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Ladies Home shuts down, relocates current residents Samantha Flavell Editor-in-Chief sflavell@oswegonian.com The Ladies Home on 43 E. Utica St. in Oswego is closing its doors after a total of 146 years of service.

The residential care facility for senior citizen women dates back to 1872 when a group of 24 women joined to address concerns about the care for the less fortunate women who were in need in the community and had no support.

The home dates back to a time when there were nogovernment agencies in place yet to assist in elderly care. The Oswego Ladies Home was erected on Feb. 14, 1875, just three years after the original idea.

On Feb. 7, the board of directors for the Ladies Home of Oswego released a statement saying the home would close “by the end of the month or soon thereafter [and] that current residents can be relocated.”

The statement goes on to say that the decision was reached based on a number of economic factors such as ongoing financial difficulties due to increasing costs and the dwindling number of residents who are interested in living in the congregate housing.

Many Oswego students volunteered at the Ladies Home and were saddened to hear it would be closing.

Oswego State senior Cliff-Simon Vital reminisced about past community service projects he had done for the Ladies Home with Alpha Phi Omega, a national community service fraternity on campus.

“It’s really sad to hear that a pillar of the Oswego community is closing,” Vital said. “Getting involved in Alpha Phi Omega … gave me the opportunity to write cards to the ladies. It is sad to think that I won’t have the opportunity to make their days anymore.”

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SA, clubs propose new flags Petitioned additions to be discussed at next SA meeting Jamie Aranoff Staff Writer news@oswegonian.com Different Oswego State student organizations have petitioned for the addition of flags in Marano Campus Center representing other groups and countries to represent diversity and inclusion on campus.

The flags, hung since 2007 usually above the student media hallway, have been taken down for maintenance since fall 2018. Their re-introduction to campus has received backlash from many different clubs and organizations over what each believes is acceptable to fly.

According to the Student Association resolution, the flags petitioned to be added are the new Philadelphia pride flag, transgender pride flag, Black Lives Matter flag, Pan-African flag, Palestinian flag and the Iroquois Native American Tribal flag.

The proposal for these flags was scheduled to meet on Tuesday at the weekly SA meeting, but due to the weather, the meeting will take place

Maria Pericozzi | The Oswegonian Among the proposed flags is the Philadelphia pride flag which adds black and brown stripes.

next week.

Student Association President Omar van Reenen is welcoming comments, questions and concerns from all students and organizations, and he said, along with the senate, he speaks on behalf of students and

gives them a voice.

Some of the students voicing their concerns about the flags are those from the Young Americans for Freedom association.

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Officers commence recording incidents while on duty Kassadee Paulo News Editor kpaulo@oswegonian.com

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Beginning this month, University Police at Oswego State started using body cameras on officers while on duty.

Oswego State’s UP joined the upgrade with Syracuse University and seven other SUNY schools, including SUNY Oneonta, which began using body cameras in 2012 “to document their interactions with community members for purposes of accountability,” according to SUNY Oneonta’s 2020 Strategic Diversity and Inclusion Plan. Oswego Police Department also outfitted their officers with body cameras last December.

Maria Pericozzi | The Oswegonian Body cameras charge their batteries in the University Police office, located on West Campus.

“We are constantly looking to new technologies to assist us in keeping our community safe,” said University Police Chief John Rossi. “The cam-

eras will help by giving a much more accurate account of an incident.”

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK “I visited with a sweet woman named Arlene who loved orange marshmallow circus peanuts. I would always bring her some, and she would stash them in her dresser.”

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NYS Winter Fest brings taste of summer

Smaller state fair offers warm midwinter activities Shea O’Malley Staff Writer news@oswegonian.com It may be winter, but that did not stop upstate New Yorkers from experiencing a mini-version of the great New York State Fair last weekend at the Exposition Building at the Syracuse Fairgrounds from Feb. 8 to 10.

The fair offered something the long cold days of winter cannot; summer excitement.

“We’re sure that families will be looking for something fun to do together in February and are very excited to see this new event grow and prosper,” fair director Troy Waffner said.

Twenty-five thousand people came out to the three-day event, a nice surprise for Waffner given fair expectancies ranging around the 20,000 attendance mark. Projections for next year may include two buildings instead of one and longer fair hours.

Incorporating a bit of summer fun into the Winter Fair makes the event a little more memorable, said Steve Becker of Premier Promotions, the promoter of Winter Fair.

“We know this will be a good time and a great way to push aside the mid-winter blues,” Becker said.

In typical fair fashion, vendors flocked aisle after aisle with goods, food vendors delivered service, and lines of parents waited for their children to have a chance at the rides.

“A winter fair was a great way for the kids to get out and have fun,” said Bruce Block, owner of Antique Underground. “Believe me, if I were that age, I’d love to be on those rides.”

Block is part of a group called City Market Vendors, most of whom were at the fair.

Another vendor decided to have a little advertising fun.

Kathy Mulford, owner of Mom’s

Write Ways Writing Workshop, 3 p.m., Friday in Penfield Library, Room 215 Women’s Ice Hockey vs. Potsdam, 7 p.m., Friday in Marano Campus Center Ice Arena

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

Shea O’Malley | The Oswegonian Vendors sell wares in the indoor exposition hall at the New York State Winter Fair this year.

Snack Shack, asked fellow vendors for donations to get their logos painted on her face and arms by a fellow paint artist.

“Whoever gives me the most money is definitely going to have the most face time,” she said. “Just something extra fun to do.”

Fairgoer Erika Sanders, who is visiting, said she likes the idea of a winter fair because it gives people a taste of summer and a chance to experience the fair on a smaller scale.

“I think it’s cute that all the rides are for the kids and they have wine slushies for the parents,” Sanders said.

The day wound down with an

evening of music, starting with the BlackLites Band and ending with The Todd Hobin Band.

The BlackLites members handed out red Valentine’s Day roses to women in honor of the upcoming holiday. They surprised the fairgoers with songs from the 1970s rock band, Earth, Wind and Fire.

Todd Hobin, a nationally acclaimed songwriter and educator, wooed the crowds with original music from his early days. Adults and children alike danced the evening away with soft rock music.

The inaugural New York State Winter Fair provided some of the events found at the summer fair but in a winter season.

Planetarium Show: “The Polymer Paradox”, 7 p.m., Sunday in Shineman Center, Room 223

Student Swim Lessons, 6 p.m., Monday in Lee Hall Pool

Workshop: Managing Procrastination 7 p.m., Tuesday in Penfield Library, Room 215

Title IX Consent Workshop, 3 p.m., Wednesday in Marano Campus Center, Room 133

Science Today: “Lights, Camera, Copper!,” 4:30 a.m., Wednesday in Shineman Center, Room 105

Shea O’Malley | The Oswegonian Kathy Mulford, owner of Mom’s Snack Shack, becomes a walking billboard for fellow vendors for donations with help from a face painter.

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A4 NEWS YAF expresses concern over proposed flags New equipment allows for Student Association claims flags show diversity, inclusivity increased report accuracy THE OSWEGONIAN

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SA from COVER YAF President Tyler Toomey sent out an email Tuesday morning saying that adding the aforementioned flags serve as a dangerous precedent to allow several other flags to be displayed for no reason other than politics.

The email, which was sent to the Young Americans for Freedom email list along with the Student Association president and vice president, dean of students and the president’s office, highlighted the ideas that news of the impending legislation from Student Association to hang the flags is “horrifying and wrong” because of the messages the flags carry with them.

“The Palestinian flag has no place in an academic setting,” Toomey said in the email. “The hanging

of the several other symbolic flags amongst the respected flags of several great nations does nothing but take away from the respect and honor of those flags.”

While YAF represents students from one side, van Reenen objected to much of this, stating that the flags represent campus diversity and flags of countries with conflict, such as Palestine or Israel, are purely symbolic of the students’ cultures and do not represent any political motives.

“It shows the campus’s values of staying true to its mission of embracing cultural competence and respect for one another and forces that environment of inclusivity,” van Reenen said. “It’s a statement of solidarity.”

While students are addressing their thoughts on both sides,

it is important to understand how this process will unfold. After next week’s senate meeting, if the bill is approved and passed, it will be taken to the administrative level where the chief diversity chair Rodney King will look it over and adjust as necessary. The legislation currently has the secondhighest number of signatures to it in SA history, but it is ultimately up to the students who will decide what is passed.

Weather permitting, the legislation will be brought up at the next Student Association assembly meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 19, in Lanigan room 104. In the meantime, van Reenen encourages any student to speak their mind to him either in person or through email.

“My door is open to anyone,” van Reenen said.

UNIVERSITY from COVER The body cameras, placed on the middle of the chest of the officer’s uniform, records the video and audio of incidents an officer may encounter. If there is a question or a detail missed, the footage can be reviewed while writing a police report.

“The cameras have many beneficial uses,” said University Police Lt. Matthew Barbeau. “They allow officers to go back and recheck important information they may have missed when taking a report. [This] allows our department to be more transparent [and] gives us the ability to provide more documentation to the courts if needed.”

Rossi said it has been proven that negative interactions between police officers and citizens are decreased when a body camera is in use.

Barbeau said they began discussing getting body cameras last semester and spoke to different vendors to research which options best matched the needs for UP’s department and Oswego State. The body cameras and the server they connect

to were funded through UP’s equipment account, according to Rossi.

“It hasn’t had much effect on how officers prepare for their daily shifts,” Barbeau said. “The biggest thing was making sure everyone understood the policy on wearing the cameras and understanding what interactions should not be recorded, especially as it relates to events that occur in hospitals, where sensitive medical information could potentially be recorded.”

Rossi said UP officers are bound to a policy and procedure, approved by SUNY’s Office of General Counsel in Albany, that says when the cameras should and should not be used and is almost identical to the model policy and procedure issued by the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

“I can’t say for certain that there has been incidents where some information was documented incorrectly, but when an officer has conducted multiple interviews with multiple individuals during the course of an investigation, it is possible that he/she may not fully recall some of the information,” Barbeau said.

Maria Pericozzi | The Oswegonian Officers can use body cameras to review footage when questioning incident documentation.

Winter Fest offers free ice skating for students Maria Pericozzi | The Oswegonian The flags normally hanging in the Marano Campus Center were removed before the start of last semester for cleaning and review.

Stephen Novak Staff Writer news@oswegonian.com On Feb. 10, the housing development center hosted Winter Fest in the Marano Campus Center, which offered students the opportunity to take part in activities like crafting gingerbread houses, free ice skating and designing snow globes.

The event was hosted by Residence Life and Housing, which aimed to bring students out for the start of the semester and get them involved on campus.

The website broadcasted free ice skating and rentals, hot chocolate bar, snow globe backdrop for pictures, arts and crafts, prizes for best decorated gingerbread house, music and more.

Community Development Specialist Edward Cruz organized the event, along with several volunteers. He said the purpose of the event was geared toward starting the semester off with a bang and to keep students involved right from the start. To keep up the pace of the semester, it needed that strong opening to make sure students were hooked, he said.

“Winter Fest is a program [that we do], something that is big, something to get students involved or alternatives to other things they could be doing on campus,” Cruz said.

The event took most of the Marano Campus Center facilities into

account. Not only could students use the ice rink, but they were also offered free rentals on ice skates.

For those less inclined to skating, there were other events like gingerbread house and snow globe creation, which kept the event inclusive to all interests and encouraged students from all backgrounds to get involved.

“You can decorate your own snowflakes and build your own snowglobes,” Cruz said. “There’s a hot cocoa bar, music, so we try to make a fun atmosphere.”

However, the event was not always the same. Originally, it was known as “Silent Hall.” It took place in Funelle Hall and was very different in structure, having various events on a much briefer scale. Now the event has moved into its new location, allowing it to have a wider berth of options for students to enjoy, not to mention the ice rink.

“Last semester, we did something called Silent Hall, which involved minute-to-minute activities in Funelle Hall, but this year, we decided to do it in the center of campus,” Cruz said.

One of the main appeals of the event was that it was geared toward freshmen and recent transfer students, with other events like Laker Fest being hosted during the fall semester instead. Cruz explained that the first weeks of the semester are when things might be the hardest on those students.

Stephen Novak | The Oswegonian The Oswego community joins students, faculty and staff at the open skate part of Winter Fest.

A5 NEWS Student Association searches for senators Financial difficulties cause Too few members, poor weather block SA from meeting facility to close its doors THE OSWEGONIAN FRIDAY, Feb.15, 2019

Colin Hawkins Asst. News Editor news@oswegonian.com

The Oswego State Student Association meeting was canceled last week due to lack of available senators again. SA is struggling to meet the minimum number of student senators required to hold meetings.

SA rules require 12 senators to be present in order to conduct business. However, SA only has 12 senators at this point of the semester.

“Usually, at the beginning of every semester, there is some type of turnover because people take classes during time that senate is,” said Edward Kelly, vice president of SA. “Obviously, we aren’t going to ask them to put their senate before classes. That wouldn’t be fair to them.”

While a loss of senators is expected every semester, this semester posed a challenge.

“We had a large amount of students who had conflicts with classes,” Kelly said. “People come in and out, but this semester, it just happened all at once.”

Without the minimum number of senators present, SA cannot conduct its official function, most importantly, deciding how to allocate the SA budget to student groups and clubs.

“It was to the point where we are just at 12 or 13 senators right now.

We need 12 to meet quorum,” Kelly said. “We had so many drop out because of those class conflicts that we now have to do a big recruiting campaign again.”

The quorum rule is in place to ensure the proper number of senators are present so students are adequately represented, Kelly said. If too few senators are present, it would be unfair for those few to make decisions that affect the entire student body.

SA budget totals at nearly $2 million annually, according to Kelly, with an annual contingency budget of $10,000. This contingency fund is used if a student group requests additional funding during the year. The senate hears and votes on the request.

“Clubs come in and they ask us

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Julia Tilley | The Oswegonian Student Association currently has 12 senators and has not yet met for the spring semester.

for additional funds if they need it,” Kelly said.

Without SA meetings, clubs may find difficulty getting the additional funding.

“If a club is like, ‘We have an event that’s coming up in a month, two months,’ and they came to us last semester, we can’t hold that against them because we haven’t been able to be in session,” Kelly explained.

An example of this situation is the Ski and Snowboard Club on campus, which requested funds for a trip to Bristol Mountain Ski Resort about 80 miles away, near Rochester, New York. The trip was approved by the SA finance committee last semester but has not received approval by the Senate body due to the lack of quorum requirements.

In this circumstance, SA president Omar van Reenen issued an executive order, sponsored by Kelly, to grant Ski and Snowboard Club funding for their trip.

“Because it’s been approved by the committee, I felt as the president, I can use my executive privilege and executive order to give them the money without the senate vote so that these students could go on this trip and reap their student activity fees,” van Reenen said. “It’s the students’ money, and that offers them the opportunity to take part in a club, and that’s why SA is here.”

Kelly and van Reenen are ex-

ploring options for solving the lack of senators both now and in the future.

“By making different resolutions, we’ve gotten more students interested in SA,” van Reenen said.

“I’ve gotten a lot of messages about ‘How can I get involved?,’ ‘Where can I get petitions?,’ so forth.”

To prevent a problem where too few senators halt senate duties, Kelly is exploring further options.

“If this does happen again, where we’re three weeks, four weeks into the semester and we can’t meet quorum, how do we get out of that?”

Kelly said. “Is there something we can maybe give the executives more power to cover that while we wait for more senator’s petitions.

We’re looking at all options.”

Students interested in becoming an SA senator can pick up a petition form at The Point office in Marano Campus Center. To become a senator representing the residence hall in which they reside, prospective senators need the signatures of 50 residents from that hall, while “at large” senators representing the overall student body need 100 signatures from any Oswego State student.

“I think we can have a maximum of 60 senators,” van Reenen said. “The students should really see this as an opportunity and avenue to push this campus forward by joining Student Association.”

Kristine Rich Ackerman is an Oswego alumna who volunteered at the Oswego Ladies Home back in 1999.

“I visited with a sweet woman named Arlene who loved orange marshmallow circus peanuts,” Ackerman said. “I would always bring her some, and she would stash them in her dresser.”

To many, the Ladies Home was more than just a place to volunteer occasionally. Ackerman spoke about how her relationship with Arlene grew to be much more than a nice old lady she visited, but that they bonded to create a lasting personal relationship. “[Arlene] would call me and leave messages on my answering machine. ‘Kristine, Kristine, it is Arlene, emergency!’ Oh my gosh, I remember the first time that happened, my dorm neighbor told me Arlene called and had an emergency,” Ackerman said. “In a panic, I called her right back. Everything was fine and each message after

that was always the same. A few years after I graduated, her sister called to tell me she passed away.

We met at the Ritz Diner to share our memories and reminisce.”

The closing of this historic care building is impacting the lives of many, from the residents who lived there, the students and community members who volunteered there and others who were invested in their continued care and success.

Sara Sunday, the director of the Oswego County Office for the Aging, said in a statement that she was saddened by the news of the home’s impending closure. She said she did not know how many residents currently live at the Ladies’ Home or if there will be enough available housing in Oswego County for all the residents to relocate.

While the board of directors did not give an exact date as to when the Ladies Home would permanently close its doors for good, the website and information about the historic care center have been removed from the web.

Maria Pericozzi | The Oswegonian The Ladies Home housed senior citizen women in need of care since the 1800s when it opened.

NEWS Conservative organization faces threats

Death threats on social media follow political expression Kassadee Paulo News Editor kpaulo@oswegonian.com Following a day of Oswego State’s Young Americans for Freedom club tabling in the Marano Campus Center Tuesday, a string of both constructive and violent comments on the organization’s social media post continued throughout the week.

The conservative political club set up a table promoting their views on immigration and building a wall at the southern border of the U.S. and Mexico. The organization posted to Facebook and Twitter a photo of three members at the table with the caption, “Might be snowy outside but that’s not stopping leftist from getting heated at our Build The Wall Table!”

Several comments from students and others described their disagreement with their views, and some threatened the members in the photo, including on Twitter expressing the wish to shoot them. The organization then brought these threats to the attention of University Police.

“One of the students, I’m not sure if he goes here or otherwise, he described putting 27 bullets in our members, and there’s a few more students on Facebook who also said they’d like to shoot us,” said Jason Harry, co-founder and vice president of Young Americans for Freedom.

On Feb. 13, every student received two emails from President Deborah Stanley in regards to the social media threats. According to her email, UP has an open investigation and the social media sites removed the threatening comments.

“An ill-tempered and threatening response, even if provoked, may very well bolster those ideas you wish to debunk and may make you subject to judicial proceedings,” Stanley wrote in the email.

“Please know we will continue to encourage all members of our campus community to embrace diversity in all its forms--diversity of people, thought and expression. And, we will remain vigilant about safety, encouraging anyone

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Photo provided by Jason Harry Michael Velardi (left to right), Thomas Hardman and Jason Harry present their political views.

who feels unsafe or threatened to let us know.”

Harry said the purpose of tabling and presenting their conservative values was to start a dialogue with students as they walked down the main hall of the Marano Campus Center. He said several students stopped and engaged in conversation, exchanging their beliefs and reasons behind them, but he did not expect the violent reactions on social media to turn out as it did.

“We prefer political dialogue over threatening comments,” Harry said. “We had many good dialogues throughout the day. All sorts of people would come up to us and start talking, tell us what they believe, and we’d listen, and we’d tell them what we believe, and we hope both sides can come away with something from that.”

Student Association President Omar van Reenen said any student organization recognized by SA has the right to table and express their views. Free speech is protected, so long as it does not violate the U.S. Constitution or the SA constitution, but violent threats are not in-

cluded, as they break the student conduct code, van Reenen said.

“I would encourage students to go up to the table and have an open, constructive, respectful dialogue with students who have opposing views,” van Reenen said.

“If they feel that the table or student organizations that are tabling are creating a platform that goes against their views or what they feel the college’s diversity and inclusivity mission statements are, then under [their] club or organization, table again and share [their] platform or what [they] believe.”

Harry said, moving forward, he hopes the campus can be more accepting and tolerant of other people’s beliefs regardless of disagreement.

“It’s important to talk instead of slinging insults between each other because that’s not productive,” Harry said. “People are more brave behind their keyboard. People will say things that they don’t necessarily mean or think or believe, just because they are behind the safety of their keyboard and free from scrutiny from other people, like bystanders and such.”

Maria Pericozzi | The Oswegonian

The International Education Office, located in Sheldon Hall, collaborated with other study abroad programs to set up tables in the Marano Campus Center and provide students with information on opportunities to study, intern and teach in other countries while in school. These include facultyled quarter courses, and summerlong, semester-long and year-long programs abroad.

Andy O’Connor, an Oswego State senior, is a study abroad mentor, and Isabella Falcigno, also a senior, is a student worker at the International Education Office. Both took part in the tabling because of their experiences in the Czech Republic and Jamaica, respectively.

“I studied abroad last fall, and it was really a life-changing experience, and I really wanted to help other people do it, so I got involved in the study abroad office,” O’Connor said. “This fair is a really great way to get out there and meet people on campus who

are interested.”

One of the responsibilities of Falcigno is to conduct student panels about study abroad, and it was at one of these panels that she realized how misinformed students are about some programs.

“I’m here to continue breaking those stereotypes and inform students,” Falcigno said.

O’Connor said he believes it is beneficial for interested students to be able to see all of the available study abroad program options rather than thinking there are just a few possible paths to take.

Falcigno said programs were broken up and organized by tables for students to have a better visual display of opportunities.

If a student finds a program they are interested in, study abroad mentors, like O’Connor, can help start them on the path toward studying or working in the country of their choice by putting them in contact with a program coordinator.

Students give thanks to donors

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The Love a Donor campaign is on its sixth year of celebrating the alumni who donate funds to Oswego State and its programs.

It started as a one day event and has grown to a full week of giving thanks to donors.

Student interns for the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations sat at the table to encourage their fellow Lakers to write a thank-you note to the donors that fund different programs around the Oswego State campus.

Michelle Tackett Spinner, the associate director of stewardship for the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, organized this year’s campaign.

“The program goals are to educate students on the impact and value of donors to the college, to offer the students an opportunity to say thanks and to actually thank our donors,” Tackett Spinner said.

Her goal for this year is to encourage students to write 1,200 thank-you cards for donors by the end of the week. Staff members of

the Office for Alumni and Parent Relations also visited classrooms this week to talk to students about the Love a Donor campaign.

“We hope that the program allows students a chance to understand the importance alumni play at the college and that alumni who receive the note cards feel appreciated by the students,” Tackett Spinner said.

Donors fund around 350 scholarships and awards available for students to help cover the cost of tuition and fees while attending Oswego State. Student organizations also benefit from donors as they can choose to help fund new equipment or other needs.

“We had dozens of students stopping by the table in MCC to sign postcards,” said Office of Alumni and Parent Relations Director of Communications Margaret Spillett. “They also learned about the role philanthropy plays on campus and in supporting students inside and outside the classroom.”

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Editor’s Column Stressful week calls for appreciation

FRIDAY, Feb. 15, 2019

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Women’s basketball brings in study abroad student Rankin shows Amanda Altes brings unique style of play to Lakers leadership both on, off ice rink Luke Owens Sports Writer sports@oswegonian.com

Ben Grieco Sports Editor bgrieco@oswegonian.com I will be honest with you all, the sports section was a little rough this week. We got all four pages out, we did. I am extremely proud of it – especially this week. Do not get me wrong, I am happy with every issue, both weekly issues and separate tabloids, that the sports section has come together and produced. But this week has been a challenge.

Every sports writer that has come in to write for The Oswegonian this year knows, or at least I hope knows, I am a meticulous editor. I make sure everyone has their word counts, interview times, what team and which athletes their story is about, etc. When one piece gets thrown off, it takes a little bit for me to adjust the week.

I will be blunt, I cannot blame anyone for this week’s headache. But this is a good week to emphasize the work that not only us at The Oswegonian do, but also professional media outlets have to deal with every single day. This past week has made me appreciate the work they all do given tight deadlines and a lot of stress.

Mother nature screwed with the sports section a little bit this week for interview times and making sure we can get stories out on time – heck, with time to spare. Let me break down the process for you.

On Friday and Saturday, sports writers select which story they want to write, which, in the winter, gets really easy because a majority of them are “on the beat,” which means they focus on one sport and decide which angle they are going to take for the week. That angle can mean a feature, a weekend preview, whatever they want under my and Matt Watling’s approval.

Then, on Sunday night, I send an email to Michael Bielak, the sports information director for Oswego State athletics, with our stories and interview requests. Throughout the week, he gets back to me with times that athletes and coaches are available for the interviews, and then I let the writers know. Writers are then responsible for getting to, and conducting, the interview, writing the story getting the story sent in on time and hitting the word count.

Winter Storm Maya decided to make other plans for the sports section this week. The weekend went according to plan with the stories and emails. Interview times were set up and writers were prepared to go.

Then, the snow and ice came. Classes were canceled, which meant interviews were canceled. Some writers had interviews on Wednesday evening, and a couple even had them on Thursday evening – the day we send our PDF versions of the newspaper to the printing company for publishing on Friday.

These are the types of weeks where I give my sports writers a lot of credit for their resilience and flexibility. All of them, no matter the time of the interview, are able to produce quality, insightful stories, whether they be analytical, a feature or even just a weekend preview. And you will see all of that when you look at every story, not only in this week’s issue, but all of them.

This is the type of week where I also give my thanks to Bielak – and the entire athletics department – for what they do, when things are good and when things go a little south. The saying goes, “It takes a village,” and this week was no exception. Again, do not take this the wrong way, I am thankful for them every week, but my gratitude is huge on weeks like this.

So, as you flip through the sports section this week – and really any part of The Oswegonian or any other newspaper – remember the resilience that journalists have and the ability to produce quality content in hours, sometimes, even minutes.

Maria Pericozzi | The Oswegonian Amanda Altes (center, white jersey) missed half of the season with a broken finger but has totaled 37 points this season as of Feb. 15.

Aaron Valentino Contributing Writer sports@oswegonian.com When most students decide to study abroad, they spend their time exploring the world and the country they are in. Others spend it doing research on a project or gathering ideas and philosophies from a different country. For Amanda Altes, it is about one thing: playing basketball.

“I’ve been playing basketball for eight years, and it’s a sport I really like and really enjoy,” said the study abroad student from Barcelona, Spain. “I saw there was a team here and I wanted to join.”

Head coach Sean Pinkerton’s first introduction to the forward from Europe was via email. “[She] said she played over there, sent me some film and said she would like to be a part of the team,” Pinkerton said. “I told [her] when tryouts were and that we would be happy to have her try out.”

Despite the vast differences in culture and setting, Altes has enjoyed her time in Oswego.

“It’s really different than what I’m used too,” Altes said. “My university is in the city, so it’s completely different, but I like it. I’ve always wanted to study abroad, and my college gave me this opportunity.”

For some study abroad students, life can be difficult. Coming from Spain, Altes has to adjust to using English as a primary language. Another struggle can be finding friends, but, for Altes, she has developed a strong bond with her teammates.

“They are really nice and they have become my group of friends here,” Altes said. “Besides playing basketball with them, I hang out with them sometimes, and I go out with them sometimes.”

Although she was able to become close with her teammates, other struggles still arise. Coaching is different across cultures, so there is an adjustment that must be made from both sides.

“I like [Pinkerton],” Altes said. “I’m not used to his way of coaching or his way of teaching basketball, but I really like it because it’s not what I’m used to, and I like different things.”

For Pinkerton, he understands what the sport is like in different cultures. He spent five years coaching in Minnesota and had to adjust his basketball terminology and style of play.

“She’s used to a different style of play,” Pinkerton said. “They definitely play the game a little bit differently in Europe, in comparison to the way we play within the SUNYAC and here in the U.S. … The other thing we have to be conscious of with Amanda is terminology can be different. With the

language barrier and coming from a different society where the game is taught, we just have to make sure that terminology is the same and there is understanding as we communicate back and forth.”

Despite the struggles on the court, they seem to dissipate for Altes.

“She brings great athleticism to the floor. She’s really versatile on the defensive end,” Pinkerton said.

“We can use her on perimeter players. We can use her on the interior.

She rebounds the ball well ... She’s done a nice job of playing to her strengths in those regards.”

Amanda did miss half the season with a broken thumb and has only played nine games. She has made a nice addition to the team, averaging 4.1 points per game and 5.2 rebounds per game.

She is also very efficient, shooting the third-highest field goal percentage on the team shooting 40.6 percent from the field. When freshman Ramatoulaye Sy went down with an injury, Altes took her spot in the starting lineup.

“It’s been about where she belongs and what she can do to help us,” Pinkerton said.

Amanda is currently studying biomedicine at her university back in Spain and has picked up a job on campus at Lakeside dining hall. The team only has three games left on the season, and Amanda has that amount of time left to leave her mark as a Laker.

Friday night may just be the biggest game of the season for Oswego State. The Lakers welcome in SUNY Potsdam, a team sitting in third place in the NEWHL, two points ahead of the fourth-place Lakers.

However, one thing that may be getting lost in the mix is that the game will also be the Lakers’ last regular-season game at the Marano Campus Center, Senior Night. With such a heavy freshman class, the Lakers only have two seniors this season, goalie Mikaela Ditonto and forward Victoria Rankin.

Ditonto has been with the Lakers for four seasons, and Friday will be the last time she suits up for the Lakers. But it is a different story for Rankin. This is just her third year on campus, but she is already set to graduate this spring.

In graduating, Rankin will obtain a combined degree in mathematics and economics, with a minor in business administration.

“Right now, I’m not 100 percent sure what I have planned yet,” Rankin said. “I’m going to head back to Canada and try to attend grad school, so it depends where the applications take me, but the end goal is law school.”

The Yellowknife, Northwestern Territory, Canada, native had a very full three years on campus at Oswego State. In addition to her academics, Rankin has also volunteered for various community service organizations and has even been the president of an on-campus club advised by her head coach Diane Dillon.

“She’s a quality teammate and a fascinating person to be around,” Dillon said. “She’s also the president of SAAC, the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee that I’m the advisor for, so I’ve gotten to know her in that capacity as well. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed getting to know her and watching what she’s been able to accomplish and see her grow.”

But just how does Rankin balance being a three-year varsity athlete and her various academic endeavors?

“It’s definitely a lot of work,” Rankin said. “But the No. 1 thing is time management and prioritizing.”

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Track, field teams find success at Boston, Cornell invites

Vreudge breaks 2 schools records, three men’s runners have personal bests Matt Watling Asst. Sports Editor mwatling@oswegonian.com Records are extremely hard to come by. It took Roger Maris 34 years to break Babe Ruth’s record for most home runs in a single season. Some records may never be broken, but this past weekend, a pair of Oswego State track and field records were set by the same person.

Carly Vreugde set the school record for fastest 200- and 400-meter dash with times of 26.93 and 58.06, respectively, at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston. Although this was Vreudge’s first time breaking records at Oswego State, she has a history of such tendencies dating back to her high school career in Lake George.

Vreudge was a four-year member of Lake George High School’s track and field team, and she currently holds three records for the school, as she ran the fastest 200 meter, 400 meter and 4x400 meter relay. While Vreudge understands that records are meant to be broken, she is very happy that, for now, she can claim the fastest times in program history.

“It is amazing,” Vreudge said. “You hope it stays there for a while … but it is

really nice to see all the hard work pay off.”

Although Vreudge was the recordbreaker, the women’s side had several integral components to their strong finish in the invitational hosted by Boston University. Junior sprinter Shaniece Gregory ran the fifth-fastest 200 meter in program history with a time of 26.69 seconds. That was her second-fastest time in her collegiate career, approximately half a second slower than her personal best set on April 24, 2018. Compared to years past, this season, the women’s team has had a lot of success, something head coach Evan Magnussen was proud of.

“It’s very exciting. It means that we are moving in the right direction,” Magnussen said. “We are just focused on what is important to their performance.”

It is not just a select few that have taken significant strides since Magnussen was named head coach in 2017. Both the men’s and women’s teams have performed well under Magnussen, but this is something that was expected. While they are moving in the right direction, the team understands that college athletics are cyclical. “[The success] shows that we are making moves in the right direction,” Magnussen said. “We definetly try to keep a long-term view of the program,

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Shea McCarthy | The Oswegonian understanding that we might have a few years right off the bat [where] things get better. There will likely be a small dip, and then we build from there. That’s basic training overall but [also] the cycle of sports programs.”

Training is something the track program has taken very seriously over the last several seasons. Magnussen preaches long-term goals of improving day after day rather than comparing the squads to other schools and universities.

This mindset has helped athletes like Tim Olmsted and Nick LeClair continue to work as they are set to break personal bests this season. Olmsted already shattered his personal best in the 300 meter when he ran the full distance in just 8:40.46 at the Valentine Invitational. Olmsted’s new time was just over one second slower than the school record but was an impressive 11 seconds faster than his previous best. Although it was such a huge jump, the magnitude of the time improvement was expected.

“I went out at a faster pace than I have before, so being at a bigger meet, I was able to hold on to faster guys,” Olmsted said. “That was the plan from the begin-

ning, just knowing there was going to be faster kids at this meet, so being able to stick with them was the main goal.”

For Olmsted, his goals go beyond just sticking with the front pack at each meet.

“A main goal is to break the school record in the 3k,” Olmsted said. “After this weekend, I am only one second off of it. So coming back at the regional meet and doing that would be the main goal.”

Perhaps the most impressive note to make regarding Olmsted’s resume as a 3,000-meter distance runner is how quickly he has made progress.

“Tim was someone who, when I first came in, he was dead set on, ‘I am a miler and I am a 800-meter guy.’ It took me probably a year … to convince him to push to the longer events,” Magnussen said. “He is a small build with a lot of aerobic capacity. He can handle a lot of lactic acid, a lot of pain essentially and can really push through that.”

Despite a level head, the athletes on the team set their sights high.

“Me and coach are hoping that [I] make it to nationals,” Vreudge said.

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Men’s hockey @ Potsdam/Plattsburgh

Ben Grieco Sports Editor bgrieco@oswegonian.com One of the biggest weekends might have come and gone for the No. 3/3 Oswego State men’s hockey team, but it is not out of the woods yet. The Lakers still have a road trip to SUNY Potsdam and Plattsburgh State before finding out their seeding for the SUNYAC playoffs.

Oswego State currently holds a three-point lead over SUNYAC No. 3 Buffalo State, who faces non-conference SUNY Canton twice on Feb. 15 and 16. If the Lakers hold onto their current seeding, they will avoid the playin round and host one of the two semifinal matchups.

Plattsburgh State, however, who only trails Oswego State by four points, faces SUNY Cortland on Friday before hosting the Lakers.

Oswego State will take on SUNY Potsdam, who has been eliminated from playoff contention.

Michael Gillespie will not return to the lineup this weekend after sustaining an injury in the game against The College at Brockport on Feb. 8 where he aggravated an old knee injury from the beginning of the season. He was seen with crutches during the game against No. 2/2 SUNY Geneseo on Feb. 9.

Oswego State won both games against SUNY Potsdam and Plattsburgh State during Whiteout Weekend, but now, in the north country, the Lakers have a strong test ahead of them.

Div. I transfer adds depth to strong defense Solow joins men’s hockey midseason, slots nicely on third pair Ben Grieco Sports Editor bgrieco@oswegonian.com Following 13 total career games played and no registered points at Merrimack College, Jeff Solow decided it was time for a change of scenery. He left a school about an hour from the Massachusetts coast of the Atlantic Ocean and joined Oswego State, a school with Lake Ontario as a backyard.

While most players that transfer into the men’s hockey program at Oswego State come at the beginning of the year, Solow decided to transfer on Jan. 4. Once he was granted a release from Merrimack College, he immediately started emailing different coaches, from both Div. I and Div. III schools.

Thanks to being friends with Lakers’ players Joseph Molinaro, Thomas Horn and Colton Fletcher, Solow decided to give Oswego State a try.

“It was a pretty quick turnaround because I knew the spring semester started here and I didn’t want classes to start up and screw me over,” Solow said.

While at Merrimack College, Solow did not play a single game during his first full season with the Warriors and was granted redshirt status to retain a year of eligibility. When he transferred to Oswego State, the major concern was if he would have another year to play college hockey.

Head coach Ed Gosek and the rest of the coaching staff promised Solow they would get him the year of eligibility back. This means he will be with Oswego State the rest of the season and then two more years after that.

“I had spoken to someone at Merrimack college previously about getting [the eligibility] back, and they were unsure about if [they] could or not. Another person told me that I might have

Jeff Solow Junior Hockey (NAHL)

Amarillo Bulls (2 seasons) 56 GP

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Number: 21 Shoots: Left With Oswego State: 6 GP 1 Assist

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to petition to the NCAA,” Solow said.

“Needless to say, a week or two later, they got it back.”

Solow joined a team that already had nine defensemen. During the first half of the season, two or three blueliners were healthy scratches during games. Sometimes, the Oswego State coaching staff would use a defenseman as the extra skater. A big reason Gosek brought in Solow was because of how long he will be with the team, especially with the two graduating defensemen this semester.

“We’re confident with him, that’ll take us out of as far as recruiting another defenseman, and then we’ll move forward and make everybody better,” Gosek said. “If you have an opportunity to improve your team, improve your depth, with a guy like Jeff, that’s very important.”

With Solow’s experience as a Div. I hockey player and his mobility and offensive awareness as a defenseman, he has been a mainstay on the third defensive line for the Lakers. In his six games with Oswego State, he has been paired with both Chris MacMillan and Charlie Pelnik.

Due to transferring in the spring, Solow has not been able to crack the

power play and penalty kill units.

Gosek said both special teams’ units have been performing well enough to not worry about having to change anything. For now, Gosek said it is about getting Solow’s confidence back at even-strength play.

“We think it’s getting there. That is his strength,” Gosek said. “He’s got a good shot from the backend. He can get pucks to the net. He’s got the mobility. He’s got the skill set.”

In just his second game wearing the green and gold, on Jan. 26, Solow registered his first collegiate point – an assist – against Morrisville State. While in juniors, he registered 56 points in his last two seasons of junior college.

Solow had not registered a point since Jan. 13, 2017, with the Amarillo Bulls.

“I was always a points guy in juniors, and to go these past couple years without having any, it sucked,” Solow said. “Even though it’s only an assist, it’s still a great feeling to get that point out of the way.”

Solow joined the team at a crucial point in the season. At the end of the winter break, Oswego State’s eyes were set on home-ice advantage for the SUNYAC playoffs. The Lakers are the No. 2 seed in the SUNYAC. With only one weekend left, Oswego State needs to finish out strong to accomplish that goal.

But the biggest change for Solow is the winning culture of Oswego State.

The last time he was on a team with a winning record was during the 20152016 season, when he was with the North Iowa Bulls. He did not even play the full season, only playing 20 games with the Bulls that season.

“The guys care so much here. It’s awesome,” Solow said. “The feelings in the locker room and on the ice and the connection with everyone, it’s cool.”

Solow will try to bring his offensive mindset as a defenseman to a team that is slowly finding offensive production from its blue-liners, such as Max Novick and Tyler Currie. But he, like all the other Lakers, have their eyes set on the playoffs.

“That’s definitely the goal,” Solow said. “I’m hoping, after a little bit of time here, that’ll come back and I’ll get back after it.”

With the start of the semester, students have begun indoor intramurals

Week two has come to a close here in the intramural world, and some big games shook up the tournaments this week. Along with the usual basketball and broomball action, soccer and handball have started as well.

Oodles O’ Noodles Babies picked up their second win to continue to dominate the men’s competitive tournament with a victory over Cyclones (63-52). Joining in the double win club is 2 Eazy, who handily defeated No Game This Week (5949). Team Deadeye won their first game and showed true dominance in a big win over 516 Ballers (8648). In the men’s rec tournament, The Greeks got off to a huge start with a massive win over Schlieffen Plan (71-45).

Following them into the next

Men’s basketball @ Brockport/Geneseo

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Campus Rec Report: spring leagues begin Morgan Meaney Contributing Writer sports@oswegonian.com

Each week, The Oswegonian Sports beat writers give you their thoughts on each team's upcoming weekend schedule.

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Maria Pericozzi | The Oswegonian Jeff Solow uses his skating prowess to move the puck out of the defensive zone on Teal Night.

One of the most exciting parts of any season is the playoff hunt.

In the NEWHL, it has been no different this year. Every team, with the exception of Plattsburgh State, has won at least three games and lost at least six. That kind of competition from the second through fifth seed has made for an interesting playoff picture that all comes down to the final weekend.

Only one spot is locked in: Plattsburgh State with the one seed.

Everything else is up for grabs. But what exactly is on the line this weekend for Oswego State? Let’s take a look. Fourth-place Oswego State has 10 points with two league games remaining, both against SUNY Potsdam.

If the Lakers win one game against SUNY Potsdam, and Buffalo State loses one of two games to Plattsburgh State, the Lakers will clinch a playoff berth. If Oswego State loses both games this weekend, it will need Buffalo State to lose two games out of its final three (two against Plattsburgh State and one against SUNY Potsdam) to clinch the fourth seed. If the Lakers win both games against SUNY Potsdam, they will jump all the way up to the second seed.

The amount of movement possible on the final weekend is what has made this season in the NEWHL so exciting. But, for the Lakers, all focus is on themselves. They know they need two wins to steer clear of the fourth seed and a tough firstround matchup with NEWHL undefeated Plattsburgh State.

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round is Tune Squad, who had a close game with Average Joe’s Gym but came out with the victory in a final score of 54-43. Also securing their spots in the next round are the 1926ers, who defeated Wet wet (46-36). In the final game of the week, Free Agents took down The Booligans (53-36). The CoRec tournament also is underway with the first win going to Holden Tudiks over the United Nations by a narrow margin (49-48).

The handball tournament began this week, with all games happening on Sunday evening. In the CoRec tournament, Thin Ice defeated the Chubby Dogs in a close game of 7-5. The CoRec tournament will be best two out of three. In the men’s tournament, Sheeeeeeeesh got off to a rough start with a loss against Birds of War (6-2) but quickly rallied and were able to snatch a victory over Rec’s Most Wanted in a dominating fashion (9-3). In the

Photo provided by Shelby Stewart Spring intramurals are well underway as Oswego State students partake in the basketball league at Swetman Gym.

closest handball game of the week, 5th year overtook Kappa Sigma in a final score of 5-4.

Soccer, one of the other biggest sports, got off to a fast start this week. In the men’s competitive league, the Gentlemen of West Virginia found their stride with a close win over Give it to the Italians (43). In the CoRec rec league, Kick My Balls defeated Shoot Your Shot, winning in a close margin of 5-4. In the CoRec competitive league, We Have Pink Eye proved they are a force to be reckoned with with a huge win over Netkicks and Chill (13-5). Similarly, 1st Kicking and Screaming defeated We Destroy Audrey in a final score of 8-3. Soccer is not single elimination, and each team will play about five games in the regular season before the playoffs.

Finally, broomball continued this week. The intramural staff implemented a new rule in which there will be a goalie for the first two periods but no goalie and no one allowed in the crease for the third.

They are trying this due to the lack of score in games, so fewer games result in ties. In the CoRec competitive tournament, Injury Attorneys defeated Special Cay in a final score of 3-0. In the CoRec rec tournament, in a double overtime shootout, You Got Rec’d walked away with the win over Broom Broom Pow with a final score of 1-0. In the men’s competitive tournament, Thin Ice held nothing back as they took home a big first win over Jagr Bombs in a final score of 7-0.

Mamadou Tall Sports Writer sports@oswegonian.com The Oswego State Lakers suffered an uncharacteristic 70-55 loss to SUNY Oneonta behind Joseph Bull’s 26 points and 12 boards.

With this loss to the Red Dragons, the Lakers have lost three of their last four, as things are starting to heat up for the SUNYAC championship. The loss puts them a game behind the Plattsburgh State Cardinals, who are 19-4, with two games left in the regular season. The two teams have been in a battle for the first seed in the conference, and this loss will certainly set the Lakers back in that battle.

With two games left in the season, the Lakers will be looking to finish off strong and head into the SUNYAC championship hot. Their next game is a visit to The College at Brockport Golden Eagles, who they previously beat 73-63 in early December. After the game at Brockport, the Lakers will cap off their regular season against SUNY Geneseo.

The Lakers’ recent struggles have come on the offensive end, with their hot shooting from beyond the arc early season has slowed down. Despite the late struggles, the Lakers still have the second-best record in the conference, 18-5, and will be looking to end the season lifting the SUNYAC championship for the second time in three years. With a win in these next two, the Lakers will need for Plattsburgh State to slip up in order to gain home court advantage in the championship or they will be looking to win on foreign territory.

Women’s basketball @ Brockport/Geneseo

Aaron Valentino Contributing Writer sports@oswegonian.com Last weekend, the Oswego State Lakers took on the SUNY Potsdam Bears and the Plattsburgh State Cardinals, going into overtime in both but losing both games by scores of 70-69 and 8376. On Wednesday, they took on SUNY Oneonta in a game they lost 67-59. The Lakers currently are 2-20 on the season and last in the SUNYAC. They go into this weekend on an 11-game losing streak. In their final two games of the season this weekend, the Lakers will take on The College at Brockport Golden Eagles and the SUNY Geneseo Knights.

At 5:30 p.m. on Friday, the Lakers will take on the Golden Eagles on the road. The Golden Eagles currently sit at 8-15 on the season and are seventh in the SUNYAC. The College at Brockport has trouble scoring points, averaging 57.8 points per game as a team and shooting 34.9 percent. The last time these teams squared off, the Lakers took the loss by a score of 57-43.

Then, at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, the Lakers will face SUNY Geneseo. The Knights are 20-3 so far this season and are going to the SUNYAC tournament as the second in the conference. SUNY Geneseo shoots lights out, as it is first in the conference in field goal percentage, shooting 45 percent and three-point percentage at 36.7 percent. The last time these two teams met SUNY Geneseo recorded the win by a score of 74-48

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Photo Briefs Windhausen nationally recognized

Rankin, along with Ditonto, will be recognized on senior night

Maria Pericozzi | The Oswegonian Following a 58-point weekend and setting and then re-setting a personal record in single points in a game, Rachael Windhausen was named the Laker Athlete of the Week.

The Liverpool native was a key player in both the overtime loss to SUNY Potsdam Feb. 8, where she scored 24 points, which, at the time, was a personal best for a single game. The Lakers lost by one point in that game.

Windhausen was not done, however, and scored 34 points against Plattsburgh State on Feb. 9 after a double-overtime loss, falling 83-76.

In both games, she also posted a

double-double, registering more than 10 rebounds per game. Windhausen had 16 against the Bears and 21 against the Cardinals.

Following the weekend, she moved into sixth all-time in single-game scoring for the Oswego State women’s basketball team and the most since Kelly Mraz in 2005 when she had 37 points in a quadruple-overtime game.

Windhausen was also tabbed the U.S. Basketball Writers of America’s Div. III Women’s Basketball Player of the Week on Feb. 10. It was the first time a player from Oswego State has ever been given the honor.

Broughman receives 3 honors

Kyle Hurley | The Oswegonian Travis Broughman garnered a solid group of awards this past week, starting with the in-home Laker Athlete of the Week following his performances against SUNY Geneseo and The College at Brockport.

The Mechanicsville, Virginia, native scored three goals in the last weekend.

He scored the second goal for the Lakers against the Golden Eagles en route to a 3-0 shutout.

Broughman was also crucial in the 4-4 tie against SUNY Geneseo on Feb. 9, especially in the first period. Both of his goals in the game came during the first period and were both answers to Ice Knight goals. He also added an assist on the Anthony Passero goal to tie the game at three.

The game was his fifth multi-point game of the season and his second threepoint game. Broughman is now fifth on the

team in scoring with 20 points, tallying nine goals and 11 assists. He is the highest-scoring freshman for Oswego State this season.

Also this week, he was named the SUNYAC Men’s Hockey Rookie of the Week for the week of Feb. 11. He was given SUNYAC weekly honors along with Plattsburgh State’s Jimmy Poreda and SUNY Geneseo’s Andrew Romano.

This is the second time Broughman has received the honor.

Nationally, Broughman was named to the D3Hockey National Team of the Week on Feb. 14. He was one of two SUNYAC players named on the roster.

Despite his success, Broughman has been suspended one game, Friday, to supplement a five-minute major intereference call against SUNY Geneseo.

Nicole Hube | The Oswegonian Victoria Rankin has played three seasons with the Lakers, registering seven points as of Feb. 15.

VICTORIA FROM B1 Dillon knows the stress of being both an athlete and a student from her days as a hockey player at Cornell University. But, according to the Lakers’ head coach, Rankin has done an exceptional job in that regard.

“She’s very organized and on top of things, more of a Type-A personality in some regards, but watching her learn how to maneuver and do all these things in a college environment while being a varsity athlete, she’s done a really good job,” Dillon said.

The hockey arena has always been an escape of some sorts for Rankin, a place to get away from all the stress of a full academic workload for a couple of hours.

“To me, hockey is a nice balance from school,” Rankin said. “I’m not only doing school. There’s a ton of time where I’m at the rink, and it’s nice to be able to drop the books for a bit.”

Rankin may have made it seem easy to complete a combined degree on top of a minor and playing hockey for the Lakers, but she was not fooling Dillon.

“She’s being extremely modest,”

Dillon said. “Victoria has worked so hard. She has applied herself, she’s an excellent student, and she’s focused. She’s done community service. This kid is incredible, and I’m

really sad to see her go in just three years. I would’ve loved to have her [for] a fourth.”

As one of just two seniors on the Lakers’ roster, Rankin was asked to take on a bigger leadership role. Oswego State began the 2018-2019 campaign with 15 underclassmen and just seven upperclassmen. With so many new faces, the veteran players were expected to show them the ins and outs of the varsity athlete life.

“It’s been kind of weird almost skipping a grade, so to speak, but I was able to step into that role,” Rankin said. “Not even with there not being a lot of seniors, but the upperclass is outnumbered by the lower.”

Dillon stressed at the beginning of the year the importance of the older players teaching the younger players. Even with all of her outside work, Rankin always made time for her team.

“And even through all that, she’s always put her teammates first,” Dillon said. “From that standpoint alone, I’m sad to see her go, but I’m really excited for her.”

Although this may be the ending of one chapter for Rankin, the future looks bright for the Lakers’ forward.

“She’s going to be one of those kids where in five, 10, 15, it’ll be fun to see where she’s at,” Dillon said.

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Windhausen set career highs in points and rebounds on consecutive games this past weekend. Against SUNY Potsdam, she scored 24 points and snagged 16 rebounds. The very next day, against Plattsburgh State, she set a season high in points for the Lakers with 34 and plucked 21 rebounds. Her previous single-game records in points and rebounds were 23 and 14, respectively.

The freshman recorded three goals this past weekend for the men’s hockey team en route to obtaining three out of a possible four points. On Friday, Feb. 8, Broughman scored one goal against The College at Brockport, a game the Lakers won 3-0. The next night, he scored the first two Lakers’ goals against No. 2/2 SUNY Geneseo as the two would play to a 4-4 draw.

Five personal bests were set by track and field athletes last weekend. Carly Vreugde set two personal and program bests in the 200m and 400m. Tim Olmsted shaved 11 seconds off his personal best in the 3,000m, while Nick LeClair set an 800m best of 1:57.21. The last was ran by Andy Boyce in the mile, where he ran a 4:29.79.

The men’s hockey team surrendered a season-high 35 shots allowed on their Feb. 8 matchup against The College at Brockport.

Despite the challenges, David Richer stopped every shot, good for his third shutout of the season. His 35 saves set a season high in terms of stops.

The men’s basketball team has shot an impressive 45.2 percent from the floor. The team leads the SUNYAC in field goal percentage by nearly 1 percent. The strong shooting has propelled the Lakers to a 13-3 conference record, which is quite the turnaround from their 10-8 campaign last year.

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Samantha Flavell Editor-In-Chief sflavell@oswegonian.com Valentine’s Day is an over-commercialized holiday that originates from a bloody and dark history. We now celebrate it with cheesy plastic hearts and terrible-tasting candy coated with cliché phrases.

In ancient Rome, Valentine’s Day was celebrated by men sacrificing a goat and a dog and then whipping women with the fresh animal hides, according to an NPR article. What we know as Valentine’s Day was a three-day festival of drinking, nudity and the possession of women.

While current Americans are stressed over being single for the holiday, ancient Romans would have the men draw names out of a jar, and the woman they picked would be their date for the festival.

Since the ancient Romans, Valentine’s Day has been romanticized until it has become the stressful, product-based guilt trip that it is today.

It is wonderful to take the time to do something special for those you love and to show them they are appreciated. While this should be done throughout the year, it is nice to have one special day set aside to make a special effort to show those around you that you appreciate them. Love and appreciation, however, cannot be bought in a store.

No number of attractively wrapped candies, red roses, fancy dinners or gifts can make someone feel loved.

Is it nice to get presents? Of course.

The day should not be built around it, though.

Shea O’Malley Staff Writer opinion@oswegonian.com

Donald Trump’s campaign promise was a border wall to keep America safe.

Now, as president, Trump is willing to use hype, fear, alternative facts and outright lies to make his vision come true.

In the past few days, Trump has drawn attention to the border city of El Paso, Texas, in his claim toward immigrant crime. The city was brought up in his State of the Union address as the worst city for violent crimes caused by immigrants. He added the rates dropped significantly after starting the construction of the wall.

Those statements have the media, El Paso mayor and residents scratching their heads. It just is not true. The city’s crime rate has been decreasing over the last 18 years. Ironically, a slight increase in crime was reported after wall construction, according to Politifact. Despite that, El Paso remains one of the safest cities in America.

That is not stopping the president from claiming otherwise. He held a rally in the city Monday night, arguing reality concerning El Paso’s crime rates. In his mind, the facts are wrong, and he is right.

Trump’s persistence in garnering $5.7 billion to fund his wall led to a 35day government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history.

The drama and hype was almost too much for America to take. Many agree that something must be done about the border security issue. Fear mongering, lying and distortion, however, are not the way to handle it.

The border wall needs addressing. Within our own country, however, there have been acts of terrorism that were not committed by immigrants.

This week marks the first anniversary of the shooting massacre at Marjory Douglas Stoneman High School in Parkland, Florida, which left 17 people dead and 14 wounded.

The Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012 left our country reeling in horror and disbelief. Twenty first-graders and six staff members were killed in that incident. Since then, there have been 239 school shootings as of last February, according to The New York Times. These figures do not include mass shootings in

the public and private sector.

After Sandy Hook, America rallied together, promising this would never happen again. But we lied. It has happened numerous times since, but all the talk is about the dangers of immigrants.

Gun control debates re-emerge each time a shooting happens. Politicians tip-toe around the controversy like poisonous snakes. Their thoughts and prayers are handed out like sweat rags at a marathon. Yet somehow everyone in power stays silent concerning solving the problem.

Trump wants people to believe America is in danger of violent immigrants. What about violent citizens?

Both issues need work and accountability. If our president and lawmakers put as much time, effort and action into gun protection measures as they did border wall rhetoric, we might be on our way to a safer nation.

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Valentine’s Day, just like any other holiday, is what you make of it. The meaning of Valentine’s Day, on a cultural level, is to express love. However, if you are single, you can still show your love for anyone you value.

Recently, on social media, many people have been showing love for their parents and friends through Valentine’s Day-themed gifts and displays of affection. In elementary school, kids brought a whole packet of cards to school and gave their friends nice messages. Why should this end?

Nice messages and kind displays of affection can brighten anyone’s day. Valentine’s Day events can inspire everyday displays of love. This can inspire partners and friends throughout the rest of the year to open up to sincere acts of romantic and platonic love.

The main argument against most holidays, especially Valentine’s Day, is that they are too commercial. In a mostly capitalist system, this is inevitable.

Companies by nature will work to take advantage of anything that inspires emotion. What better way than to prey on people’s love? The important thing to do is make our own choices. No one has a gun to consumers, forcing them to buy chocolates or flowers. A little creativity is all it takes to show your partner you love them in a special way. It is good to have reminders to break out of the doldrums of day-today life.

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Oswego State implemented According to IBIS World, a marketing research firm, Valentine’s Day sales reached $17.6 billion last year, with this year’s sales expected to exceed that. Love is not measured by a price tag. Often, people get distracted by the show that extravagant gifts and fancy dinners portray. They see the cliché scenes from romantic comedies and think that is what you do when you are in love. The genuine effort put in is more important than the total cost of the day.

This is not to say that it is wrong to spend money on Valentine’s Day, just that it should not be the focus when planning how to spend the day. The problem is the increased pressure to buy the perfect gift or to spend the most money for a fancy high-end dinner is taking away from what is most important: the people you care about. Money, gifts and fancy dinners do not express anything about how you feel.

While we have progressed in that we no longer express affection by whipping people with newly skinned animal hides, we are still not focusing on the people. Take a minute to think about your significant other or whomever you will be celebrating with on Valentine’s Day. Think of what they like and the little things that make them smile. Do what you can to show them you care. Because that is far more important than any expensive gift that you could buy.

a new system of printing, for some reason. Following semesters of moderately long lines at the QuickPrint in the library and the hundreds of empty computers in the residence halls, CTS decided enough was enough. The way we print on campus is simply too difficult and inconvenient, and something has to change.

There have been some mixed reviews for the new LakerPrint system, but the majority of them point out how unnecessarily complicated it is. Upon arriving to the library to print a document for the first time this semester, students were faced with the QuickPrint computers housing the new software. Instead of students downloading what they need, uploading it and clicking print, there was a new layer of complexity that students had to figure out. LakerPrint can have documents uploaded from any computer, which can be printed at any LakerPrint station.

The documents are then held in the system for 48 hours so students can show up at a printer when they have the time and just press the button, in theory.

However, the system really is not that simple. Students can upload the documents they need, but simply “clicking print” is not accurate. Upon logging in, students are faced with maneuvering a mildly complex system of uploading. Once they learn how to upload, they probably would not have much difficulty repeating the task. Unless they have a helpful library employee hovering over

Maria Pericozzi | The Oswegonian The new LakerPrint system tries to be more accessible, but it misses the mark by a lot.

their shoulder and giving them specific details on how to upload different documents, it is difficult to uncover.

Sometimes, even when students do the uploading correctly, it still does not work. Whether it gets lost somewhere in the cloud or LakerPrint just decides it does not like the essay, when students log in, their documents vanish.

Since LakerPrint cannot be not done from personal computers, if the document fails to upload, students must re-locate them and re-upload them, if they thought far enough in advance to bring their laptops with them.

The default, when printing, is in color. Instead of the document being uploaded costing a few cents in black and white, LakerPrint default

charges a few dollars for an essay in black and white, and some using the system do not notice the price difference. Instead of the old printing system, where it helpfully told you how many pages you had left, LakerPrint decides to tell you how many dollars’ worth of paper you have left. Most students do not know how much printing their 20-page research project will cost them, but they did know that it will cost them 20-pages of their original 500.

The new system is, of course, not the fault of the librarians or CTS. They are all very helpful in teaching this new technology, so if LakerPrint is intimidating, then students should feel free to check the LakerPrint website or visit the library for more information.

If someone is forcing you to partake in spending money you do not want to spend, maybe that relationship was not meant to be. Partners should appreciate effort put forward, and if they do not, maybe that teaches an important lesson. In the end, maybe Valentine’s Day is actually saving people from unhealthy and high-expectation relationships. Love language between partners is not always clear, but Valentine’s Day gives a solid opportunity to discuss and understand each other. Once a person is mature enough to be in a romantic relationship, they should be able to choose whether to embrace Valentine’s Day on a commercial level.

Romantic relationships are often seen as an ultimate goal in life. However, communities that may not want or have that opportunity use the day to celebrate themselves as well. Single people have parties, members of the asexual and aromantic community spread awareness, charities have a theme to publicize on, and people on social media create meme Valentine’s Day cards.

Each community and individual has the choice to do what they will, even if that is taking advantage of the system and buying discount candy the following day.

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Feb. 14 marked the first-year anniversary of the Parkland shooting in Florida, a tragedy that affected the lives and hearts of many and began an outcry for change.

In the last year, 17 community projects were created to honor each of the victims.

The last of which was a mural that was recently unveiled at a nearby elementary school. The past year for the survivors has been a whirlwind, with the March for Our Lives rally on Washington, the tour across the country to register voters, investigations, hearings, finishing school and applying for colleges. The seemingly never-ending rush has made it difficult for some to mourn and process all that they lost. The unveiling of the mural was a time of quiet, mournful reflection of all that has happened in the last year and all that is still to come.

Many of the survivors, including Emma González, have become well known for “calling B.S.” on politicians who were not serious about gun control.

Recently, the panel that was investigating the Florida high school massacre recommended in December that teachers who volunteer and undergo an extensive background check and training

be allowed to carry concealed guns on campuses in an attempt to stop future shootings.

The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission voted 12-1 to recommend the necessary legislature, arguing that the one or two police officers or armed guard were not enough.

There are currently 28 states that allow teachers to carry firearms, according to a conservative nonprofit organization called the Crime Prevention Research Center.

Many fear that the introduction of more firearms will only compound the situation and that more guns are not the answer to the problem and tragedy of school shootings.

On Jan. 2, a 446-page report on the Parkland shooting investigation was sent to Gov. Rick Scott, incoming governor Ron DeSantis and the legislature.

This report detailed failures that were found in the county school district’s security program that many believed to be the root of what led to the shooter, to have been able to enter the campus while carrying an AR-15 and a semi-automatic rifle.

While there has been controversy over the law passed that allows districts to elect to arm non-classroom employees, such as principals, administrators, custodians and librarians who undergo the proper training, there is even more controversy over the movement to arm teachers who are properly trained and vetted. One thing is clearly agreed upon: no matter what they believe, the best path to a solution is that all parties try to make improvements to a currently flawed system to provide the safest possible learning and living environment for students.

In a time of turmoil, disagreements and bipartisan politics, it is important to remember that while there are widely different views as to how to arrive at a better future, we are all working toward a common goal.

If the Parkland survivors taught us anything in the last year, it is that we work better together. Those students banded together to make the huge impact for social change and justice, setting a precedent that we should all follow in our own lives: to enact change in our own ways to make a better and safer tomorrow.

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Each college housing arrangement helpful

Dorm living inconvenient, important for growth Students should be able to live the full “college experience” of living both on and off campus. Oncampus housing includes dorms, both doubles and suites, and The Village, which is reserved for upperclassmen. Going off campus, there are private landlords who rent out houses and there are different communities such as Lakeside Commons or Premier Living Suites.

No matter where a student decides to live, every option helps a student to become more independent.

The dorms, for example, are perfect for a student who is new to school. This living option presents the typical “college life” of living in dorms that are all part of a larger building. The dorms can help students adjust to college life and feel like they are part of a community.

They present opportunities for students to maintain responsibility for a smaller space while, for the most

Ben Grieco Sports Editor bgrieco@oswegonian.com part, not having to worry about making their own food.

When students feel they are ready to make a jump and experience more growth, then they can, at least at Oswego State, move to The Village, which is a larger space with a little more responsibility, such as cooking meals or maintaining bathrooms. Or students can even go off campus to a house owned by a landlord or another offcampus community.

The houses present a sense of “growing up.” With students living off campus, they have to plan for the commute to class, similar to the commute to work, making their own meals and maintaining the cleanliness and safety of the house they live in. A lot of the time, students must also purchase their own furniture and utilities, such as silverware or bathroom necessities, which might help post-graduation in their own houses or apartments, giving students a jump-start on some furniture purchases.

Some students might complain about high costs of living off campus, or how cramped a dorm can be after living 6 feet apart from a roommate, but each living situation gives students the chance to find growth and a sense of responsibility as they get older and ready to head off into the “real world” after graduation.

Body cameras do more good than harm Protects police, civilians from mistreatment by each other Francesca Miesner fmiesner@oswegonian.com Opinion Editor Body cameras, starting Feb. 1, have been given to University Police to wear.

The idea behind them is they could capture any potential corruption or inappropriate behavior. Then, if someone claims the police mistreated them, the entire situation will be documented.

The recordings cannot be tampered with or deleted. The footage captured will be automatically deleted after 60 days, according to Syracuse.com. If there is an issue, the police can save the footage in The independent student newspaper of Oswego State since 1935 question in order to look over it. The footage will remain indefinitely.

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funded by its equipment account. While the prices may be high, this could potentially stop someone from being incarcerated when they do not deserve it or stop a police officer from being accused of brutality if they did not do it.

The potential problems the cameras may solve more than make up for the steep prices. A police officer wearing a body camera should have nothing to hide, and therefore, not feel negatively about wearing it. If wearing a body camera leads to a police officer getting into trouble for misconduct, then they should not have been doing whatever it was to get in trouble. Police officers that are corrupt should be aware their actions have consequences, especially when there is photographic evidence of what they were doing.

At the same time, there have been many issues lately surrounding the mistreatment of people, especially those of color, by the hands of corrupt police of-

ficers. The presence of a body camera could make potentially hazy situations more clear, so those investigating would not have to make a decision on who to trust. The footage would say it all.

Many police encounters have been live-streamed by civilians who are concerned that they will be mistreated.

Some, however, were not so lucky. When they went to get the officers who used unnecessary force in trouble for their actions, there was no proof and no one believed them. Whether their claims were true or false, this is not relevant to the argument at hand. If the brutality was recorded, there would be no question on whether they were being honest.

Implementing body cameras on officers would aid both the officers and the civilians, given both of them are treating each other with respect. If civilians and police officers have nothing to hide, then they have nothing to lose by the use of body cameras.

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Sopranos turns 20: still iconic, relevant Hit HBO show defined modern era of television; made gangsters family men

First Lo ok at Will Smith as the iconic Genie in upco ming live action “Ala ddin” remake almost laug he d off the inte rnet.

Image from Variety via YouTube James Gandolfini starred as the iconic gangster Tony Soprano for six seasons from 1999 until 2007 on Dave Chase and HBO’s hit show “The Sopranos.”

Dominic Rizzi Laker Review Editor drizzi@oswegonian.com The 2010s have become known as the Golden Era of Television. In no less than 20 years, shows such as “Breaking Bad,” “Game of Thrones,” “Mad Men,” “House of Cards,” “Lost,” “The Americans” and many others have revolutionized what was formerly thought of as a sound formula.

They made it possible for different kinds of stories to be told in a medium that was accessible to more people and did not face the same kind of restrictions that feature films did. All of these shows, however, owe their allegiance and existence to one show. In 1999, HBO, at the time really only known for comedy and boxing specials, as well as a few lesser-known TV series, took a gamble on a show about a New Jersey mafia boss and family man, which would go on to revolutionize the TV landscape. That show was “The Sopranos.”

“The Sopranos” was conceptualized by creator David Chase in the mid ‘90s, during his time working on shows like “Northern Exposure” and “The Rockford Files.” Originally picturing it as a movie, Chase explained in interviews that it would be about a mobster in therapy having

problems with his mother.

Upon input from his manager Lloyd Braun, he decided to adapt it into a TV series.

After signing a development deal in 1995 with production company Brillstein-Grey, he wrote the original pilot script, drawing heavily from his personal life and his experiences growing up in New Jersey.

The pilot was shot in 1997, with James Gandolfini (“Enough Said”), at the time a character actor who had appeared in several bit-parts in major films throughout the ‘90s, being cast in the lead role of Tony Soprano. The rest of the cast featured the likes of Edie Falco (“Nurse Jackie”) as his wife, Carmela; Jamie Lynn Sigler and Robert Iler as his two children Meadow and Anthony Jr.; Lorraine Bracco (“Rizzoli and Isles”) as Dr. Jennifer Melfi, his therapist; and Nancy Marchand (“The Naked Gun 33: The Final Insult”) as his vindictive, domineering mother, Livia. On the crime side of things, Dominic Chianese (“Boardwalk Empire”) was cast as Tony’s uncle and mafia superior, Corrado aka Junior, while Michael Imperioli, Steven van Zandt, Tony Sirico and Vincent Pastore rounded out the cast as Tony’s mafia associates Christopher Moltisanti, Silvio Dante, Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri and Sal

“Big P**sy” Bonpensiero.

The show premiered on Jan. 10, 1999, and would continue on for six more seasons until the infamous cut-to-black on June 10, 2007. The show drew praise from critics and audiences alike for its staunchly realistic yet darkly comical portrayal of gangsters. One of the key points that helped to define the show’s identity was to dive deep into what made these gangsters tick.

An essential theme of the show that was presented constantly throughout its run was its ode to previous gangster films, as the characters would usually be seen either watching or referencing gangster classics as “The Godfather” trilogy, “Goodfellas” and others. Chase wanted to reinforce the idea that most of audience’s perceptions when it comes to these films are usually over-glorified and unrealistic, as these people’s lives are far from the romantic, idealized and almost epic struggles of Michael Corleone or Henry Hill.

But a TV show is only as good as its lead character, and long before Walter White graced people’s screens, there was Tony Soprano, and still to this day, Gandolfini’s portrayal of the capo turned crime lord is one of the best that TV has to offer. His subtle inflec-

tions combined with his larger-than-life size, personality and charm were all used as a brilliant cover for his larger blow-up moments, which became more and more frequent as the show went on. Gandolfini as Soprano simultaneously embodied the best and worst of all of us as human beings, one minute cheering for his kids at their sporting events, the next brutally beating up somebody who owes him money. One minute he is buying his wife some gaudy, overly expensive bit of clothing or jewelry, the next cheating on her with various women. But the thing that always kept him anchored down, that kept us coming back week after week, was the fact that above all else, he was a human being with flaws and insecurities, despite committing some pretty heinous acts over the years.

Twenty years later, and the show is still one of the most talked about facets of popular culture. Everything from the writing, to the cast, to the set design, to the themes still hold up to this day. Gandolfini sadly passed away in 2013, but his presence is still felt in arguably the greatest TV performance of all time. All the episodes are available to watch on HBO Now and Amazon Prime. Happy 20th, Sopranos.

Aca demy Awards cho ose to present Cinematography, Editing, Makeup and Short Film Awards during com mercial breaks.

Josh Brolin becomes the latest cast member to join Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming adaptation of “Dune.”

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Master director of ‘Dunkirk’ sets date for next film; genre left unknown

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Warner Bros. has recently set the release date for Christopher Nolan’s (“Dunkirk”) next film for July 17, 2020. That is only a little over a year from now, which means production should be starting soon. The script is probably done or is getting the final touches, and that is all we know right now. Anticipation is running high, as this next Nolan film could be about absolutely anything.

Audiences were recently treated to the IMAX war spectacle that is “Dunkirk,” an intimate, intense and gripping cross section of linking stories that could be summed up as just Nolan showing off his technical skill. Almost every shot is dramatically beautiful and set up with an eye for precision. “Dunkirk” and whatever Nolan decides to do next are the two movies of whatever era one would like to deem the director is in, but looking back at his filmography proves there is a rhythm with his themes and how they are released in groups of threes.

Nolan crafted three shorts to

Image from The Hollywood Reporter via YouTube Acclaimed director Christopher Nolan’s next film is set to hit theaters in summer of 2020.

begin, notably “Doodlebug,” but before, he made “Tarantella” and “Larceny.” All of these are dark, odd, slightly twisted works about insanity and the inner workings of the mind. They reflect society and the actions of people.

Then came his first feature, “Following,” which will be counted as the first in the next group of three. It does emulate his shorts stylistically the most out of his films, but that is most likely due to it being independent with him working on a very limited budget. It is structured more like a mystery than his shorts were,

which could be called by some as absurdist.

“Memento” was his first studio film and truly showed what Nolan was capable of with more of a budget and other resources.

It had the darkness similar to the projects he had created in his education, but it was reflected in the background and not so much in the foreground. It is an elaborately structured mystery that is paced like a thriller and is effective regardless if one knows what is coming next. The third of his first set of features is another mystery that is a little more

straightforward, but that is probably due to the fact that he did not write the script, and that is “Insomnia.” It is definitely more of a traditional studio crime film, but his fingerprints are all over it.

Now, these next two sets were released in an alternative fashion. So far, we have explored his shorts and his first three features, all dark mysteries that could also be described as his education. He perfected Batman in “The Dark Knight” trilogy and betweeninstallment releases that are his most Stanley Kubrick-esque films, “The Prestige,” “Inception” and “Interstellar.” They are mysteries just like his early work, but they ask much bigger questions and are set with much greater stakes in mind.

“The Prestige” sets two competing magicians against each other who would sacrifice everything in their lives to win. “Inception” explores the other side of life: sleep and the dreams that inhabit it. “Interstellar” brought us to space and bent time, life and our emotions all at the same time.

These three films also explore the idea of family in small and varying ways within each one.

Keep in mind Nolan also re-

leased “Batman Begins,” “The Dark Knight,” and “The Dark Knight Rises” to kick things off in between his other set. It is pretty incredible that he consistently produced this quality of work over the course of those nine years.

People would disagree about the quality of “The Dark Knight Rises,” but those people would also be wrong. Nolan’s Batman films acted as crime films that felt true to the character in ways the other Batman films never explored before, feeling more intimate and relying more on emotional conflict and character arcs and journeys rather than gadgets and bright colors.

“Dunkirk” followed up “Interstellar” three years later, and it seems to have opened yet another course in this filmmaker’s journey. So what is coming in 2020? If themes are anything to go off, it would be another factually accurate historical period piece. In the same way his other films with similar themes can be so different, it is obvious his next one will be too, and it is just exciting to think about. Medieval times?

The Holocaust? Colonial times? The Middle Ages? Hopefully audiences can find out something sooner rather than later.

Lego Movie sequel returns with flash, references, even more jokes Jessica Wickham Chief Copy Editor jwickham@oswegonian.com

“The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part” is here, and it is awesome.

The next installment in Lego’s film library is nothing short of impressive, building off its predecessor with hilarious comedy, powerful character growth and a warm message that will melt even the toughest of hearts. If there is one thing that made “The Lego Movie” stand out, it was its unique blend of comedy and heart, and the sequel brings even more of both in a way that does not feel spoon-fed, canned or predictable.

What really impressed in this film was its plot, which once again follows Emmet Brickowski (Chris Pratt, “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom”), the lovable, optimistic minifigure that saved the universe in the last movie, and his friend, Lucy (Elizabeth Banks, “The Happytime

Murders”), in their quest to save the world—again. This time, though, five years have passed, and the villain is the sister, not the dad.

Since the first movie clued the audience into the fact that the entire story is a manifestation of one boy’s imagination, the sequel wastes no time in using even more real-world cuts as an integral and important part of the conflict throughout the movie. Though the real-world story is brother versus sister, the main film is Emmet and Lucy versus the film’s initial antagonist, Queen Watevra Wa’Nabi (Tiffany Haddish, “Nobody’s Fool”), which is entertaining and exciting in a way that only Lego movies can be.

Watevra Wa’Nabi is not the only new character; introducing the sister as the antagonist means plenty of new characters from the Systar system, all hilarious, cute and fun. It even has a dark, brooding leader to rival Lucy, General Mayhem (Stephanie Beatriz, “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”).

Another new world, the Stairgate, brings in action hero Rex Dan-

Image from Warner Bros. Pictures via YouTube Emmit Brikowski, played again by Chris Pratt, returns for “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part.”

gervest (Chris Pratt) to help save the day, and he is so fun to watch.

All the characters grow and change throughout the story’s conflict in realistic and sometimes surprising ways, adding depth to what could have easily been a rather flat, hollow story. That depth is subtle but powerful, in much the same way its lesson is. The lesson in the first movie was about learning what

makes everyone special, and the sequel matures that lesson along with its characters to show viewers that growing up does not have to mean growing angry.

Between all that character growth and learning is plenty of comedy to go around, present from minute one. It features Lego’s signature self-aware style, plus enough meta humor to rival “Deadpool.”

Similar to the first movie, the humor is a natural part of the plot and occasionally even drives it. With nods and references for fans of Lego and movies in general, there is plenty to please nearly every type of viewer.

With all that being said, there is one matter that may turn off a few viewers. Unlike its predecessor, this movie is a musical, though its self-aware humor does help it to not be an agonizing, predictable and cheesy musical. Surprisingly for a kids movie, but not so much for Lego, the soundtrack is a delight for the ears, with catchy, funny lyrics that viewers will want stuck in their heads. Even if the songs seem unnecessary at times, at least they are an enjoyable aspect of the story.

Once again, Lego has managed to amaze, presenting a wellthought-out story with awesome characters, comedy and heart. Sure, it may boil down to a 106-minutelong commercial, but it is possibly the deepest, most entertaining commercial ever created that viewers of all ages can enjoy.

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Dueling documentaries showcase insanity of infamous Fyre Festival Garrick Groover Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com

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Similar to how two meteor movies were released in the summer of 1998 (“Armageddon” and “Deep Impact”), two near-identical documentaries were released last month that chronicled 2017’s disastrous Fyre Festival.

The brainchild of millennial entrepreneur Billy McFarland and rapper Ja Rule (“I’m in Love with a Church Girl”), Fyre Festival became notorious for its misleading marketing campaign that involved promotions from various social media influencers including Bella Hadid, Kendall Jenner and Emily Ratajkowski (“Welcome Home”). The tropical blowout in the Bahamas would have featured extensive musical talent, luxury villas, exquisite cuisine and more models than a barbecue at the Playboy Mansion. Unfortunately, for those

Image from Netflix via YouTube Entrepreneur Billy Macfarland (right) is the mastermind behind the comedic failure of Fyre.

who spent the millions of dollars to attend “Coachella on the Beach,” they were met with FEMA tents, cheap cheese sandwiches and utter despair.

After two years of ridicule and lawsuits, Hulu and Netflix have provided us common folk with two documentaries to get a glimpse into the ill-fated event.

Since both documentaries are

similar in nature, this critique will be a combined review of both films. In essence, to get the full Fyre Festival story, watching both films is highly recommended. They both complement each other in marvelous ways.

To provide some clarity about the two Fyre Festival films, it is best to consider them as the inverse of the 2010 film, “The

Social Network.” That film also dealt with entrepreneurship through the internet and the ambition surrounding the millennial generation, but while Jesse Eisenberg (“The Hummingbird Project”) in that film enjoyed great success, Billy McFarland receives nothing but great distress. The Hulu production in particular, “Fyre Fraud,” paints an interesting look into McFarland’s past as we discover a man who is perhaps too clever for his own good.

He is someone who thinks big but fails to deliver anything.

By and large, he is part of the reason why Fyre Festival failed in its entirety. He became John Hammond from “Jurassic Park” and spared no expense. The Netflix production, “FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened” provides behind-thescenes insights into production of the festival with those who had first-hand accounts. These interviews are eye opening, as we discover a Billy McFarland that is far from the successful

businessman he thinks he is.

Both documentaries act as observations into the millennial psyche. The youth of America today are always looking for self-gratification. They are always on their phones, tweeting constantly, texting, checking Instagram, etc. As a result, it is no surprise to see how such an event could be spread around without the use of traditional advertising. Why buy ads on TV and even the internet when you have millions of users on Instagram at your disposal?

Fyre Festival was sold as the next Coachella. If McFarland actually pulled it off as advertised, it would have been a sight to behold. Instead, we get a tale of deceit, fraud and broken promises. Both documentaries are fantastic at showcasing the pitfalls of millenial excess and should hold as a cautionary tale for those aspiring to be in the world of business. Both films are definitely worth your time. Imagine a trainwreck, but with Instagram models.

Netflix strikes again with dark, emotional ‘Russian Doll’ Alex Kent Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com

Rating: After watching “Russian Doll,” the song “Gotta Get Up” will probably become stuck in audiences’ heads.

This underrated ’70s gem

by Harry Nilsson is the first thing that Nadia (Natasha Lyonne, “Orange is the New Black”) hears when she “restarts” in her death loop.

The series is co-created by a female powerhouse team comprised of Lyonne, Amy Poehler (“Parks and Recreation”) and Leslye Headland (“Bachelorette”). This eight-episode dramedy has many unpredictable twists throughout its first season.

The premise of the show is about a woman who dies repeatedly on her 36th birthday. The initial humor is in the outrageous deaths that she suffers. The writers were most definitely influenced by the 1994

classic “Groundhog Day” and the new horror franchise “Happy Death Day” by making their character relive the same day.

“Russian Doll” is a sci-fi fan’s “binge-watching” dream due to its intelligent cliffhangers. Lyonne’s performance is top-notch as she goes from a sarcastic narcissist to an understanding caregiver. She even wrote key episodes that drew upon personal experience. Lyonne’s devotion to the role pays off, and it would be shocking if she does not get nominated for an Emmy.

Another great element of the show is the diverse soundtrack. The tracks were carefully selected to fit the ever-changing tones of the production.

The dialogue is free flowing with numerous pop culture references, and the show never feels stale or repetitive because new details can be found after multiple viewings.

The writers touch upon numerous themes that af-

fect the main characters.

These include self-destruction, mental illness and toxic relationships. Nadia is a troubled woman who has issues attaching to anyone, brought on by a tough upbringing with her unstable mother (Chloe Sevigny, “Lizzie”), and as is customary for this genre, Nadia does her best to re-evaluate her life and make amends.

The first few episodes do a great job at setting the frame for the plot. Eventually, the story builds to a mind-bending climax. The series wanted to highlight the importance of depending on others for support and love. The writers understood that even one act of kindness could make someone’s day. There are plenty of religious undertones featured, including immortality and guardian angels. The concept of self-approval is troubling for the characters in the show to accept. The focal point of the show is Na-

Image from Netflix via YouTube Natasha Lyonne continues her run on Netflix with another steller performance.

dia’s evolution regarding personal connections.

“Russian Doll” plays with the boundaries of time to an extreme, which allows for a highly innovative story with tons of experimentation. The only negative aspect of the show is Nadia’s incredibly irritating friends

Maxine (Greta Lee, “Chance”) and Lizzy (Rebecca Henderson, “Westworld”). Lyonne, Poehler and Headland have two more seasons in mind to further their universe.

Hopefully, they do not go into a sophomore slump and produce more quality loops for Nadia.

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Cuarón's 'Roma' modern day masterpiece, right on Netflix Nathaniel Ahart Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com

To think that a black-andwhite, Spanish-language film distributed by Netflix would be a frontrunner for Best Picture would have been unthinkable two years ago, but with Alfonso Cuarón (“Gravity”) at the helm, it is a reality. After hearing the buzz for “Roma” following its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, this film became one of the most anticipated of the entire year. The day it came out on Netflix, people who sat down and watched it were completely blown away.

There was clearly so much attention and effort put into making the opening shot as perfect as possible, with the intent of the shot being beauty because of the simplicity it conveys. The way Cuarón moves the camera is so precise, fluid and beautiful, using tracking shots to display the moving pieces in everyday life and aiming to capture as much as possible in a single shot.

The thing that impresses viewers the most about this approach is that, regardless of the events taking place in the frame, the camera is always moving at a slow and steady pace, as is the rest of this film. The way Cuarón captures this world combined with the sights and sounds make an experience that enthralls the viewer and creates a sense of tangibility, placing audiences in the scenarios and locations of the characters.

Speaking of the characters, this film would not have worked as well, as much as a technical marvel as it is, without a capable pair of leads.

Yalitza Aparicio plays the main character Cleo, an indigenous maid to a middleclass Mexican family, and it is her story from start to finish. Considering that she was not an actress before this film, the authenticity of her performance really shines, fully engrossing the viewer into her journey and hardships. Marina de Tavira (“Complices”) is also fantastic as Sofía, the matriarch of the family Cleo works for. She portrays the charac-

ter as a strong, supportive and loving woman, but not without her flaws, creating an extremely compelling character in the process.

It is clear how personal of a film this was to Cuarón, as it was based on his life growing up as a child in Mexico, and it shines with his direction. On top of how personal a story this is, the fact that he was able to present it on such a grandiose scale brings out the brilliance of it all. Taking place in the early '70s among political

upheaval in Mexico may have been a hard task to pull off, but the way in which Cuarón converges both the personal and political elements of the story proves that he is working on a level of craft higher than most of his peers.

One really has to be in the right frame of mind to watch this, as it is very contemplative and slow moving. For those who are patient, however, it is an extremely rewarding experience, both cinematically and emotionally. By the

end of this film, audiences will be left in tears, moved by the profoundness of the events that occurred and the way the characters reacted to such events. There is no way “Roma” does not go home with the most awards at this year’s Oscars, as it deserves most of them. As opposed to some of the other films nominated for Best Picture, however, “Roma” is the one that stands out as a film that will endure the test of time and win the hearts of film lovers for years to come.

Image from Netflix via YouTube Alfonso Cuaron returns to direct the Netflix original "Roma," which is nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

Soderbergh's 'High Flying Bird' made for specific audiences Stephen Novak Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com

The intentions of “High Flying Bird” set themselves apart from most basketball movies almost immediately. In fact, it would be a disservice to call it a basketball movie, as playing the game is not as important to this film but rather, playing the game on top of the game.

The film happily sits on top of that narrative. Think “Remember the Titans” or any NBA campaign from the viewpoint of each player’s agent.

“High Flying Bird” is the product of Steven Soderbergh (“Unsane”). The main ambitions of it can be seen right from the first 10 minutes, as it tries to critique society and, more importantly, capitalism, as it affects previously passion-funded industries like sports.

Image from Netflix via YouTube Andre Holland stars in Steven Soderbergh's new film for Netflix "High Flying Bird."

The film follows Ray Burke (Andre Holland, “A Wrinkle in Time”), the quintessential New Yorker. He is always busy, walks fast and would not take off his tie and blazer even if he was attending a pool party. He is also constantly telling others how stupid they are, but thankfully, the writing in these arguments is fun to listen to.

The witty edge to each conversation is only bolstered by

Holland’s performance, giving his monologues and banter a new dimension that would be lost without that talent.

Sadly, the film does not afford the same depth to its villain, who seems to be a simple “everything wrong with industry” type of guy without a shred of sympathy, with the alwaystalented Kyle MacLachlan (“Twin Peaks”) wasted with barely any screentime. It gets

to the point where he gets on expensive private jets with his nasty wife and purebred dog while ignoring the plight of the players beneath him.

The underlying tone can be a bit ham-fisted as well, feeling less like the actors are debating the issue and more that one is a strawman and the other is a verbal Hercules, crushing and tossing around the victim in free-fall.

It becomes worse the less one knows about the subject matter, as the film attempts to make its themes universal, but the core driving force of the plot demands at least some knowledge of the NBA. It is definitely geared toward a certain audience: one that actually watches the sport.

The supporting cast is treated a little more kindly, with each meant to reflect a part of the industry they inhabit, from players (Melvin Gregg, “American Vandal”) to coaches (Bill Duke, “The Predator”) to managers (Sonja Sohn,

“The Wire”). It helps bolster the main plot, but one might feel like the film is going through the motions.

The focus on bureaucratic functionality can also make for some dry momentum. Thankfully, however, most of the dialogue is character-centric.

Sadly, the stakes can feel a bit weightless when the most intense moments are limited to offices and living rooms. There is not even any basketball played in the whole film, instead supplemented with biblical references and arguments.

Under all that is a heart that truly wants to speak about a certain issue to a specific subset of people. Those into the intricacies of sports will find a lot to love, especially those with players they know by name to cheer on. Those people will find something amazing that will come off as witty and relatable, but sadly, others will find an actionless melodrama about people in business wear.

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Sudoku Fill in the grid so that each row, column and 3x3 block contains 1-9 exactly once.

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4. Hostel 30. Rep.’s opponent 5. Rodent catcher 32. Prayer close 6. Pencil end 35. Ketchup fruit 7. Set 38. Distinctive time 8. Spanish miss 39. Upon 9. Margarine 40. Guitar device 10. Cry of sorrow 41. Plow-pulling ani11. Tennis’s ___ Sammals pras 43. Actress ___ Ban16. Make lace croft 20. Waiter’s handout 44. Destiny 22. Modern convenience 45. Norse thunder god 23. Air hero 47. ___ Francisco 24. Two (Sp.) 48. Nothing

Across 1. Sandwich store 5. ___ Ryan of “You’ve Got Mail” 8. Cleansing bar 12. Drizzle 13. Unrefined metal 14. She, to Pierre 15. Ultimate 17. Tidy 18. Join together 19. Donkey 20. Elk’s kin 21. Wobble 23. Summer coolers 27. ___ and Tobago 31. Fellow leading actor 33. Undergo genetic alteration 34. Educated guess 36. Eve’s guy 37. Rest 39. Oak nut 42. Spoil 43. Sternward 46. City transportation 47. Georgia city 49. Store sign 50. Had brunch 51. Absorbed by 52. Early video game 53. Also not 54. Ogle

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Flashback Friday On Feb. 15, 1950, the Walt Disney animated classic “Cinderella” first premirered in Boston.

Taglined as “The greatest love story ever told,” this magical film became a milestone for animated features, earning three Oscar nominations. Today, it currently sits at 97 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and even spawned a live-action remake in 2015.

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