (14) runs down the field in the Lakers’ 2-0 home SUNYAC win over SUNY Geneseo.

Luke Owens Asst. Sports Editor lowens@oswegonian.com With the score tied 1-1 against SUNY New Paltz late in the second half last Saturday, Oct. 12, Oswego State needed someone to step up.

With 82:14 on the clock, it was fitting that the spark came from senior Anthony Paris. The midfielder rocketed home the eventual gamewinning goal on his senior day.

“It’s just typical Anthony,” head coach Dan Kane said. “When you need someone to step up, he’s always more than willing to do it.

The team in a lot of ways takes his character, finding a way to do it and finding a way to get it done.”

The goal was Paris’ second on the season and was the perfect end to their home slate. The Lakers finished 5-1-1 at Laker Turf Stadium, including 3-1-1 in SUNYAC play. This is a large improvement on Oswego State’s 8-15-0 record at home the past three seasons. The Lakers also faced two nationally ranked teams in SUNY Cortland and SUNY Oneonta at home, coming away with a tie and a doubleovertime loss.

“The guys were talking about

putting on performances and doing well at home,” Kane said. “We finished our home slate on a really positive note. We lost to the number five team in the country [against Oneonta 2-1] in double overtime but we showed a lot of guts and determination. It was really meaningful to come away with a win against New Paltz.”

Oswego State is 3-1-1 in SUNYAC play, good enough for fourth place.

The top six teams in the conference make the postseason, and Oswego State has not made the postseason since 2014. With SUNY Oneonta clinching the first postseason spot with 15 points, two wins this weekend would guarantee the Lakers a spot in the SUNYAC playoffs.

“We’ve been talking a lot and we feel like this is the time of year where people start looking at the standings,” Kane said. “Our mentality this week and every week is just staying present, taking one game at a time and one play at a time.”

Even though the phrase all season has been “one game at a time,” it is difficult to not think ahead, especially for the players. “[Making the playoffs] is obviously in the back of our minds,” senior captain Jack Van Pelt said.

“But we’re just trying to focus on

one day at a time.”

If Oswego State wants to clinch a postseason berth this weekend, they will have to get past SUNY Potsdam and Plattsburgh State on the road. The Bears are up first on Friday, Oct 12. SUNY Potsdam is 3-10-1 overall this season, including 1-4-0 in conference play. The Bears lost to SUNY Geneseo and The College at Brockport by a combined 8-2 score. Those are two teams the Lakers have defeated this season.

Oswego State also defeated SUNY Potsdam 1-0 last season at home.

But as Kane and the veterans know, the trip to the north country is never an easy one.

“It’s a difficult trip,” Kane said.

“You’ve got a three-hour bus ride and then another two hours to go after Friday’s game. We’re excited about being back on the road and the guys that were here two years ago are anxious to get back there.”

Van Pelt was one of those seniors that made the trip to SUNY Potsdam and Plattsburgh State two years ago where the Lakers lost both games.

“I just tell everyone to remain focused,” Van Pelt said. “We’re working really hard in practice and want to reward ourselves with a win on the weekend. Always keep it posi-

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tive and simple.”

Perhaps the biggest game this weekend comes on Saturday, Oct. 19 at Plattsburgh State. The Cardinals are off to a stellar 4-1-0 conference record and sit in second place behind SUNY Oneonta. But even with a big game looming Saturday, Kane is focused on Friday.

“We’ve got our full focus on Potsdam,” Kane said. “We might touch on some things Plattsburgh does, but we’ve got our full focus on Potsdam right now.”

Adding some bad blood to that big matchup with Plattsburgh State is the seven-game losing streak Oswego State has against the Cardinals. The Lakers are also 15-32-3 all-time against Plattsburgh State.

After ending a 12-game losing streak to SUNY Cortland earlier this season, Plattsburgh State is the next big losing streak the Lakers want to cross off.

“Me personally, I’ve always had a big rivalry with Plattsburgh,” Van Pelt said. “I definitely want to beat them. We always want to beat them. This year, we’re coming at them strong.”

With a combination of veteran leadership and freshman scoring, the Lakers can have more confidence going into this weekend than

in years past. Two of the team’s top four point scorers this season are freshmen. Steven Rojas has tallied two goals and four assists on the year for eight total points. Kyle Scalzo’s four goals give him eight points as well. All of Scalzo’s minutes this season have come off the bench, which is a new look for him.

“It’s pretty different,” Scalzo said. “I did start every game in high school, but we’re part of a family here. I try to come in and do whatever I can for the guys, especially because it was senior day.”

On that senior day against SUNY New Paltz, Scalzo scored the Lakers’ first goal in the first half. The freshman now has three goals in SUNYAC play after tallying two in the team’s win over SUNY Geneseo.

“They’ve told us all year about how important SUNYAC play is,” Scalzo said. “We’ve got to take one game and one practice at a time.”

The culture is beginning to change for Oswego State men’s soccer, especially with Kane and impact freshmen such as Scalzo.

But that focus still remains on one game at a time.

“We don’t think too far ahead, but we do plan to win every game,” Scalzo said.

Will Rogers | The Oswegonian The Lakers increase in scoring production has played a large part in their success this season.

[gain] so much confidence and be able to play this way, she adds so much to the [defense].”

With a strong defense at hand, the Lakers will look to shift the game forward and generate enough offense to outscore their opponents. Generating 12.6 shots per game, the Lakers strive to create more offensive opportunities over the next stretch of games.

Passing will be a key part of the attack for Oswego State. “[Passing] definitely provides more opportunity to get into the circle,” Moore said. “Getting into the circle, our main objectives are to get a shot or get a corner.”

They plan on using these offensive opportunities to their full advantage. The Lakers are looking to pull out a win in their next game against The College at Brockport, who they have beat in their last four matchups.

“If we keep playing like how we played against Cortland, I think

we will have a pretty good chance against teams like Brockport and Geneseo,” Scheblein said.

Mallet’s final games are approaching, providing her with wisdom she would like to pass onto the team loaded with underclassmen. Her experience can provide them with confidence and drive the Lakers to success in the next stretch of games.

“If you ever feel like you’re getting down on yourself just take a second because you’ll get there, just keep trying hard,” Mallet said.

“Always give 110% because when it’s over, it’s over.”

With the rest of the season approaching, the Lakers have one thing on their mind and that is success. Moore has encouraged her team to go into the next stretch of games with confidence.

“Playing as a unit, continuing to help each other be successful and going out there wanting to win and play their best,” Moore said.

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Nicole Hube | The Oswegonian Oswego State freshman Kaitlyn Ahle (20) fights for a loose ball in a home game against SUNY Cortland, a game the Lakers lost 2-1 in overtime.

Alexandra Showers Sports Writer sports@oswegonian.com The Oswego State field hockey team is looking to take what they have learned from the season thus far and adjust its style of play going into the final four games.

The Lakers are currently on a five-game losing streak, following their 6-1 win over Morrisville State. Pressuring three of the last five games to overtime, the Lakers are pushing for success down the stretch.

Having 17 out of 24 players being underclassmen, head coach Heather Moore has been very impressed with their ability to step up and adjust to the college level of play. Leading goal scorer and freshman Annie O’Neill has been a key component to the offensive lineup for the Lakers.

“She’s putting herself in really great positions, so that the passes are coming to her and she’s getting a great stick on them,” Moore said.

“I hope she will continue to do that and continue to put them in the back of the cage.”

The Lakers are not exactly where they would like to be in terms of their record, but going into the second half of the season they are looking to pick up wins against their upcoming opponents. Oswego State showed off their impressive passing combinations and took highly ranked SUNY Cortland into overtime, which lit a fire in the Lakers.

“With passing, we generate some really good offensive opportunities, when we are smart with the ball and execute well on our skills, we can get more offensive opportunities,” senior Riley Mallet said. “I personally think that we

can get some strong wins in the second half of the season.”

Freshman goalkeeper Erica Scheblein has adjusted well to the college level of play and has made a big impact for the Lakers. Scheblein has played a majority of the minutes in the cage this season and has provided the team with many key saves.

“With all the action I’ve been taking at the defensive end, I have been doing a pretty good job,” Scheblein said. “It will keep moving up as I go forward.”

Scheblein has also made an impact on her fellow players in her short time as a Laker. She provides her defenders with a confiedence knowing she is behind them to stop the ball if a shot is coming at her.

“I have always had full trust in her, I know how strong she is,” Mallet said. “It was great to see her

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Oswego State expects veteran leadership to lead young core while ‘enjoying’ their senior year

Nicole Hube | The Oswegonian The Oswego State Lakers’ sophomore class had an excellent season last year as Sara Cruise (left) was second in points (14), while Avery Webster led the Oswego State defense in goals with five and points with 10.

LAKERS from B1 “It’s been tremendous for me.

With my first season coaching women’s hockey, to be guided by someone with Diane’s experience, I think I’m pretty lucky,” Digby said.

“Then to have the group of people that we have in the locker room, I think they want to be a good team.

Not [thinking] about wins and losses but everything about being a tight group and just having a good experience this year.”

Competition is also expected to grow for the Lakers as the NEWHL is expanding from five to seven teams with the additions of Morrisville State and SUNY Canton.

With new teams in the NEWHL, the Lakers will now have to play some games on Tuesday and Wednesday nights instead of only having games on weekends. This seems to have no negative effect or impact on any member of the team, especially senior forward and alternate captain Natalie Giglio.

“It doesn’t make a difference,” Giglio said. “As soon as we step into the rink, we’re focused on the game. If you ask me after the game,

it would take me a second, it’s just another day. It’s gameday.”

One player that is expected to take a big leap this year is sophomore Avery Webster on defense. Webster played all 26 games for the Lakers last year and contributed 10 points as a freshman. Dillon is excited to see how Webster’s play will improve.

“She was able to gain tons of experience. She played in all situations. Her shin pads are like four feet wide, so I think that helped,” Dillon said. “Avery got more consistent as the season went on. We changed roles, gave her opportunities on the penalty kill, power play and certainly a regular shift. I think having that much experience as a freshman, we’re thrilled at what the possibilities are for her as a sophomore.”

One person that will definitely be more consistent compared to last year is senior goaltender Rachael Farmer, who is coming into her second season at Oswego State after transferring from SUNY Cortland. Farmer posted a career high three shutouts, allowed only 23 goals in 15 games played. She finished the season with 372 saves and 1.84 goals allowed per game.

Having consistency in the net like that will only help the Lakers, especially with Farmer not having to adjust to playing on a new team this year.

“I want her to enjoy her senior year; relax and play the game, and stop pucks. That would help,” Dillon said with a chuckle. “Rachael had a great season last year. She logged a lot of minutes, played really well for us and she put us in a position to be successful. This year, as a senior, this is her last year. In my experience as a coach, when seniors relax and just play the game and really enjoy what they’re doing, they play better.”

With a new season just around the corner, the entire team seems to just be focused on this year and not thinking about anything from last year. The entire team sees it as a new year for Oswego State hockey and all have the same vision for big things to come.

“We have a new group now.

We’re going to try to do things focusing on this team,” senior captain Kate Randazzo said. “We’re not really thinking about how we did things last year. It’s more about what we’re going to do this year.”

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Volleyball aims to sweep weekend slate Strive for five conference wins, typically yields postseason birth Aaron Valentino Sports Writer sports@oswegonian.com The Oswego State volleyball team had another successful weekend and looks to continue its good play this weekend against two more SUNYAC rivals.

The Lakers traveled to Plattsburgh State and SUNY Potsdam to take on the Cardinals and Bears this past weekend, Oct. 11 and 12.

The Lakers beat the Cardinals with ease, winning 3-0 and by a total points score of 75-48. The team then traveled to SUNY Potsdam where it had some struggles before ultimately claiming victory.

The Lakers were up 2-1 before dropping the fourth set. Then, they dominated the fifth set, 153. Despite some challenges head coach J.J. O’Connell was satisfied with his team’s play.

“I think we played great all week actually,” O’Connell said. “The [Nazareth College] match midweek was good, we were in control the whole way against Plattsburgh which was good. We knew Potsdam

was up and down, they run a tricky defense so we knew there was going to be some challenges with that.

I felt like when push came to shove we were the ones that were going out aggressive.”

The Lakers are taking setting the tone of the match to a whole other level, as the team won the first set in two of its three games.

Senior Sarah Massie said winning the first set makes them feel like they can win any match.

“It definitely shows that we can compete with anyone,” Massie said. “Sometimes it feels like there are a lot of teams that are favorites but when we come out and take the first set from them it’s like, ‘oh man we can win this.’ It makes us feel really good and keeps our confidence high.”

Heading into this weekend, the Lakers are fourth in SUNYAC with a 3-2 conference record. Their focus now shifts to the Buffalo State Bengals and the SUNY Fredonia Blue Devils. The Bengals are 0-5 in the conference which is last in the SUNYAC. The Blue Devils are 1-4 in SUNYAC play with their only conference win coming against

Nicole Hube | The Oswegonian Lauren Fie (6), who has 10 aces on the season, looks to serve the ball for Oswego State.

the Bengals. These two games are against weaker opponents but O’Connell understands the big implications they have for the SUNYAC playoffs.

“This is a big stretch for us,” O’Connell said. “Usually four wins puts you in consideration and right now Fredonia and [Buffalo] State are near the bottom of the conference ... so they’re certainly tough road games, but they are also opportunities for us to punch out ticket with five wins.”

There is a big opportunity for the Lakers playoff push. If they come out of this weekend with two wins, that would put them at 5-2 in the SUNYAC and with two games to go, there would be no chance to drop below .500 in the SUNYAC. It is also important to come out with two wins, because next week they take on the two of the best teams in the conference.

The SUNY Geneseo Knights are 7-0 in the SUNYAC and have already punched their ticket to the playoffs. Their other opponent is The College at Brockport who sit in third in the conference. Senior Shauna O’Flaherty believes the playoffs are about keeping their confidence on the court.

“We just need to keep playing how we’re playing,” O’Flaherty said. “I think overall our conference play has been pretty good, and it has only been improving.

If we continue to improve, I think the next few matches are going to go really well. We just have to keep our energy high and our confidence high.”

One thing the Lakers may need to keep an eye on is senior Lauren Fie who could be out this week with a sprained ankle. Fie came down on the foot of a SUNY Potsdam player and rolled her ankle.

Her replacement would be junior Emily Klock, who has played in 36 sets this year. O’Connell still believes the Lakers can win with anybody on the court.

“Emily Klock is more than capable,” O’Connell said. “When we went down 3-1 in Pennsylvania, she was playing, so there’s no real reason why we still can’t win no matter who is in the lineup.”

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SUNYAC Standings

Oswego Scoreboard

Men’s Soccer

Overall

Conference

Streak

Oneonta Plattsburgh Buffalo State Oswego State Cortland New Paltz Fredonia Brockport Geneseo Potsdam

12-1-0 6-6-0 11-2-0 8-4-1 6-4-2 8-5-0 5-6-4 6-6-2 5-7-1

5-0-0 4-1-0

W7 W3 W2 W1 L2 L1 T2 T1 L1 L4

3-10-1

Women’s Soccer Geneseo Cortland Brockport Oneonta Buffalo State Plattsburgh Fredonia New Paltz Potsdam Oswego State

Field Hockey

Geneseo Cortland New Paltz Oneonta Brockport Oswego State Morrisville

Volleyball

Overall

11-2-1 7-5-1 8-5-1 5-5-3 6-8-1 6-5-1 4-8-2

Brockport Oswego State Oneonta New Paltz Potsdam Fredonia Plattsburgh Buffalo State

Conference 5-0-1 4-0-1 4-2-0 3-2-0 3-3-0 2-2-1

1-3-2 1-3-1

5-8-0 2-11-0

1-4-0 0-5-0

W1 L4 L5

Overall

Conference

Streak

13-2

3-0

W10

11-3

3-1

W3

8-5 6-7

2-1 2-1

L2 L2

8-6

1-2

L1

3-9 1-12

1-3 0-4

L5 L3

Conference 7-0

3

2

GEN: 13-2 (3-0) NPZ: 8-5 (2-1)

Streak W2

4-1

W1

10-10

5-2

W1

16-6

3-2

W4

17-6

4-3

W2

8-10

3-4

L3

8-11

2-3 1-4 8-13 7-13 0-5 6-12 0-5 Around the SUNYAC

Field Hockey

Streak W4 W2 W2 L2 L3 W1 L3

4-7-2

Overall 12-8 20-7

Geneseo Cortland

4-2-0 3-1-1 2-2-1 2-3-0 1-3-2 1-4-1 1-4-1 1-4-0

Men’s Soccer 1

0

ONE: 12-1-0 (5-0-0) COR: 6-4-2 (2-2-1)

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The Oswego State women’s soccer team has four games remaining this season, all of which are at home. The Lakers are 0-8-0 on the road this season but have succeeded at home with a 2-1-0 record.

Although Oswego State is without a SUNYAC win thus far, four straight wins could allow them to sneak into the postseason.

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Women’s Soccer

Men’s Soccer

Friday, Oct. 11

Saturday, Oct. 12

2

1

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0 OSW:

Roth: 3 SOG Allen: 6 saves

NPZ:

Doorley: 1 goal DePasquale: 4 saves

ONE:

Kornfeld: 3 SOG Tortorice: 1 goal Lepper: 3 saves

OSW:

Paris: 1 goal Rojas: 2 SOG Terra: 6 saves

Volleyball

Saturday, Oct. 12

3

2

Field Hockey Tuesday, Oct. 15

3

2

POT:

Jones: 30 assists Magallon: 34 digs

OSW:

Little: 1 goal Scheblein: 8 saves

OSW:

Flohr: 44 assists Costa: 19 digs Massie: 15 kills

NAZ:

Selman: 2 goals Dewart: 2 assists Chuttey: 6 saves

Upcoming Events Men’s Soccer Friday, Oct. 18

@ 3:00 p.m.

OSW: 8-4-1 (3-1-1) POT: 3-10-1 (1-4-1)

Field Hockey Saturday, Oct. 19

@ 1:00 p.m.

OSW: 3-9 (1-3) BPT: 8-6 (1-2)

Women’s Hockey

Men’s Hockey

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Saturday, Oct. 19

Saturday, Oct. 19

3:00 p.m.

Exhibition

7:00 p.m.

Exhibition

LON: 9-5-3 OSW: 0-0-0

CP: 15-3-0 OSW: 0-0-0

Laker Athletes of the Week

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Women’s Soccer 2

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PLA: 6-5-1 (2-2-1) POT: 5-8-0 (1-4-0)

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This Saturday, Oct. 19 the Oswego State men’s soccer team travels to Plattsburgh State. The Lakers will look to end a seven-game losing streak against the rival Cardinals. The two teams have been playing since 1951, and Plattsburgh State holds a 3215-3 record in the series. Earlier this season, the Lakers ended a 12 game losing streak to SUNY Cortland.

Anthony Paris

Men’s Soccer Senior | Rochester It was fitting that the senior notched the game-winning goal for Oswego State on the team’s senior day last Saturday, Oct. 12. The goal came with 82:14 on the clock and gave the Lakers a 2-1 victory over SUNY New Paltz. The Rochester native has started all 13 games this season for Oswego State, recording two goals and 13 shots. The Lakers currently sit in fourth place in the SUNYAC with four games remaining.

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The Oswego State golf team will take an 182-day hiatus as their fall season came to an end last Sunday, Oct. 13. Some highlights of the fall season including three first-place tournament finishes and finishing third place in the fall portion of the Empire 8 Championship. The Lakers will return to action on Saturday, April 18 for the spring half of the Empire 8 Championship.

Shauna O’Flaherty Volleyball Senior | Garrison

The Garrison native was a big part of Oswego State’s 3-0 record last week. O’Flaherty started the week with 13 kills in a win over Nazareth College, the Lakers first win over the Golden Flyers in 20 years. She followed up that performance with 16 kills and hit .519 from the floor. On Saturday, Oct. 12, O’Flaherty finished her stellar week with 14 kills in a win over SUNY Potsdam.

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Teal T-shirts will be given out ahead of the Oswego State men’s hockey team’s exhibition game against Carleton Place this Saturday, Oct. 19. The Lakers will be hosting their annual Teal Gate game to help raise awareness for ovarian cancer. The two teams met last season in an exhibition, with Oswego State coming away with a 5-3 victory.

OPINION

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Hong Kong Modern media can lead to violence Increased deserves Release of “Purge” season two, recent shootings sparks debate policing for freedom better Tomas Rodriguez Staff Writer opinion@oswegonian.com

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Nathan Beers Staff Writer opinion@oswegonian.com Hong Kong has tasted Western-style freedoms rarely known in China. They have operated under a truly free market for decades and were treated comparably well as a British colony. Now things are changing under the Chinese authoritarian nightmare.

While the protests that have raged on for months in Hong Kong began as a means of stopping Chinese federal encroachment on their regional extradition law, it has turned into a city-wide riot over self-determination and freedom. As news breaks of Uygher concentration camps out of Xinjiang, including forced organ harvesting as an international tribunal has reported recently, and the travesties in Tibet loom overhead, the Hong Kong protests have become a fight-or-die movement for Hongkongers. This is not the first encroachment China has made; the famous Yellow Umbrella Protests in 2014 highlighted a staggering number of infringements by the Chinese government to try and overstep the bounds of previously agreed upon laws regarding Hong Kong’s sovereignty.

Hong Kong is the battleground for democracy in the world now, and other authoritarian regimes are watching closely. The Hong Kong police, backed by the Chinese government, are using unrestrained violence against peaceful protestors. This violence can only escalate. China only has to outlast Hong Kong, and these protests are beginning to become eerily reminiscent of the demonstrations in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Without support from other nations, who, for the time being, are too scared of China’s economic power to intervene, Hong Kong will be doomed to failure, broken and punished severely for its fight for self-preservation and liberty.

It is in times like these where we must ask when the president plans on being tough with China as he so promised these past years and where we must ask, in this greedy and selfish world, if there is any humanity left.

These protests do not just highlight the problems in China and Hong Kong, however.

Recently, they have also been showing just how interconnected and dependent international businesses are on China. Apple has pulled an app from its store that has previously been used to alert protesters of where police are and allowed them to prepare themselves to be gassed and attacked. Blizzard and the NBA have been censoring people within their businesses for supporting Hong Kong in any public way and the Mainland has come down harshly on businesses who show similar support. If anyone had previously thought that what happens in China stays in China, they should think again; China’s influence on our American companies is growing and can affect the ability for other protest movements to gain traction, as well as the information we get at home.

Be reminded that violations of our most basic freedoms could happen at any time and in any place. These Hong Kong protests should serve as a bastion of hope for democracy, freedom, liberty and unity. #StandWithHongKong.

For a long time now, experts have argued about whether violence in video games, in movies or in any form of mass media may be the reason behind some of the worst incidents related to gun violence.

The second season of the television series “The Purge” premiered last Tuesday, Oct. 15.

What started as a biannual series of movies now runs also as a television show.

Each season reflects the incidents that take place during a 12-hour period, when any and all crimes are permitted, from murder to robbery. By doing so, the saga serves as a critique related to the influence that the National Rifle Association (NRA) has on United States citizens.

Although, many disagree with the fact that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) allows the show to air, despite finding ourselves in a controversial

time when it comes to gun control and the media’s focus on mass shootings. In fact, some television shows and films are starting to experience what may soon become a generalized censorship in mass media platforms as a result of these horrific events.

Shortly after two recent shootings, Walmart removed their ads for violent games and movies, in an effort to reduce any exposure that the younger ones could get to violence through any form of mass media.

Just a few weeks ago, the new “Joker” movie was released. Despite the movie becoming the most successful October release ever per Forbes, not all movie theatres agreed to show the new release.

On July 20, 2012, 24-year-old James Holmes opened fire at the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 people and injuring another 70. At the time, local media reported that Holmes allegedly had a fascination for the Joker’s character. It was also reported that his apartment was decorated with Batman paraphernalia, pointing to a

possible influence caused by violence present in the mass media.

Nonetheless, the news media and video game or movie directors are not the only ones to blame.

On Oct. 13, the New York Times reported that a video showing the President as a mass shooter executing members of the media and political opponents was played during a pro-Trump conference at the Trump Resort in Miami, Florida. The event drew criticism from many, especially since Trump finds himself in the midst of an impeachment inquiry.

Historically, mass media has been to blame for leading to violence. There are those who argue nowadays that those who are violent are born so naturally. This theory makes sense, but the idea of violence could only be fueled by television shows, movies and video games displaying violence.

With the release of “The Purge’s” second season, mainstream media should maybe look at the possible side effects and collateral damage that some television shows have on those who are prone to violent acts.

Photo from Warner Bros. Pictures via YouTube The “Joker” movie, along with the “Purge” television show, have been sparking debate surrounding media in relation to violence.

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Praying for impeachment immature No American should hope president betrays country Peter Wendler Staff Writer opinion@oswegonian.com Regardless of who is in the White House, impeachment is a serious issue. The national and international ramifications of having a sitting U.S. president impeached are innumerable.

Even if the president is cleared of the charges brought up by impeachment and is not removed from office, the national shame remains.

President Richard Nixon’s impeachment occurred almost 45 years ago and it still haunts the political consciousness of the U.S. That impeachment made the U.S. look weak in the eyes of its adversaries, particularly China, North Vietnam and the Soviet Union. Additionally, the impeachment of President Nixon destroyed the American people’s faith in its government and helped to throw the country into an economic crisis.

Despite the serious nature of a presidential impeachment many people only see it as a tool to advance their political ideology. Some do not understand what impeachment really means. They do not understand the potential instability it will bring, or how it will weaken American bargaining power on the world stage. They do not understand how having a president impeached would benefit the country’s greatest enemies Russia, China and Iran. Worse yet, these people may not care.

Recently, Congress has begun an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump and, not without due cause.

The facts which have emerged regard-

Photo from WilliamCho via Pixabay If impeachment of President Trump is necessary, then the government should proceed.

ing Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are concerning. The accusation that Trump was attempting to force Zelensky into giving him potentially incriminating evidence on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his son is beyond serious.

The Washington Post reported that days before Trump’s phone call with Zelensky, Trump had halted almost $400 million in military aid meant for Ukraine.

Some believe this was an attempt by Trump to coerce the Ukrainian government into producing information on Biden and his son.

Many Americans are happy that the president is being accused of these crimes. These same Americans see the impeachment of Trump as a way of undoing the 2016 Presidential Election.

Anyone who wants their president to fail, be corrupt or hopes their president is impeached, regardless of the facts, does not care about their country, but only their political affiliations. No matter

who the sitting president is, an American should not hope they are a failure.

The country does not benefit from a bad president from either party. Americans should not rejoice at the prospect that their country is failing them. To quote Abraham Lincoln, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”

Impeachment is necessary in some instances. If the Congress’s impeachment inquiry charges the president with an impeachable offense, no American should rejoice. The country does not win.

The country only suffers, especially if the charges are proved true. If the president is convicted and removed from office there should be no joy. There should be reflection. An American should say to themselves, “Thank God, we were able to get a corrupt man out of office, but how did we let him get there in the first place?

How can we prevent this from happening again?”

Impeachment is no laughing matter.

We need to take it seriously.

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Peter Wendler Staff Writer opinion@oswegonian.com Policing is a divisive issue in the 21st century. Many people in the United States fear the police are guilty of profiling minority groups, and that they are slowly becoming more military-like in appearance and equipment. Police officers respond to these claims by saying they only target criminal activity and a recent wave of antipolice sentiment has forced them to adopt a more careful approach to the public. The police would say the incorporation of new equipment is required for them to meet the demands of their job.

Regardless of these arguments, it is undeniably true that the public’s trust of the police is at an all-time low. Having a lack of trust between the public and the police is never a positive thing. Citizens are less likely to report crimes, making law enforcement’s already challenging job even more difficult. In turn, the public feels they have no one to turn to in a bad situation. The City of Oswego and Mayor Billy Barlow are addressing these issues head on.

In response, Barlow proposed a $90,000 grant for increased policing in the City of Oswego.

The grant called for the Oswego Police Department to conduct evening foot patrols, weather depending, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. Barlow said the patrols would be used for code enforcement, crime discovery and making sure there are no major disturbances in the city after dark.

One of the reasons the proposal was initially granted was the OPD was receiving an unusually high number of complaints for night-time disturbances. Barlow said another reason for having foot patrols was public outreach.

Community policing is when a police department assigns a certain group of officers to a certain area of patrol. This allows the officers to become familiar with the unique dynamics and citizens of that area. Community policing breaks down the barrier between citizens and police. It makes the police officers a staple of the community and removes the shiny, black tinted wall standing between patrols and the public.

Additionally, as the police become more familiar with a neighborhood and the people that live there, they are better able to gauge what constitutes necessary force in certain situations. Community policing puts everyone on the same team and it appears that is what Barlow is looking to accomplish with these foot patrols.

Some students on the Oswego State campus fear the new patrols are only meant to target students, but this is simply not true. Barlow has said the patrols will be conducted during the summer months, too, when college students are not living in Oswego. Barlow said patrols were going to be conducted in neighborhoods on the east and west sides of the city were students seldom go. Barlow said the weekends were selected for additional patrols because it is the city’s busiest nights of the week.

Students should try to look at the OPD’s new foot patrols as the chance to become more familiar with the people responsible for their community’s safety. Additionally, they may find the foot patrols useful the next time a fight breaks out at the bars. Foot patrols are not meant to punish students; they are meant to benefit everyone in the City of Oswego.

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VOLUME LXXXIV ISSUE XVI

“Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech or of the press.”

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On Wednesday, touring conservative preacher Jesse Morrell came to the Oswego State campus and started preaching in the Hewitt Quad against homosexuality, transgender individuals and women’s rights in general.

When Jade Laplante and Sarah Novak, two women in a same-sex relationship, walked by him while holding hands, they said that Morrell began targeting them specifically.

Once they kissed, the women reported that he turned towards them and began approaching them, which made them feel threatened. This is when Morrell crossed the line from reasonably sharing his viewpoints to unacceptably verbally harassing specific individuals.

As he approached them, he began speaking specifically about how he believed that homosexuals are going to hell, that women needed to be with men and men only because of their reproductive organs, and other hateful and closeminded rhetoric.

A friend of Laplante and Novak arrived in the quad as this happened, and began shouting back at Morrell that he needed to back off and stop speaking to them so hatefully.

A crowd formed around and began shouting at Morrell, telling him that he had no right to speak so hatefully on campus and he needed to leave the scene.

Eventually, University Police was

called to the scene, and the officers informed Morrell that he was not allowed to simply start speaking on campus whenever he wishes to.

Oswego State policy states that any non-profit third party can speak on campus, in the southern section of the area of the central quad known as the sundial, provided they receive the proper permits from the Campus Life office. This is not to prevent open expression of ideas, but a legally allowed restriction that protects any demonstrations on campus from interfering with Oswego State’s primary purpose, to teach its students.

Laplante and Novak said that they felt that UP did more to help Morrell than they did for them, by fully explaining in detail how Morrell could get a permit to speak on campus. If Laplante and Novak were truly being harassed verbally by Morrell, UP should not have sought to make it possible for him to return to campus. The officers certainly should not have given him a step-by-step guide to how he could get the proper permits. Laplante and Novak said that the officers they spoke with did not help much, because they were not overtly verbally threatened by Morrell.

Public college campuses across the United States pride themselves on being forums for public discourse.

It is extremely common for religious spokespeople to proselytize on pub-

lic college campuses, and provided they do so in a respectful manner, there is nothing wrong with that. If a preacher genuinely believes that homosexuals are going to hell, while that position is unoriginal and archaic, they are welcome to share that opinion in a public forum, provided they follow the nonpartisan rules in order to speak there. Morrell did not follow those rules originally, expecting that he could just walk on and interrupt the campus. What is worse is that he then decided to turn specifically on two women just because they were in a same-sex relationship.

Clearly, Morrell was not interested in convincing people of his beliefs. He was more interested in scaring and harassing any LGBTQ+ individuals he may find on campus.

Not only is that shameful behavior, it is dangerous. What would Morrel have done if someone he believed to be transgender walked by? What would he have done if nobody had been nearby when he began approaching Laplante and Novak?

There are plenty of Christian preachers who speak on college campuses without verbally attacking individuals on those campuses. Morrell decided he would be hateful rather than try to legitimately engage in the marketplace of ideas, and for that he should have been swiftly and decisively removed from campus.

IN THE OFFICE

Superbowl halftime becomes pop concert Rock artists ignored, despite NFL using music all year round

Brandon Fallat Laker Review Editor bfallat@oswegonian.com Despite rock ‘n’ roll music being blasted through the stadium speakers each Sunday and acting as the backdrop for nearly every professional football game ever played, it seems that once again, hard rock and metal music are being denied a spotlight at the Super Bowl halftime show.

On Sept. 26, NFL, Pepsi and Roc Nation announced that music superstars Shakira and Jennifer Lopez would be performing at the 2020 Super Bowl halftime show. This pairing seeks to bring in more ratings than ever, with Shakira and Lopez being world-famous pop culture icons. The duo will make for an entertaining concert and will at least be better than the years prior, given the artists’ talent. However, this move marks the 10th consecutive halftime show in a row performed by The independent student newspaper of Oswego State since 1935 a pop or hip-hop artist, and for a corporation that is constantly promoting their appreciation for rock and metal We want your thoughts on our coverage, campus and local issues, or anything music, this announcement certainly says otherwise. regarding the Oswego State community.

Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider expressed his disapproval

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with the decision via Twitter. “Once again the great heavy music that rocks the stadiums week after week, game after game is completely ignored. I guess we don’t shake our ass enough!!” Snider tweeted.

While some may look at Snider’s comments and laugh him out the door, as he comes across as a jealous two-hit wonder singer just getting angry for attention, he does make an excellent point. Go to any pro football game, what songs are constantly blasting over the loudspeakers? “Enter Sandman,” “We’re Not Gonna Take It,” “We Will Rock You,” “We Are the Champions,” “Thunderstruck” and “Welcome to the Jungle.” None of the bands behind these anthems have ever played a halftime show. Actually, the only rock acts to play the show were Aerosmith in 2001, when they appeared alongside “legends” NSYNC and Britney Spears, and The Who in 2010.

Now, Twisted Sister is not a Super Bowl band. They are not popular enough. But what about Metallica?

AC/DC? Queen? Guns N’ Roses? Or even more contemporary bands like Foo Fighters or Green Day? These groups are what people would call stadium bands. Their songs are usually anthemic in nature, meant to be sung along to. Yes, Justin Timberlake and Maroon 5 can sell out stadiums, but they are not stadium bands.

Timberlake’s catalog is mainly club music while Maroon 5 has a secure hold on Starbucks’ everywhere. It is interesting that the NFL has a group of go-to metal songs for their football games all season, yet when it comes to the most important game of the year, the stadium suddenly has a pop

concert with an extravagant light show meant to entice young people to watch.

Now, it is naive to think that rock music has the kind of popularity and resonance with the public that it had in the 1980s or even early 2000s.

American music has been dominated by bubblegum pop and club music for a while now and, while artistically relevant and masterfully crafted, they are not stadium material. Besides, live rock music performances are already shunned in favor of hip-hop at the Grammys, MTV Music Awards, Billboard Awards, etc.

The Super Bowl is a venue clearly engineered for a rock group, yet fans are subjected to the same thing they hear everyday on the radio. Furthermore, rock music is not a dead genre, it is alive and well, just not as popular as it once was. Rock music of today is a descendent from early 2000’s groups like Linkin Park and Avenged Sevenfold, which were spawned from the grunge era of Nirvana and Pearl Jam, who were an evolution of Poison and Iron Maiden, who followed The Eagles and Led Zeppelin.

On Oct. 8, Disturbed lead singer David Draiman came out saying that he would “be honored” to sing the national anthem at this year’s game, giving rock and metal music at least some representation in a venue made popular by the genre. If his cover of “The Sound of Silence” is any indication of what is to come, it would be monumentally epic to hear him perform that iconic song. So please, NFL, give us rock fans one thing at least, and then we can all enjoy J.Lo and Shakira together.

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‘El Camino’ offers somber epilogue to ‘Breaking Bad’

New film finally shows what happened to Jesse Pinkman after show ended

Upcoming “The Matrix 4” casts Neil Patrick Harris in an unkown key role.

Image from Netflix via YouTube Actor Aaron Paul returns to his defining role after over five years, delving deeper into the mental state of Jesse Pinkman, now finally being the main character.

Luis Galarza Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com

Rating: The last time audiences saw Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul, “The Parts You Lose”) he was beaten, broken and a completely different character than what he started out as in the beginning of the smash hit TV series “Breaking Bad.” And above all, he was freed. Freed from a life of being forced to cook crystal meth for some of the worst people that humanity has to offer. However, after being freed, we do not see where he goes, where he could go, how he could get there and what he would do once having gotten there. We simply see him drive away in the stolen El Camino, screaming, crying and laughing all at once in what is one of the more cathartic scenes in the entire series. For anyone who felt that this was not enough and for those that thought that Pinkman’s ending in “Breaking Bad” could have been extended by, at the very least, an extra five to 10 minutes just for the sake of more closure, “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie” is for those people, but instead of five to 10 minutes, it is a

full two hour feature length film, and it is satisfying, although not necessarily needed.

“El Camino” is the direct product of what happens when the creator of a worldwide phenomenon decides to dive back into the world of their most popular project not because it is guaranteed to be successful, but rather because they are genuinely so passionate about it that they just want to return one last time. This is the vibe that comes out of what seems to have been a passion project for Vince Gilligan (“Better Call Saul”), creator and more importantly, executive producer of “Breaking Bad.” The world and tone of “Breaking Bad,” a dry, sandy and westerninfluenced version of the south west, is as realized as ever and almost feels like an old piece of clothing that still fits beautifully. This is due less to the fact that we get to see Pinkman roam around New Mexico looking for money, a plot that would have amounted to a fantastic stand-alone episode of the series, but more due to filmmakers behind the camera. Gilligan, in what is his directorial debut and an extremely solid one at that, takes the subtly unique filmmaking that made the series so compelling and puts it

into a high definition cinematic lens. Cinematographer Marshall Adams (“13 Reasons Why”) brings the familiar mix of wide angle exteriors and handheld close-ups that you have come to expect and throws in the occasional expected but completely unexpected ambitious shot. Think of the crawl space or the heroin trip from the show. One that comes to mind here is an incredibly designed top-down view of Jesse scrambling to look for something in an apartment. In addition to the great cinematography, Composer Dave Porter’s (“Preacher”) droning percussion music and film editor Skip Macdonald’s (“Chambers”) patient editing all come together to set the mood that fans should be able to recognize fairly quickly.

Just like usual, the acting by most on board and the mature writing by Gilligan compliment each other so well that it makes one wonder why Gilligan has not been making films this whole time. There honestly is not much to say about Paul that has not already been said, he is perfect for the character and the character is perfect for him. The film’s loose structure centered around Pinkman always in search for something

makes his story feel urgent and perfectly paced. The film does not throw in a cameo and reference to every big moment in the show every five minutes, but rather lets the story play as its own and lets the references and cameos come very appropriately and spread out.

It almost feels as if this movie could have come out before the show and they decided to make the show as a prequel series afterwards based on the success of the movie. They did the post-show-movie the right way by giving fans what they want without spoiling them.

The climax amounts to a small scale but satisfying literalized version of the western-tone that is sprinkled throughout both the show and movie and finishes Pinkman’s story for good in a way that gives real closure more than just a moment of catharsis. However, that moment of catharsis in itself was satisfying, so if one were to watch the series finale and stop there, it is not like they are missing a ton. But they are missing something. A nice epilogue to return viewers to the world that compelled them for so long is not necessarily a bad thing. Is it needed? No. Is it still good? Of course.

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Rating: Once upon a very disgusting time, a business man would enter his office carrying the fractured skull of the last man who dared to have a good idea in his presence. He would then scrawl a name onto his desk in blood, “Will Smith.” A few moments of black magic later and “Gemini Man” would begin playing in theaters.

The plot of the movie concerns Henry Bogard (Will Smith, “Aladdin”), an agent for the U.S. government, whom after resigning without sending in his two weeks’ notice, is attacked by a genetically engineered clone of himself.

It is a story that does not particularly know what the theme is, at the beginning Bogard is suffering with how to cope with the monster he has become after

murdering people his whole life. Then it is about family and if your parents decide who you are, then everyone shoots each other.

The story takes Bogard to various corners of the globe in order to uncover the conspiracy that relates to these newfound clones. Which can happily host some interesting set pieces, like a battle on the roofs of Italy, but the film never uses these cities to enrich the story and instead just keeps the scenery pretty.

Many of the elements are very cliché but oddly straight-faced about that.

Each character could be carved from any bad 90s action flick. Bogard’s character is more akin to being just Will Smith with less to live for. There is the “action lady” Danielle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead, “Scott Pilgrim vs the World”) that seems to really lack any context to her personality outside of her ability to blindly believe what anyone tells her. While also having a dopey best

Image from Paramount Pictures via YouTube Will Smith plays two characters in the film, one using de-aging technology.

friend that is on screen long enough to convince audiences that he is not important.

To the films merit, both of Smiths’ performances are very convincing on screen and appear to be different people, never leading audiences to mistake the two.

The only issue is that the tension between the two

feels very forced. Characters tend to change their minds about things seemingly without any push or reason. Possibly just aiming to artificially enhance the scene without giving it any emotional power first. Any exciting twists could be seen a mile away.

Action is subpar, with the

gun fighting being a series of crooked effortless shots.

With some glaring plotholes that will distract most viewers while also being very contrived. Even fans of the cheesier movies of the 90s will find it to be out of place, lacking that “cool” element integral to most action thrillers. With nary an iconic one-liner or shot of bombastic camera work.

At the end of the adventure, things feel very unearned. It could be classified as a “popcorn movie” but it fails to grip audiences on a fundamental level. Those who are interested in turning their brains off will still be lulled to sleep by its inability to entertain on a hyper-masculine level.

When the film has ended, most of it does not stick with the viewer. “Gemini Man” should be avoided by most viewers or armed hostages.

Granted, even that suggestion might be too good of an idea made in the presence of this film.

‘Ghostbusters’ turns 35; how simple premise launched franchise Lucas Fernandez Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com

Well, it is three years later and society is pretty much in the same place it was when the 2016 reboot of “Ghostbusters” was released amidst a frankly unnecessary storm of controversy.

Now, as the world slowly spirals

into the next ridiculous headline of the week, we as an audience are treated to the promise of yet another “Ghostbusters” film, the long rumored, or feared, “Ghostbusters 2020,” set to be directed

by Jason Reitman (“Juno”). What does this mean? What is the appeal of Ghostbusters today? Is it outdated? Does it have anything left to offer? Let us take a look.

Put the first “Ghostbusters” under a microscope for a moment. Four broke men team up and use science guns to fight some fairly impressive, for the time, special effects while also creepily seducing Sigourney Weaver, we will get back to that later. If this sounds stupid, well, it is, but despite its flaws, the movie is solid. It is funny,

Image from Sony Pictures Entertainment via YouTube (From left) Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Bill Murray and Dan Akroyd on set of the original film, they would go on to star in “Ghostbusters 2.”

but family friendly, has big names, is colorful, creative, a little spooky, quotable and incredibly toyetic. It works from a story perspective, but also from a marketing perspective. It was so successful at being the quintessential popular actioncomedy of the time that it got a disappointing sequel, a spinoff cartoon, endless toy sales and a disgusting green drink that tens of thousands of yesterday’s kids are most surely suffering the effects of today. So it happened, but why does it keep coming back?

Look at the 2016 “Ghostbusters” (Paul Feig). That film is a mess, no two ways about it. Bad writing, bad pacing, bad effects and more. So why does it exist? Sure, nostalgia is a factor, but it isn’t just nostalgia for the film. Rather, it is nostalgia for the marketing campaign that never really ended. The Ghostbusters are heroes, in the movie and out of it, and that status has allowed them to stay relevant even when people say they are dead, much

like superheroes and some musicians.

That is what the reboot is powered by, a huge marketing opportunity predicated on an idealized notion. Sure, it was powered by internet toxicity and halfwit criticism, but the point is that “Ghostbusters” is still able to create a successful and powerful marketing campaign based solely on its image. And that is where “Ghostbusters 2020” fits. This film is already powered by a movement that goes back to 1984. It is not revitalizing anything. Rather, it is telling its audience that something old is being made new again when the whole time, a carefully calculated system is simply being brought, once again, to the forefront. Of course, this is not just “Ghostbusters,” but the franchise is a prime example of how our idea of nostalgia as being overly sentimental and cheap can be misleading when it comes to deconstructing the mechanisms that power it and the products behind it.

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‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ warms hearts with tale of friendship

Alex Kent Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com

Rating: “The Peanut Butter Falcon” is a wonderfully delightful way to spend 98 minutes. Directed by Tyler Nilson (“Identity Thief”) and Michael Schwartz (“Bricolage”), this modern day adaptation of Huckleberry Finn follows the narrative of Zak (Zack Gottsagen) and Tyler (Shia LaBeouf, “Honey Boy”), as they navigate through North Carolina. After its premiere at the South by Southwest festival, the movie has made rounds all over fortunate auditoriums.

Zak is a 22-year-old with Down syndrome living in a retirement home, waiting for some adventure to enter his restrained life. Gottsagen’s wit and charm are immediately felt from the opening scene.

His characters’ interactions with Carl (Bruce Dern, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”) are heartwarming and pure, also

Image via JoBlo Movie Trailers via YouTube (From left) Zack Gottsagen and Shia LaBeouf star as a pair of misfits who become family.

establishing the innocence of the young man.

Tyler is a troubled person living with inner demons and longing for a spot within the world. Being a shady fisherman/trader occupies his time and energy, only leading to negative effects. A source of hope was all he needed to get out of the disastrous environment.

Through Bob Dylan’s “A Sim-

ple Twist of Fate,” Zak and Tyler become acquainted. A hesitant resistance gradually leads to a tender bond shown beautifully from Labeouf and Gottsagen.

Moments solely between the two of them supplied the necessary emotional pull that the filmmakers were striving for.

Quaintness and spirituality were demonstrated fluently in the soundtrack con-

taining songs from southern acts old and new. Audiences feel as if they are witnessing a “rebirth” of two individuals that are initially estranged from their surroundings for different reasons.

As the men are on their journey, Eleanor (Dakota Johnson, “The Friend”) is trailing them. She is the caretaker for Zak, representing the societal restrictions regarding “disabled” people. One weakness with the film is the evolution of her feelings towards Tyler. As with many love tropes, the script felt uneven and rushed in that regard. Johnson was still miles above performance-wise in relation to her popular role in the “Fifty Shades of Grey” series.

Otherwise, the screenplay allows Gottsagen to shine in his breakthrough role. Gottsagen, who has Down syndrome in real life as well, was pursued by Nilson and Schwartz to craft a story about his desire to become an actor. Seeing this piece of cinema allow a previously overlooked talent to dis-

play his skills only enhances the potential of the medium.

Using entertainment wrestling as the engine to further the narrative was a brilliant way to correlate Gottsagen’s struggle to find roles. WWE in particular is frequently looked down upon as “mindless” and “fake.” Just like members of the WWE, Zack’s character is more than meets the eye, being filled with resiliency, determination and courage despite the flawed general consensus held by many.

Indie films have become the gold standard of how to conduct tales featuring minorities with mesmerizing results. It is going to be interesting to follow Gottsagen, Nilson and Schwartz’s careers after releasing something this unique. “The Peanut Butter Falcon” not only was smart, engaging and innovative, but it was also masterfully shot to highlight the newfound freedoms that were found during the adventure.

‘Little Monsters’ combines kindergarten, zombies for fun time Ethan Stinson Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com

Rating: The “zombie movie” is a long overdone genre which has been continuously beaten to death for decades. Whether they be presented as gory comedies, or as suspenseful horror films, it feels as if these films almost never succeed in breaking away from the clichés that have become genre staples.

“Little Monsters,” a new horror-comedy from director Abe Forsythe (“Down Under”), defies the standards set by most modern zombie films, for it instead opts to deliver a sweet, heartfelt story filled with an abundance of laughs and a refreshingly clever premise.

The film depicts kindergarten teacher Audrey Caroline (Lupita Nyong’o, “Us”), who is forced to protect her students from a horde of zombies while on a field trip. Nyong’o, who has been established as a Hollywood powerhouse within the

last decade, gives yet another strong performance as Miss Caroline, who is strongly written as a fearless, caring individual whose sole focus is to shield her class from danger.

Another stand-out among the film’s characters is Teddy McGiggle (Josh Gad, “The Angry Birds Movie 2”), a children’s TV show host who, in the wake of the zombie invasion, sheds his persona and reveals his true colors as a self-centered actor.

Rather than being presented as an action-packed zombie survival story, the film instead stands as a sweet tale of a teacher trying to save her students. Rather than making them aware of the situation at hand, the kids are instead introduced to the situation as if it is a game, thereby allowing them to maintain their gleeful, innocent personalities as the adults present attempt to help them escape and survive.

By showing the kids acting like their normal selves, regardless of the high stakes that are present, the film creates multiple humorous moments due

to their oblivious nature.

Despite how well-crafted the story is, it tends to be predictable during certain portions, thereby taking away from its overall creativity. Being a zombie film, it also naturally submits to some of the genre’s tropes, which partially taints its overall originality.

Also, though he is a prominent character throughout the film, Dave (Alexander England “Alien: Covenant”) feels rather unnec-

essary in the long run, though he serves as a convenient aid to Miss Caroline when needed.

In the wake of prior horror comedies such as “Zombieland” and “Shaun of the Dead,” it may have seemed as if the genre had little left to offer in terms of originality. “Little Monsters,” on the other hand disproves this idea due to its ability to generate laughs without showing outrageous or creative zombie kills, or an overuse of explicatives. In-

stead, the film creates a sense of humor based on the innocence of children, and their oblivious, distorted approaches to what would be considered horrifying in the eyes of an adult. Arriving just at the pique of the Halloween season, “Little Monsters” proves itself to be a worthwhile watch for anyone who wishes to dabble in the horror genre, but not enough to experience anything too terrifying.

Image from Hulu via YouTube Actor Lupita Nyong’o has had a horror themed 2019, starring in “Us” in March and now “Little Monsters” alongside Josh Gad.

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'Call of Duty Mobile' satisfying appetizer for 'Modern Warfare' Zakary Haines Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com

Rating: “Call of Duty” has been able to push out a title each year without any issues. Their most recent title, a “Modern Warfare” reboot, is set for Oct. 25. In the meantime, another smaller, but just as powerful title dropped into the app store and Google Play store, “Call of Duty Mobile.”

An interesting move to have an app release before the new game drops, but it has so far worked out for Activision and two developers who made the game itself: Tencent Games and Timi Studios. What some may assume to be a cheap cash grab is actually a well thought out mobile game for many fans of the series.

The game is familiar to those who played the series.

The controls are fairly easy to pick up and the game offers two control modes: simple and advance. Simple does some of the heavy lifting, it will do the

firing for you. All you have to do is to aim the gun at an enemy player, but the accuracy of the weapon goes down. Advance mode is similar to those who have played any of the previous titles, you are in full control and get no help. Players also currently have two modes to play in, the first being multiplayer with various game modes such as team deathmatch, search and destroy and frontlines. This puts you against other players in the world and gives you an objective. The difference in this game is that it is not filled with different levels of players. Players get put into matches with players who are close in level and based off stats such as kill/ death ratio.

The second mode is battle royale, which “Black Ops 4” introduced for the first time to the franchise. Players can expect a lot of the same things from that title except the map is a mixture of “Modern Warfare” and “Black Ops” mixed into the map’s buildings and sites. In this mode, you can either play

by yourself, in a pair of two or in a squad of four. The map offers airdrops for extraordinary weapons and items, vehicles to drive around and plenty of places to take cover. This mode also gives players the chance to choose a class and gives them an ability to make your time a lot more fun.

Besides the gameplay, this is still a mobile game. There is still a paywall for certain cosmetic items including weapon skins, emotes and so forth.

Some of these players cannot earn so they will stay locked for now and possibly the future.

While the game seems clean and well done so far, it will continue to receive updates, including a zombies mode later down the road. There is also a rotation of different modes from previous “Call of Duty’s” into the game such as free-forall and gun game. However, there are no options for single player besides practice mode.

The game does not cater to those who enjoy campaigns or anything single player in the

series; it is all online, multiplayer games.

The overall experience is one that has been missing in the franchise for a while: satisfaction. Some of the more recent titles have been missing the mark on all levels and have been reviewed poorly, costing Activision money. Even though a new title in the series drops next week, this mobile game

gives fans a taste of things to come in the near future for the series. Compared to some of the bigger titles, “Call of Duty Mobile” holds its own in a market full of games and ideas for being able to play “Call of Duty” on the go. This is not a revolutionary idea but one that puts the series back on the right path and earning the trust of fans back.

Image from Call of Duty via YouTube Despite being mobile, "Call of Duty Mobile" gives players great multiplayer options.

'Criminal Minds' recap in preparation for upcoming final season Tomas Rodriguez Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com

With 14 seasons under its belt, “Criminal Minds” will say goodbye to its fans after having run for a total of 15 seasons. While there has not been a premiere date for the last season, it has been speculated that it would start running early in 2020, compared with its traditional run from fall to spring.

While the show experienced mixed reactions when it aired for the very first time back in 2005, it has made it through some ups and downs. Both on the production end and when it comes to the storyline itself.

After its first season, the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), under the supervision of Jason Gideon (Ben Savage, “Girl Meets World”) lost its first agent. During the first season’s finale, Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini, “Ray Donovan”) suffered from extreme trauma after being shot by an unsub, or un-

known subject. Then, Agent Greenaway took justice into her own hands and was forced to leave the bureau.

Other characters and actors to leave the show during the early seasons included senior supervisory special agent and former BAU unit chief Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin, “Homeland”). At the time, Patinkin justified his departure from the show as

it related to the show “being way too real when it comes to the violence side of it.”

Although in the end, the show was not all violence.

Throughout the show we have seen various romances between different characters. In the span of these 14 seasons, supervisory special agent Jennifer Jareau “JJ” (A. J. Cook, “Back Fork”) has married and had chil-

Image from Criminal Minds via YouTube The hit series that has been on the air for 15 seasons is finally closing the case.

dren with detective William LaMontagne (Josh Stewart, “The Punisher”), despite Jareau’s endless romance with colleague doctor Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler, “Zoe”), a relationship that we could see flourish during this upcoming 15th and last season of the show.

However, the television show created by writer Jeff Davis has endured 14 seasons with a total of 314 episodes, the show did have a spin-off titled “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders,” although that only lasted a total of two seasons, with the episodes adding up to 26. Each episode took place in a different country, with the International Response Team (IRT) led by Jack Garrett (Gary Sinise, “Beyond Glory”) aiming to ensure the safety of American citizens overseas. The aforementioned spin-off television series originated from the 19th episode of “Criminal Minds’” 10th season, which was titled “Beyond Borders.” In that episode, the BAU is called to

Barbados to assist the IRT in saving an American family of four, therefore giving birth to this spin-off series.

Nonetheless, it is expected that some of the aforementioned characters and actors who have taken part in previous seasons of the show experience a return to the series in light of its last season ever. By doing this, Davis might add a little bit of spice or foreshadowing as to how the show might end, giving fans an idea as to what direction it might take before reaching its final destination, before catching the last un sub or before saving the last endangered U.S. citizen.

Overall, the past 14 seasons would earn five out of five, as they have never failed fans with their intriguing mid-season episodes and season finales, always adding a slight ray of foreshadowing as to how the season might continue after winter break or how the next season would kick off.

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1. Wind directon (abbr.)

4. House division 8. Weeps 12. Salmon eggs

13. Land parcel 14. Sinful 15. Pierre’s pal 16. Deadlock 18. ___ diem 19. Family animal 20. Made angry 21. Florida racetrack site 24. Gentle creature 26. Begin again 31. Want 34. Tantalizes 35. Involves 37. Invitation letters 41. Investigate 45. Bunny’s motion 46. Baseball stat.

49. Apologetic 51. Hamilton bill 52.Till bills 53. Uttered 54. Break a fast 55. Stop it!

56. Several 57. Musical twosome

Down 1. Enclose 2. Indefinite number 3. Most bizarre 4. Hoarse 5. Eight muscicians 6. Speech-maker 7. Voice actor ___ Blanc 8. 18-wheeler 9. Track shape 10. Snack 11. Winter vehicle 17. Wipe clean

22. Diva song 23. Fishing snare 24. President after HST 25. Poetic dusk 27. Small pie 28. Affirmed 29. Race the engine 30. Teaspoon (abbr.)

32. Mature 33. Building extension 36. Largest desert 39. TV Host ____ O’Brien 40. Fittingly 41. Goad 42. Divorce city 43. Not shut 44. Finest 47. Suitor 48. Get ____ trouble 50. Male cat

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Early Birds

by Lucas Fernandez

At 3:00 a.m., everyone in town was asleep. Then, at 3:30 a.m., an alarm woke everyone up. However, since people tend to procrastinate, even at the most important of times, it wasn’t until 4:00 a.m. that they went outside to see what the commotion was about. The mayor gathered everyone in the town square and looked through his spyglass into the distance. It was just as he feared.

“It’s a worm!” He said to the crowd. They looked at him, befuddled.

“What kind of worm?” Asked the doctor.

“A big one!” Said the mayor, “headed this way!” The crowd gasped.

“How big?” Asked the blacksmith. The mayor looked again through the spyglass and yelped in fear.

“Quite big,” he said. The crowd gasped again.

“So what do we do?” Asked one of the proper ladies. The mayor was at a loss for words.

The hunter stepped forward. “We need to build a trap for the beast, of course!” He said, and everyone thought that was a good idea. So, they dismantled everything and used the materials to build a trap well outside of town. However, they realized that the trap would need bait.

“How about him?” Asked one of the midwives, holding up a fat baby. “The mum’s got five already, surely she could spare one?”

Everyone, including the mother, agreed that was obviously the best course of action. So they placed the baby in the trap and wait-

ed in the town square. Then, the mayor looked through the glass and gasped.

“Egads!” He said, “the worm has slipped past the trap! It’s so close now!” Everyone talked in hushed tones until the baker stepped forward.

“To stop the worm,” he said, “we must give it something tastier than us to eat!” All of the townspeople applauded this idea, and forgot the trap promptly. They gathered all the food they could find and had the baker make it into a jumbo dinner. Then, they set it on a giant plate and rang the dinner bell before running back to the town square.

“That smells delicious,” said a ragamuffin.

“Quiet you!” Said the pastor, and everyone agreed that yes, the ragamuffin should be quiet or else receive a stern walloping. The mayor looked through the spyglass and cried out in despair.

“The worm’s tastes are too particular!” He wailed, “it craves our flesh only!” The townspeople began to weep. Finally, the pastor stepped forward.

“This is a test!” He bellowed, “we must meet the worm without fear!” Everyone agreed that this was definitely the best plan, and so they did just that. The people stood in the square and waited. When night came, there were no houses to sleep in, so they waited instead.

And when they were hungry, there was no food, so they kept on waiting. Eventually, starting with the children, the people starved to death right there in the square. But if the mayor had simply turned the spyglass around, he would have seen that the worm wasn’t big at all. It was only stuck to the lense.

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Media Summit circles back, looks at similar theme from 2005 15 years later, panel will discuss trusting media in world with constant news

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The panelists from the 2018 Media Summit, “Viral Voices: Advocacy in the Digital Age,” from left to right: Asa Stackel (‘12), Brandi Boatner, Gina Iliev, Jeff Knauss (‘07) and Latoya Lee.

Ben Grieco The Oswegonian Liasion bgrieco@oswego.edu Fifteen years ago, President George W. Bush was elected to his second term as president, Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc along the Gulf Coast and cancer replaced heart disease as the No. 1 cause of death from people who were 85 and younger.

That same year, the first Media Summit happened at Oswego State with the theme of, “Why Don’t We Trust the Media? How Can the Media Recover Public Trust?”

In 2019, news of President Donald Trump’s first term is on timelines everywhere, there was a terrorist attack in New Zealand killing at least 50 people and the Notre-Dame Cathedral broke out in flames in April.

For the 15th Annual Dr. Lewis B. O’Donnell Media Summit, the topic of interest makes a full circle with, “Trust Transformed: media and the public 15 years later.”

Media Summit founder Lou Borrelli said the trust around the media revolves the increased responsibility of the average person seeing any sort of breaking news.

“Today, anybody with a cell phone and a decent connection is a

reporter,” Borrelli said. “They have to be their own managing editor. They can’t just take everything in at face value. That’s the biggest difference.”

The 15-year history of the Media Summit all began with Borrelli’s desire to donate to the first capital campaign for Oswego State but not put his name anywhere. He wanted to create something and essentially make something for the School of Communications, Media and the Arts’ legacy.

“I wanted to have the event that defined the semester to be here on campus for the students’ benefit,” Borrelli said. “Not some big event in New York City for the alumni benefit.”

For the first couple years, it was called the Louis A. Borrelli Jr. Media Summit, and this was something Borrelli “really wasn’t looking to do.”

Following the 2006 Media Summit, Al Roker got involved financially.

Borrelli said Roker knew about the summit from the beginning, but offered for Roker to sponsor the event and name it after O’Donnell – a professor they both had while at Oswego State.

The third Media Summit, which was the first Dr. Lewis B. O’Donnell Media Summit, was in 2007.

O’Donnell told Borelli and Roker they were crazy for dedicating the

event after him. However, “Doc” was not able to attend the summit after he passed away in August of that year. “[O’Donnell’s] wife was here and his kids were here. We did the Summit and then we had a memorial for him,” Borrelli said. “He did think we were nuts, but he was very touched. What he was more excited about was that we were bringing people to campus and that the program was being recognized.”

Oswego State President Deborah Stanley said she was interested in the Media Summit from the first day that Borrelli brought it up. Stanley said she “knew we had something special” following the dedication of the Media Summit to O’Donnell.

“I was eager to listen and excited to engage in turning the idea into reality,” Stanley said. “It was Doc’s work that launched many careers and laid the foundation that inspired people like Lou Borrelli and Al Roker to give back in a substantial way to our college.”

The program generally remains the same from what Borrelli originally intended, which had the panel and small group interaction between students and media members, there have been a lot of changes. Now, the Media Summit

is run by an board of students along with a faculty advisor.

This year’s advisor is Brian Moritz, an assistant professor with communication studies at Oswego State. He succeeds professor Michael Riecke, who was the faculty advisor for many years and decided to step away from the Media Summit this year. Moritz said the decision to be the advisor was “natural.”

“The idea of saying yes was that the Media Summit is such a fantastic event. It’s [SCMA’s] center piece event of the year,” Moritz said. “It’s a role that I’ve loved being in to see how the campus comes together for something like this.”

There are also two new co-event directors, seniors Josh Holfoth and Victoria Kammer, who both said they were excited to be the student leaders for the Media Summit.

“Of all the things I’ve done at Oswego, working on the Media Summit has been, by far, the most meaningful and rewarding,” Kammer said. “There has been so many students who have had a hand in shaping the summit throughout the years and I am so grateful to continue the legacy.”

This year’s theme was selected at the beginning of the academic year in early September. With all

of the recent news of Trump’s impeachment inquiry and a lot of other high-stake news stories, it just happened to be the perfect topic for the year.

In an era of “fake news” and different attacks on media organizations, the common sentiment has been that people need to be “informed consumers” of media and should “seek a broader, more transparent view,” according to Stanley.

“As we have seen, the media has been under attack unlike it has in my recent memory,” Roker said. “I don’t think anybody could have possibly forecast where we are today in just the last 10 years and how the media landscape has changed.”

As for Borrelli, he hopes students who attend the Media Summit can enjoy the experience that it brings, and take advantage of the topic which is “genuinely important to every student who is here.”

“The reason they should go is because we’ve got a great panel that has a broad range of experience,” Borrelli said. “I think having the chance to be in that theater or be in a class where one of those panelists is talking to you, is a chance you don’t get at other schools.”

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A 15-year History in Pictures

Linda Cohn ‘81 (left) was the moderator for the panel during the 2006 Media Summit.

Al Roker ‘76 (left) was at the first Media Summit that was named after Dr. Lewis B.O’Donnell in 2007.

The 2013 Media Summit featured a panel of all alumni, including Steve Levy ‘87.

Media Summit founder Lou Borrelli ‘77 (middle) received the Presidential Medal in 2014.

The 2015 Media Summit included a lot of local talent, including Dave Longley ‘94 (right) from WSYR.

Kendis Gibson ‘94 (front) was a panelist in the 2011 Media Summit, now he returns as the moderator.

In the first Media Summit in 2005, Ken Auletta ‘63 (left) served as the moderator.

The newly renovated Waterman Theater was the host for the 2016 Media Summit panel.

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Kendis Gibson - Moderator

Kendis Gibson is the new anchor host of MSNBC Live on weekends from 2-4 p.m. EST. For more than three years he was an operational insomniac as anchor of ABC’s “America This Morning” and “World News Now.” The shows delivered a unique mix of the latest headlines and quirky, one-of-a-kind signature

Doug Schneider - Panelist

Doug Schneider, a watchdog r e p o r t e r f o r U S A T O DAY NETWORK-Wisconsin since 2010, reports on government a nd p u b l i c s a fe t y i s s u e s .

He has won the Wisconsin Newspaper Association’s firstplace award for government coverage in each of the past three years. Schneider joined

Sharon Newman - Panelist

As a Senior Producer on the MSNBC program “The 11th Hour with B r i a n W i l l i a m s ,” S h a r o n Newman is helping tell the fast-moving story of some

segments their loyal viewers love.

Gibson joined ABC News in 2014 as a correspondent and anchor after spending time in local and national networks.

Prior to joining ABC, Gibson was an anchor and reporter based in Washington, D.C. during the Obama presidency. He also spent time at award shows red

Gannett in 2000, earning honors for investigative, public-service, breaking news and sports journalism as a reporter and editor at the Press & Sun-Bulletin in Binghamton, New York. He also spent two years at the Palladium-Times in Oswego, New York, where his reporting on an abusive priest led the local diocese to remove the man’s name from the parish center that it had named after him.

He also created the popular #Scannersquawk and “RosterBuilder” features for the Green Bay Press-Gazette.

S ch nei d er wa s b orn i n Ohio and raised in the Chicago suburbs. He is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse. of the most significant changes now taking place in U.S. political history.

Her return to the cable news outlet is the latest chapter in a more than 40year career in broadcast journalism.

It’s a journey that began a t W O C R a n d W RV O o n the Oswego campus, and i nc l u d e s a w a rd - w i n n i ng stops in public, local and network radio, as well as management roles in local and cable TV and all three major television news networks. Newman is an Oswego State graduate from the class of 1979.

carpets and film festivals as an entertainment reporter for CNN. Gibson got his first TV break in Rochester as a local reporter a nd a nc ho r. H e w a s b o r n and raised in Belize, Central America and spent his teenage years in Brooklyn, New York.

He graduated from Oswego State in 1994.

Jennifer Williams - Panelist

Jennifer Williams is the senior foreign editor at Vox and the co-host of Worldly, Vox’s foreign affairs podcast.

Before joining Vox, Williams was a senior researcher at the Center for Middle East Policy

Cristina Domingues - Panelist

Born in Brazil, Cristina Domingues has lived in Rochester the longest of anywhere in her life and that’s saying something, as this world traveler has lived and worked in Sao Paulo, New York, Miami, Washington, D.C. and Chicago. With a master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and

at the Brookings Institution and the deputy foreign policy editor for Lawfare.

Her work on jihadist groups, terrorism, and the Middle East has appeared in numerous publications including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy and The National Interest.

She was a Sié Fellow at the Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, where she received her M.A. in International Studies in 2010.

She speaks Arabic and has a Boston Terrier who is the love of her life. a bachelor’s from Boston College, Domingues joined Spectrum News in late 2000 and is now the current anchor of “Your Morning Rochester” and the midday shows.

Domingues is p as s ionate a b o u t c o v e r i n g s to r i e s t h a t give underprivileged children a platform, having volunteered with community groups that do the same. Domingues is a decorated reporter – an Emmy nominee, winner of several NYS AP awards and the Rochester Media Association Award.

Domingues’ favorite thing to do in Rochester is check out the latest restaurants with her friends and family. Domingues currently lives in North Greece with her husband and two daughters and you can often find her at her daughters’ sporting events throughout the year.

Joshua Holfoth

Senior, Broadcasting & Mass Communications Co-Event Director

Mikayla Green

Junior, Broadcasting & Mass Communications Assistant Event Director

Stephanie Gregorio Senior, Public Relations Promotions Director

Samantha Dominique

Senior, Broadcasting & Mass Communications Social Media Director

Sonya Kordovich

Sophomore, Public Relations Social Media Assistant

Brittany Cairns

Senior, Broadcasting & Mass Communications Career Connectors Coordinator

Jakara New

Senior, Broadcasting & Mass Communications + Public Justice Career Connectors Assistant

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Iyuhna Callands

Senior, Broadcasting & Mass Communications Career Connectors Assistant

Brittany Moore

Matthew Bishop - Career Connector Matthew Bishop, an Oswego State graduate from 2014, is a television director and producer for B Live, LLC, a production company in New York City. His main focus is on B Live’s first OTT platform,

Senior, Broadcasting & Mass Communications Photography Director & Videographer

Shelby Vasiluth

Senior, Broadcasting & Mass Communications WTOP-10 TV Liaison

Justin Berrios - Career Connector Justin Berrios is the nightside producer for News 12 Westchester.

Ryan Fox

Senior, Broadcasting & Mass Communications WNYO 88.9 FM Liaison & Videographer

Rufaro Matombo - Career Connector Ben Grieco

Junior, Journalism The Oswegonian Liaison

With almost 10 years of being a professional DJ, Rufaro Matombo understands how to control the mood and energy of a room.

Andrew Gilbert

Senior, Broadcasting & Mass Communications Digital Information Coordinator

Anja Godlewski-Dykes - Career Connector

Gabriele Candela

Sophomore, Graphic Design Career Connectors Graphic Designer

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Anja Godlewski-Dykes is a Senior Account Manager at Digital Hyve, a digital marketing agency with offices in Syracuse and Rochester. In this role, Godlewski-Dykes oversees advertising campaigns for local and national clients.

Her clients represent a large range of industries, including higher education,

AKC.TV. Through the partnership with the American Kennel Club, AKC.TV broadcasts dog news and entertainment from around the country.

During his time in Oswego Bishop was active at WTOP, and was the General Manager during the 2013-2014 school year. He also produced and directed the “With Passion And Purpose Campaign” Launch Event after he graduated from Oswego State.

Bishop is excited to be joining the Career Connectors at this year’s Lewis B. O’Donnell Media Summit, and is looking forward to meeting his future co-workers.

Berrios researches and writes local, regional and national stories.

He presents story ideas to assignment editors and then communicates and assigns stories to writers and field reporters. Berrios also works on special coverage shows for News 12 like election night.

Previously, Berrios worked for Spectrum News Albany as an overnight producer.

Berrios graduated from Oswego State in 2015 with a bachelor’s degree in Broadcasting and Mass Communications.

As an Oswego State alumnus, he currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Oswego Alumni Association, serves as a brand ambassador for iconic radio stations HOT 97 & 107.5FM WBLS. Currently, he is the Digital Content Manager for the largest victims-based organization in the country, Safe Horizon.

He received his bachelor’s in Broadcasting & Mass Media and always willing to give advice and share his story. “Tumbo” has had the opportunity to perform alongside artists like Kendrick Lamar, H.E.R., Flo-rida, A$AP Ferg, A-Boogie, Dej Loaf and more. healthcare, legal, non-profit, B2B and agricultural. Prior to working for Digital Hyve, Godlewski-Dykes worked as the Membership and Marketing Specialist at MedTech Association, a New York State trade association for the biomedical and pharmaceutical industries.

Godlewski-Dykes graduated in 2015 from Oswego State with a bachelor’s degree in public relations and a minor in business administration. While a student at Oswego State she was heavily involved in PRSSA, the honors program and held numerous internships including interning for the Oswego Alumni Association and Pinckney Hugo Group, a full-service marketing agency in Syracuse. In her free time, Godlewski-Dykes enjoys traveling and spending time with her family, including her new dog Lucy.

Jillian Meisenzahl - Career Connector Jillian Meisenzahl is a photographer and graphic designer, specializing in wedding and portrait photography with a style consisting of bold and vibrant imagery.

Her business, JILL STUDIO, focuses on building trusting and everlasting relationships with clients and leverages broad forms of social

Marissa Sarbak - Career Connector Marissa Sarbak, class of 2015, is a news reporter and anchor for News 12 Networks and Television host of AKC.TV. At News 12, Marissa covers stories across Long Island, Westchester and the Hudson Valley, and has anchored the morning and prime time newscasts. As a host of AKC.TV, Sarbak has every-

Leah Landry - Career Connector As WRVO Public Media’s local “Morning Edition” host, Leah Landry brings the latest NPR News, regional news stories, weather and more to over 80,000 public radio listeners in central and northern New York each week. Landry started as a volunteer and intern at WRVO in 2008 during her first year at Oswego State, where she graduated with a bachelor’s in Public Relations. First hired as a producer and graphic designer, Landry quickly broadened her horizons — producing WRVO’s local health and wellness program

media in order to stand out in the competitive and talented photography industry. Based in Rochester and serving those throughout the Northeast region, she runs all aspects of her business including the creation of all branding, marketing and advertising.

Meisenzahl graduated from Oswego State in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in graphic design with minors in photography and gerontology. She started working as a graphic designer at the Oswego PalladiumTimes, where she built newspaper ads and content. A year later, she was ready to create her own path and join the world of entrepreneurship by starting JILL STUDIO. Meisenzahl continues to dream big and inspire others to chase what they want to accomplish in this world. one’s dream job — there are always dogs at her office. The American Kennel Club created this digital network that brings together the world of dog sports, lifestyle tips and fun news about dogs. Sarbak hosts these shows from their studios in New York City.

During her time at Oswego State, Sarbak anchored morning and evening newscasts for WTOP-10 TV every semester. She even tried producing and running cameras. Sarbak is thankful for the network of Oswego alumni and credits John Birchall, from the class of 1979, with helping her land her first internship in broadcasting. As a former Media Summit student event director, she can’t wait to connect with students at this year’s Lewis B. O’Donnell Media Summit.

“Take Care,” becoming the station’s web and social media coordinator.

She continued developing her skills as an on-air host in the afternoon and as the primary back-up for “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered,” fundraising, and managing grant-funded programming.

Landry’s current role as “Morning Edition” host, grants and underwriting contributor is much more focused, but still allows her time to produce “Take Care” and coordinate internship opportunities for current students interested in broadcasting, production and journalism. Over the years, her digital and radio work has been honored by both the Syracuse Press Club and the New York State Associated Press Association, including first place wins for the WRVO website and digital presence.

During her time at Oswego State, Landry interned at WRVO and was an active member of the honors department and the college’s orientation program.