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Gym hours considered for expansion

Oswego Health to receive $1.4 SA requests for Reslife to keep fitness centers open longer million from new budget act Kassadee Paulo Asst. News Editor kpaulo@oswegonian.com Student Association recently passed a bill requesting Residence Life and Housing to extend hours of operation at the Cooper and Glimmerglass Fitness Centers on the Oswego State campus.

After hearing concern of students being too busy to exercise in the fitness centers during open hours, Student Association Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Omar van Reenen decided to look into the issue.

“A lot of our students are highly invested on campus within clubs and organizations while they are l i v i ng o n c a m p u s ,” va n R e e ne n said. “By being heavily involved on campus, they can’t sometimes use the hours that are provided to them now.”

The current hours for both fitness centers include: Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. “ I t h i n k t h e h o u r s a re ok a y right now, but I would prefer to see them extended later to maybe 11[p.m.] or 12[a.m.], which seems late, but we have other student workers on campus working un-

til 3[a.m.],” graduate student Kimberly Lagatta said. “Midnight isn’t that bad.”

T he b i l l u rg e s R e s i d e nc e L i fe and Housing “to further accommodate the students’ need for extended hours and address the possibility of implementing the hours as they deem fit, in conjunction with the results in the survey,” according to Student Association Resolution: The Extension of Fitness

Hours Act. The Fitness Center Extended Hours survey was made available to students via the Facebook pages for SUNY Oswego Accepted Students of 2019, 2020 and 2021. Of the 200 responses, 70.5 percent claim to already be a member for the fitness centers. Additionally, 95 percent said they think the fitness centers

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Kyle Hurley | The Oswegonian Currently, both fitness centers on campus are open daily, but their hours vary depending on the day.

Dating violence awareness sought in February Title IX office sees increase in students seeking advice on relationship abuse Julia Tilley Staff Writer news@oswegonian.com

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February is Dating Violence Awareness Month, and Oswego State is advocating for awareness.

The “It’s On Oz” campaign has been sponsoring events all year to help educate students about the dangers and signs of dating violence. Since partnering with the One Love Foundation, an organization that focuses on helping people understand the difference between healthy and unhealthy relationships, in 2015, It’s On Oz has hosted 40 escalation workshops, six “Stick it to Love” programs, two Yards for Yeardley campus challenges and numerous other programs in conjunction with the One Love Foundation.

According to Lisa Evaneski, Oswego State’s Title IX coordinator, there has been an increase in the number of stu-

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dents who come to her to ask for help in relation to dating violence. According to the Clery Report, reported on-campus student housing dating violence went from one report in 2014 to five reports in 2015 and 2016.

“We definitely have seen an uptick in how many people come to us for advice

for this type of thing,” Evaneski said. “We get third-party reports where people are looking for ways to talk to a friend about this. I think with the more outreach and education we do, the more were going to see that kind of reporting.”

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Oswego Health is one of the small, low-volume hospitals expected to benefit following the passing of the Bipartisan Budget Act. Following its passage, Oswego Health will receive $1.4 million over the course of five years in additional funding. This act was supported and announced by U.S. Representative for New York’s 24th district John Katko.

“Rural hospitals like Oswego Health face significant, unique challenges in providing care,” Katko said in a statement. “Throughout my time in Congress, I’ve worked alongside Oswego Health to ensure t hey a re a bl e to d e l i ve r t he b e s t quality care and was proud to suppor t this budget, which provides significant support and funding certainty to Oswego Health and other rural providers.”

Jeff Coakley, the executive vice president for Oswego Health said the money allocated by the Medicare low-volume payment adjustment is crucial to Oswego Health being able to continue providing quality care to their patients.

In a press release provided by E r i c C a m p b e l l , O s w e g o H e a l t h’s chief financial officer, the funding will be used to help physician recruitment initiatives, as well as technology and physician upgrades. Oswego Health senior director of communications Marion Cicarelli in an official statement provided more insight into what this would include.

“The Bipartisan Budget Act will allow Oswego Health to provide additional resources toward its strategic goals, which include improved quality and employee satisfaction initiatives, as well as staff education and training,” Cicarelli said.

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Expanse of free speech tackled in first Oz Speaks

Reach of First Amendment, effect on hate speech discussed by panel Kassadee Paulo Asst. News Editor kpaulo@oswegonian.com A group of panelists discussed the difference between hate speech and free speech in relation to the First Amendment Thursday at Oswego State for the first Oz Speaks program of the semester.

The discussion, moderated by Dean of Students Jerri Howland, included Provost for Academic Affairs Scott Furlong, assistant professor in the communications department Jason Zenor and SUNY General Counsel Joe Storch, an alumnus of Oswego State.

Howland introduced the topic and urged the audience to allow others to speak their own truths and remain respectful, in accordance to the principles of participation as followed at each Oz Speaks event.

“We hope that by being here, you are indicating that you appreciate the value of having space and validating each other’s experience regardless of whether or not you agree with them,” Howland said. “We can’t always understand why others look at the world in different lenses than we do, but it does not diminish our human need to be heard and listened to and cared for.”

She opened the discussion by questioning the phrase “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will

never hurt me.”

Furlong said, as a father, he does not believe in this phrase because “some of the most deep wounds come from words.”

Zenor said he believes words are powerful and have a long-lasting effect, but we should separate action from speech and learn to move on and figure out what the issues are.

College students typically think hate speech is not protected by the First Amendment, Howland said.

Storch said some forms of hate speech are not protected by the amendment, including fighting words and that of imminent threat.

Hate speech does not violate the First Amendment, but all three panelists agreed to the need to foster civil discourse and have healthy debates on topics where people have differing opinions.

“Hate speech is protected, and we cannot arrest people simply for the words they say,” Storch said. “Some of the best ways to change minds is not by yelling hate speech to hate speech; it’s positive speech to hate speech.”

The topic of the internet in relation to the First Amendment sparked the discussion of social media. Storch said the First Amendment does not bind speech via social media because it is not part of the government. In relation to how social media affects society in general, Furlong said there is a lot of “noise” that

one must filter through.

Storch said speech is punishable by law when there is a true threat to harm someone else. The panelists used the U.S. Supreme Court case of Snyder v. Phelps in 2011 as an example to show that even if speech is negative and harmful, it can be protected by following correct protocols such as being on public property and using political speech. This case was argued after members of the Westboro Baptist Church picketed at the funeral of a man in the military who was killed in the line of duty. The act was deemed protected by the First Amendment.

The topic of the recent school shooting in Parkland, Florida, was also brought up, including that the shooter had posted to social media he wanted to be a famous school shooter. Zenor said people who go online and post threatening things are flagged by authorities and watched.

“What is the point in time where we can start arresting people based on predictive analytics of whether they are going to commit a crime? That is a very hard question,” Storch said. “The answer is essentially impossible.”

The discussion concluded with Howland stating that free speech is a vital part of civic engagement as a student and to not waste the opportunities to articulate their views.

Black Student Union Variety Show, 7 p.m., Friday in Hewitt Union Ballroom.

Black Student Union Summit and Alumni Panel, 11 a.m., Saturday in Marano Campus Center, room 201.

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

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

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

“Generations VI: A Master of Arts in Teaching Exhibition,” 10 a.m., Tuesday in Tyler Hall.

Open skate, 6:30 p.m., Tuesday in Marano Campus Center Ice Arena.

IYOI Screening: Machines, 6:30 p.m., Wednesday in Park Hall, room 315.

Sportsmanship Day Symposium, 2:20 p.m., Thursday in Lanigan Hall, room 103.

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I Am Oz Talk: Shiza Shahid, 6 p.m., Thursday in Marano Campus Center, room 132.

From left to right Jerri Howland, Joe Storch, Jason Zenor and Scott Furlong paneled the discussion for the first Oz Speaks of this semester.

The Kinks & Kurls club, a newly founded organization, requested $76 for art supplies to use for promotion while tabling. The group currently has seven e-board members and anticipates at least 30 members to join. The club will serve as a safe space and provide education on different types of hair and the impact hair has in the work place and society.

There will be an interest meeting March 2 where there will also be a tutorial on how to style hair.

The Oswego State c h e e rl e a d i n g o rg a n i z a tion asked Student Association to relocate funds that were not used for their coach’s salary during the semester to have it moved to their account for competitions.

Jerri Howland, advisor to S t ud en t As s o c iation,

informed senators on upcoming events such as I am Oz and Oz Speaks.

Howland requested SA to have a moment of silence in remembrance of the victims in the recent school shooting in Florida, followed by a discussion of how safe senators feel the campus is.

Jerri Howland, advisor to Student Association, also reminded sena to r s t h a t d u r i n g t h i s period when new lead-

ership positions are being chosen in organizations for next year, it is important to recruit new members from the younger classes to take over the organizations once the senior members graduate.

Director of Finance Miranda Kryskow annou nced there is cu r rently $10,080 in the contingency fund for the remainder of the semester. She also said budget council would be discussing club sports Thursday.

A4 NEWS Extra money from federal bill coming to Oswego Health THE OSWEGONIAN FRIDAY, Feb. 23, 2018

Suggestions for improving staff retention, training, hospital treatment OSWEGO HEALTH from COVER Continued staff training and education is a priority for both staff and patients at Oswego Health who hope to see the competence of hospital staff continue to improve. “ I h a d a f r i e nd w ho w e n t t he re several times over the course of two months with severe abdominal pain.

They were checking him for all sorts of issues such as ulcers, tears in his colon and colon cancer,” said Stacy Baum, an Oswego State graduate student. “Turns out, he had a severe case of appendicitis the whole time. Didn’t know until he was vomiting uncontrollably and needed to be rushed to the Syracuse hospital.”

Amber Fieldson, a registered nurse from Oswego Health, also mentioned the importance of training and proper staffing, especially in the hospital setting. Lynette is not currently working at Oswego Health due to recently having had a child.

“My thoughts on ways they can improve the care [at Oswego

Health] honestly has largely to do with staff,” Fieldson said. “I think number one priority would be in-

The department enjoyed an overall 90 percent patient satisfaction rate in January 2018..."

- Marion Ciciarelli senior director of communications, Oswego Health

creasing the retention rate of staff so that the experience level is increasing and increasing the numbers of staff. Increasing education is always super important too,when expecting anyone to do well in jobs like this.”

Ciciarelli emphasized how the staff

and physicians of Oswego Health strive to provide exceptional care.

“Oswego Hospital’s emergency department alone has more than 27,000 patient visits each year,” Ciciarelli said. “The depar tment enjoyed an overall 90 percent patient satisfaction rate in January 2018, according to its latest Press Ganey report.”

The Bipartisan Budget Act is aimed specifically at assisting small h o s p i t a l s i n r u r a l a re a s , p rov i d ing special Medicare payments. In order for a hospital to qualify for a low-volume payment adjustment, it must be located 15 miles or further from the nearest hospital and have a low number of Medicare discharges, according to a press release from Katko’s office.

Katko supported this act in hopes of continuing the improvement of the care offered at rural hospitals.

The act will provide ample resources for Oswego Health to implement the improvements, both educational and structural. This funding is set to begin in the 2019 fiscal year.

Suit Up program outfits Oswego State students Partnership between JCPenney, colleges around U.S. dress students in professional wear Cole Parzych Editor-in-Chief cparzych@oswegonian.com

The Shaun Cassidy Fan Club improv group performs a series of loosely structured skits for its audience.

Students at the first “Suit Up” event hosted by Career Services Feb. 18 at the Destiny USA JCPenney location called their parents asking why there were three numbers on the tags for dress shirts or what matched best with certain pieces.

But that was precisely what the event was for: helping uninformed students get ready for the professional world.

In addition to the 40 percent off coupon given to students upon entry, JCPenney offered measurements, minimakeovers at the in-store Sephora, assistance with matching, professional portraits and JCPenney gift card giveaways every half hour.

Oswego State was one of the first schools in New York to take part in this first-year initiative with JCPenney. The event is nationwide with about 25 other “Suit Up” events held by colleges and local JCPenney locations, said Kimberly Merle, the general manager of the Destiny USA location. SUNY Binghamton and University at Buffalo are two others involved in offering this program to their students.

Gary Morris, director of Career Services at Oswego State, had been planning this since the middle of the fall 2017 semester.

“About mid-October, we heard about the program, and it took me about five seconds to sign onto this thing because I knew it was going to be a pretty big hit with our students,” Morris said.

Morris said he discussed this with the corporate offices of JCPenney and was put in contact with Merle to get this specific event off the ground.

“Our corporate office connected Gary and I together,” Merle said. “We had several conference calls to plan the event. I think our first conference call was probably in November with Gary. He came to see us, and we sat down and had a lot of visits to kind of coordinate things together.“ Career services wanted to plan an event like this for three reasons, Morris said: help students financially, prepare

these students with professional attire and show some Oswego pride with an event of this scale.

“I just wanted to make this event something people would like,” Morris said. “This is Oswego, and we’re all Oswegonians in this process. And we’re rowing in the same direction for everyone’s success here. “ The event was widely successful, according to both parties. Oswego State was second in amount spent behind Colorado State University. Students from the Fort Collins, Colorado, campus spent roughly $56,000, while Oswego State students racked up a bill of $42,528.

“There has been 25 events nationwide, and the volume that we did here ranked number two out of the 25 stores that have had similar events,” Merle said. “The only event that beat us in total volume was Colorado State University, and they have quite a bit more students than SUNY Oswego does.”

On average, each student spent $109.05 and all together saved more than $17,000.

On top of that, 41 JCPenney credit cards were opened, which helped students save an additional 15 percent. There were also other store savings available to students on specific items, aside from the 40 percent off coupon offered to all.

Morris said the Oswego JCPenney did not have the staff, inventory or space for the event, after his original thought was to hold it at that location. This forced the event to be moved to a larger store in Destiny USA, which is about 50 minutes away.

Career Services originally had four busses sponsored to transport students down, but because of demand, the Ac-

counting Society sponsored a fifth Onondaga Coach bus to transport their students. The President’s Office sponsored one of the original four busses. Assistant Vice President for Residence Life and Housing Richard Kolenda, School of Business Dean Richard Skolnik and Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Jerald Woolfolk were three others who helped with transportation costs to Syracuse, but it started with Woolfolk’s help.

“I brought it up to senior leadership in student affairs,” Morris said. “Dr. Jerald Woolfolk said ‘put me down for a bus,’ and it caught fire from there. There was no hesitation in her voice. She went out and gathered support for transportation to get students down there.”

This location received additional merchandise, and associates were given more training on how to properly measure students and meet the demand to appease the crowd.

“We didn’t really know going into it how successful it was going to be, but I can tell you the way Oswego promoted it was definitely contributed to how successful the event was,” Merle said. “All of my associates said this after the event was over, that it was probably the nicest group that we’ve dealt with. The students were phenomenal and very appreciative, which was very heartwarming to see.”

Morris and Merle said they are open to hosting another “Suit Up” event next year as well.

“I’ve already contacted Gary and said ‘you know what, let’s talk about another one'” Merle said.

Photo provided by Career Services Students wait for the busses to Syracuse outside Marano Campus Center on Feb. 18. to go to JCPenney.

SA presidential election timeline released Alexander Gault-Plate News Editor aplate@oswegonian.com Student Association has begun the process of electing a new president and vice president for the 2018-2019 academic year.

Petitions were made available on Feb. 12, and all Oswego State students interested in running for either position were required to attend an information session about the rules of the elections on Feb. 4 through Feb. 9.

On March 4, those who have received the appropriate number of signatures on their petition must turn those petitions in. Those running for president or vice president need 500 signatures, but the petitions have space for 550 names in the event that false names are given during the signing process.

Between March 6 and 8, the SA Elections Subcommittee, which is responsible for managing every aspect of the elections each year, will review the petitions to ensure they fit the requirements imposed, such as number of signatures, and that petitions were administered by the candi-

date themselves.

Last year, Emily Stasko asked for her teammates to assist with the petitioning process, which disqualified her from the election process, causing some controversy over the transparency of the election rules.

Once the petitions pass the Election Subcommittee, the official slate of candidates will be posted online and in residence halls across campus on March 20. Once the official slate is posted, candidates may begin campaigning for their positions.

According to the Student Association President/Vice President Elections Packet, political canvassing, including for a position in SA, must be approved by the Office of Residence Life and Housing if it is to occur in a residence hall. If the candidate wishes to canvas in any nonresidential building, they must talk to the Department of Campus Life or Auxiliary Services if they wish to canvas in a dining hall. No door-to-door canvasing on college grounds is permitted.

Between March 22 and April 12, the debates will begin. At most three debates will occur, but specific dates and times

have not yet been determined.

On April 15, the campaign process will end, and the polls will open on April 17.

Hosted on the SA website through LakerLife, all students that pay their student activities fee will be able to vote for one candidate for president and one candidate for vice president. Shared tickets, where a president and vice president run together, will not be allowed.

Once the elections close on April 18, the following meeting of the SA Senate will hold a vote on the election results.

The senate will vote on whether the election results are fair and accurate representations of the votes of the students.

On April 25, the SA Supreme Court will validate the election results, again to confirm the results are a fair and accurate representation of the student vote.

Finally, on May 1, the new SA president and vice president will be sworn into their positions and work with the outgoing president and vice president as the administrations switch over before summer break begins.

Updates will be sent out to students via their Oswego email accounts as the election process continues.

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Photo Briefs Unlawful Imprisonment in The Village

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At 6:17 a.m. on Feb. 17 at The Village, University Police arrested Shane Foster on charges of unlawful imprisonment in the second degree.

Foster, who is not an Oswego State student, is from Tonowanda. On Feb. 17, University Police responded to an incident, labeled “sexual assault” on the University Police Daily Incident Repor t, at The Village, houses A-F. The incident is still under investigation by the Oswego County District Attorney's office, and addition al c harge s may b e levie d

a g a i n s t Fo s t e r, w h o w i l l a p p e a r before the Oswego Town Court on March 19.

Oswego State University Police Chief John Rossi said the suspect w a s lo c a t e d w i t h i n a ve r y s ho r t time by officers.

“The public was never in any danger from this incident,” Rossi said in an email statement.

According to the New York state courts’ website, a person is considered guilty of unlawful imprisonment in the second degree when he or she intentionally restrains a person, against their will.

Surprise Valentine's for Oswego High School

Photo provided by Katie Bradshaw

High school students in the Oswego City School District walked into school Feb. 14 to find 1,800 p i n k a nd re d h a nd m a d e he a r t s taped on all of their lockers stretching down the halls.

As an act of kindness, an anonymous high school student and her family spent the past month cutting out paper hearts and writing kind messages on them. Then, the night before Valentine’s Day, they went into the high school and spent two hours hanging them on every high school student’s locker.

“I hope this inspires people to be kind,” the student said.

She said she wanted all of her

peers to feel loved and cared about, not just those who had dates on Valentine’s Day. The hearts included varying handwritten messages such as “Be Kind,” “Be Brave,” “Be Extraordinary” and “Be Yourself,” each with doodles of smaller hearts and the like.

The Valentine’s Day secret admirer said she prefers to have the act remain anonymous, but also did this act last year as well.

“I hope that this spreads positivity in my school and lets my peers know they are loved and special,” t h e d o - g o o d e r s a i d . “ I re a l l y j u s t want them to know they are never alone and someone always care about them.”

SAF, It's On Oz used as education tools for teens, young adults in relationships DATING from COVER Oswego State University Police Chief John Rossi also credits the increasing number of dating violence reports to the education Evaneski and Title IX give to students.

“With the education the lifestyle programs do, that Title IX does, I think our students are very, very well educated in how to have a proper relationship and get the most out of it,” Rossi said. “I think it is a problem in society, and I just think that the education that we do makes that issue a lot less frequent that we have to deal with because of the education that goes on, so I see correlation to the work of Title IX, Lifestyles, and our counseling center.”

Education is really the goal for the Title IX office.

“We are not only honoring awareness months; we program year round. Orientation to graduation is our motto. We want to make sure that we are offering all of our students and employees the opportunity to learn more about all of these topics year round,” Evaneski said.

On campus, students can meet with Evaneski and reach out to It’s On Oz with any Title IX related issues, but they can also reach out to Services to Aid Families, or SAF, a program that provides free and confidential services to anyone af-

fected by crimes such as domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking.

One main point organizations like SAF and It’s On Oz are trying to convey to students is that dating violence is possible in any relationship.

“It’s important to show that it can happen to anyone, and statistics show that 1 in 3 people will experience dating violence at some point, in some way, so it holds offenders accountable and will hopefully create an environment so the community can respond and support individuals in a good, positive way,” Chelsea Spier of SAF said. “I hope more students will be able to recognize the signs of unhealthy behaviors and become more active bystanders if they see this happening with the people around them. The goal is really to increase awareness of how to help and the resources that are available if you need help.”

By having these presentations and conversations on campus, students can come together and make Oswego State a safer community.

“Some people might not know boundaries. They might not realize the behaviors that they’re doing can be considered alarming to the other person,” Rossi said.

From 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 21, It’s On Oz held an Escalation Workshop in Mara-

no Campus Center Room 133. The goal of the program was to educate students on signs of dating violence in case they or anybody they know ever find themselves in an abusive situation.

“Teaching early warning signs are really a best practice,” Evaneski said. “We can work with students and employees to review safety plans, talk with friends, discuss ways to help a friend who might be in an abusive relationship and strategize with them to get their friend help.”

If students would like to report any instances of dating violence, they can contact Lisa Evaneski at lisa.evaneski@ oswego.edu or at 315-312-5604, which has a private voicemail. They can contact the Title IX Office at titleix@oswego.edu or meet with Chelsea Spier from 8:30 a.m to 4:30 p.m., Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday in Mary Walker room 125.

Another option would be to call the 24hour hotline at 315-342-1600.

With an increasing number of workshops and resources on campus, the hope is that students will gain the knowledge of what to do if they should ever come across dating violence in their own lives or in their friends’ lives.

“They just may not know what to do when they see the signs, and that’s why the resources exist, so that we can increase awareness about what the signs are and what to do,” Spier said.

Next Great Business Idea begins new competition $25,000 grand prize to help start company idea, enrich Oswego commerce Reggie Debrah Staff Writer news@oswegonian.com The Next Greatest Business Idea, a contest between entrepreneurs looking to start businesses within Oswego County, is ready to begin its 2018 campaign.

The 2018 edition of the competition will be the fourth time the contest has run since its creation in 2008. The past three competitions have awarded a grand prize of $25,000 to the winners, but this year, the grand prize has doubled and the winner of the NGI competition will receive a $50,000 grand prize.

Companies that have won in the past include Ocean Blue Technology, a Fulton company that developed the DiveBud Scuba Safety platform, and Lakeside Artisans, which has since been renamed to Riverside Artisans, a shop in downtown Oswego known for its handmade arts and crafts. The most recent winner in 2014 was AcroArt, a company that creates covers for musical instruments in Fulton.

The event was first started through a collaboration between Operation Oswego County, an economic development organization, and public and private business sectors. The goal of the competition is to further enhance the entrepreneurship ecosystem of Oswego county. Applicants can live anywhere, but the prize money must be used to fund a business within Oswego county.

Austin Wheelock, the deputy director of operations for Oswego County, explained the process an applicant must go through in the NGI competition.

“Business concept proposals that are scored high by the judges in their evaluation will be selected to move on to the

next phase, which is to develop a full business plan by July 1,” Wheelock said.

“The judges will then evaluate the business plans and select those to move on to the final phase, to present in person to the judges on Sept. 14. The winner will be announced the next week on Sept. 18 at an awards luncheon in Oswego.”

While unsuccessful participants will receive no prize money, they will still receive written advice on how to better improve their business ideas.

The chairman of the county econ o m i c d e v e lo p m e n t a n d p l a n n i n g committee, Tim Stahl, who is also the county legislator of the town of Oswego, praisedthe idea of bringing new businesses to the county.

While the NGI competition does hope to jump start the business industry of Oswego county, it also hopes to influence entrepreneurs to work hard to start up their businesses. Past winner of the NGI

competition, Matthew Vacanti of AcroArt spoke about how the competition not only provided financial help, but motivation from the competition’s personnel helped him get through the challenging parts of the competition.

“When I was developing the product, there were some moments when I wanted to give up,” Vacanti said. “The momentum of the competition and knowing the committee believed in me and was counting on me kept me going.”

To enter the competition, an entrant must submit a business concept proposal, cover application and $25 application fee to Operation Oswego County Foundation Inc or emailed to ngioswegocounty@gmail.com by 5 p.m., March 1.

The business proposal will consist of a 1,000-word or less written presentation, a business concept, a business opportunity, a product/service description and a market concept.

Taylor Woods | The Oswegonian Operation Oswego County is a local economic development group and started the Next Great Buisness Idea competition.

Pilot planned for longer hours at fitness centers

Following SA request, Reslife considers expanding gym availability GYM from COVER should offer extended hours during the week. Of the responses, 77.3 percent of students said they would prefer to have the fitness centers stay open until 11 p.m.

If the extended hours were to be enacted, 43.2 percent of the surveyed students said they would be likely to buy a membership to the fitness centers.

“A large amount of people want extended hours, and a large amount of people are willing to buy a membership if it gets extended,” van Reenen said.

Brian Wallace, the manager of the fitness centers, said if the decision is made to extend the hours, the fitness centers would probably have to add one or two more student employees, and the membership fee would increase to compensate for the extra hours of operation.

There are a little over 3,000 students with memberships, which is 37.5 percent of residents, according to Wallace.

“Although that number is a little hard to quantify, about 40 percent use

the actively use their membership at least once a week,” Wallace said. “About 165 students have not swiped in at all, and 60 percent of the members use the fitness centers sporadically - less than once per week.”

The fitness centers are launching a pilot program next semester with extended hours to compare usage and membership with the fall 2017 numbers, according to Wallace.

“We already anticipate increasing membership rates due to increasing minimum wages,” Wallace said. “Adding operating hours may be challenging unless the additional hours will add new members.

The members of SA and results of the survey both bring up valid points, as we want our students to have the convenient outlets to be physically active.”

Kyle Hurley | The Oswegonian The two campus fitness centers, Glimmerglass and Cooper, serve about 3,000 members.

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Lauren Burns, expected to come to campus Feb. 8, unexpectedly fails to present speech

Imani Simpson Staff Writer news@oswegonian.com A literary publishing event hosted by the Writers Open Forum on Feb. 20 in Sheldon Hall featured a presentation and discussion with Inkitt representative Lauren Burns.

However, Burns never showed up, and the night came to an early close for attendees and club members.

Burns reached out to Writer’s Open Forum through Facebook Messenger on Dec. 8, 2017, in the interest of speaking, stating that she is “currently touring U.S. universities speaking about online writing communities.”

I n k i t t , t h e c o m p a n y s h e re p re sents, is an online publishing group that takes manuscript submissions and publishes the most popular for a profit. As stated in her messages to the club, Burns' intention had been to speak to the “way we consume books” due to “the publishing industry changing and evolving.”

The Writer’s Open Forum is a club interested in helping writers improve their craft and bringing information about the literary industry to the students of Oswego State. This event was one of three they had planned for the spring semester.

Attended by 30 non-members, including about 18 students from Laura Donnelly’s literary publishing class, this program had a large turnout, according to its president, John Thompson. The event was slated to begin at 6 p.m. Ten minutes past the start time, a representative of the club informed the crowd that they were in search of Burns but were free to leave if she did not turn up in the next few minutes.

Those that stayed waited hopef u l l y u n t i l a b o u t 6 : 3 0 p . m . b e f o re filing out. One attendee, Zariah Aldrich-Banks, having looked into the

company beforehand, conveyed her disappointment.

Secretary Tiffany Baez said she expected Burns to discuss her experiences with an indie publisher and getting into the industry.

As the flyer for the program declares, they hoped to “learn the inside scoop” about independent publishers.

An email was received from an Inkitt representative by Thompson on Feb. 13 in confirmation to the assigned event date and time. Both Baez and Thompson notified their correspondents of the change in location, though neither Burns nor the representative responded.

The last correspondence with Burns was on Feb. 7 confirming that the Feb. 20 works for her and asking for “the specific details” of the event. A reply was sent the same day

with no response. The next attempt to reach Burns, on Feb. 16, this time to inform her of a change in location, was also met with silence. There is no indication as to whether she ever made it to campus, and it is currently unclear if she has plans to reschedule.

The club members felt a sense of responsibility and offered apologies to all attendees as they made their way out of the auditorium.

“I just feel bad that we wasted people’s time,” Thompson said.

Although this evening was disheartening for the club members, they joked about Burns having shown up as a ghost and writing a mystery novel about it. Writers Open Forum usually hosts two to three speaker-based events every semester, and although this one fell through, the club intends to host two more before the semester is over.

Taylor Woods | The Oswegonian The room for the presentation changed to Shineman 175 hours before the program began to facilitate a larger audience.

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Editor’s Column: Whiteout Weekend needs to go

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One of the best things every year at Oswego State is Whiteout Weekend, but it is time for the tradition to end.

Whiteout occurs when the Plattsburgh State men’s hockey team visits the Marano Campus Center Ice Arena, as we all know. It is just not as much fun as it should be.

The athletics department experimented last year with “Gold Rush,” having the Lakers wear their alternate jerseys for the SUNYAC championship game, but that failed too.

Since the inaugural Whiteout on Feb. 10, 2007, Oswego State is 5-9-2 on home ice when Plattsburgh State comes to town. Part of that can be attributed to the added pressure brought to the players from all the unnecessary preparation that goes into it.

For fans, the weekend brings a level of excitement that is not matched at any other point outside of Bridge Street Run. Waiting on Sunday morning for the tickets and building up the rivalry against the Cardinals have become staples of the Oswego State fanhood, but it is too distracting.

With Plattsburgh State officially eliminated from playoff contention, two consecutive senior classes for Oswego State have failed to beat their arch rivals on home ice.

Using this current season as an example, the Lakers were without a doubt the best team in the conference from beginning to end. Getting shutout in two straight games by fringe playoff teams was uncharacteristic, especially since Oswego State outshot their opponents by a combined total of 7730 over the weekend.

Outside of the TEAL game on Oct. 28, which was an important night for the team in so many ways beyond the outcome on the ice, the Lakers have not played in an atmosphere similar to the one against Plattsburgh State at all this season.

Before Whiteout Weekend, the Lakers were 9-1-0 on home ice this season, with their only blemish coming against the Manhattanville College Valiants over the winter break. It is impossible to pinpoint one reason as to why Oswego State suddenly fell flat, but the distractions are easy to eliminate.

Any team in Div. III would love to take nine of 10 games, and that happened for the Lakers under regular circumstances. So, just get rid of the extra that comes with Whiteout.

I can not speak on behalf of the players and the coaching staff, but minimizing the rivalry against Plattsburgh State might be the best thing for the on-ice product.

For Oswego State, Whiteout gives reason for alumni to return and drives students to show pride for the school. Those are both good things, but the rivalry is so ingrained that everything extra can be done away with, and those two things will still remain. Before Whiteout started, the rivalry was very much alive and well when the Lakers played in the Romney Field House.

For the last two seasons, the Lakers have won at the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena with relative ease. The rivalry will never go away and there is an argument to be made for having fun being prioritized over winning in an NCAA Div. III sport, but leaving these two storied programs to settle things on the ice without all the hype behind it will breed a stronger on ice product and a stronger rivalry in the forum where it actually matters.

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Defending SUNYAC champions back again Lakers look to knock off juggernaut Plattsburgh State coming off offensive surge Luke Scoville Sports Editor lscoville@oswegonian.com

Ryan Zalduondo Asst. Sports Editor rzalduondo@oswegonian.com

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Oswego State men’s basketball has returned to the SUNYAC Championship tournament weekend as defending champions.

The No. 5 Lakers defeated No. 4 SUNY Geneseo on the road Tuesday night, 9584, in the first round to advance to the SUNYAC semifinal game against No. 1 Plattsburgh State.

The Lakers’ offense thrived, especially in the second half, scoring 60 points and shooting over 50 percent from the field for the game.

Senior Jamir Ferebee was dominant on both ends of the floor, scoring 21 points, dishing out six assists and grabbing four rebounds. Despite the successful night for him and the team, he suffered a lower right leg injury in the final seconds of the game that could affect his status for Friday night’s semifinal matchup. “[Ferebee]’s injured. We’re not sure if he’s going to play or what,” head coach Jason Leone said. “We’re not really going to disclose any of that stuff.”

The injury did look significant, as Ferebee was not able to put pressure on it while he hobbled off the floor in the final minute of the game. The night may have been bittersweet, but it does not take away the impact he had on the win. “[Ferebee] was awesome. It was awesome,” Leone said. “It was a complete team effort, but he played the way a senior would play.”

Fellow senior classmate Ian Schupp also had a big night, scoring 20 points on four 3-pointers made and reaching 1,000 points scored for his collegiate career.

“Definitely an awesome moment for me,” Schupp said. “But, since the beginning of the season, my goal has been to win another SUNYAC [Championship].”

Leone has coached Schupp for three of his four seasons and has seen him scoring most of the point total the past two seasons (644) in a more prominent role in his offensive system.

“It’s an incredible accomplishment,” Leone said. “We recruited Ian [Schupp] here, knowing he can put the ball in the basket. He’s handled it better than anybody I’ve coached in terms of getting up to that number and not pressing. I’m glad he got there. I think it’s a tribute

to all the hard work he’s put in and dedication.”

As Schupp mentioned before, a milestone like that is something to acknowledge, but his and the team’s sights are set on the bigger picture for the SUNYAC Championship against a dangerously hot team like Plattsburgh State.

The Cardinals have won 17 straight games and 15 of them have been in SUNYAC play. In their last nine contests, they are outscoring opponents by an average 28.5 points per game. In that span they did play Oswego State on Feb. 2, who led at the half, but fell to the Cardinals in a hard-fought game, 74-60.

“I think when we get in the game we got to compete,” Leone said. “I think one thing Plattsburgh does better than everybody in the league is they really go after the ball, they really run the floor and they’re great at getting easy buckets.”

The Cardinals are a big, physical and athletic team that gives the Lakers’ matchup issues running a four-guard set. If Ferebee is unable to play, it will likely be the senior forward Josh Ivey who slides in to the starting lineup alongside Tyler Pierre in the low-post.

“I don’t think it’s much challenging.

I think every team has a chance to get to the championship,” Pierre said. “One of the biggest things I learned [playing Plattsburgh] is you can’t play soft. The first game [home] and the second game there, I played pretty soft, and it can’t happen.”

Leone feels they have been in the right spots defensively against the Cardinals, but preaches more “concentration” against a team like them.

A likely candidate for SUNYAC Player of the Year is Plattsburgh State guard Jonathon Patron. He is averaging 21.9 points per game this season and had a pair of 27-point performances against the Lakers.

Patron will not be the only headache for Leone and the Lakers. Eli Bryant is averaging 17 points per game and is coming off a weekend where he was named SUNYAC Player of the Week. To add to their depth, Eric Mack is averaging 11.3 points per game and the trio of Chris Middleton, Brandon Johnson and Nick DeAngelis average around 8.5 points a game as well.

Oswego State has deep scoring of their own but could be without their

Austin Dearborn | The Oswegonian Schupp is the 19th player in Laker men’s basketball program history to score 1,000 points in a career.

leading scorer. If so, it will be up to other reliable options like Schupp, Brandan Gartland and Liam Sanborn to pick up the Lakers’ perimeter scoring.

“I just think guys have to step up,” Schupp said. “Timmy Marshall played well last night. But I think overall, guys off the bench have to be ready to play and starters will be expected to play even more minutes.”

Oswego State will embrace its underdog status, ignore the entirety of the season and look at the improvement they have displayed the past six games. They are 5-1 in that stretch.

“Just got to be ready for [Plattsburgh State],” Schupp said. “I don’t think we

played a full 40-minute game either time against them. Going into Friday at their place, they’ll definitely be sleeping on us. So, we’ll be sure to give them our best shot this time around.”

The Oswego State Lakers will look to return to SUNYAC Championship for the third straight season in Friday night’s semifinal matchup at Plattsburgh State. It will be a 7:30 p.m. tipoff at Memoria Hall in Plattsburgh, New York.

“I think we’re going to play better. I really do, I really really do,” Leone said.

“I just think when the chips are on the line, this team we play better. We’re going up there with nothing to lose and we’re going to play well.”

Men’s hockey hopes to avoid repeat of last season Power play opportunities, offensive scoring to be addressed as Lakers set to host Fredonia Taylor Woods Photography Director twoods@oswegonian.com On Feb. 21, No. 5 SUNY Fredonia defeated No. 4 Plattsburgh State in the opening round of the SUNYAC playoffs by a score of 4-3 at the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena to advance to the SUNYAC semifinal against No. 1 Oswego State.

SUNY Fredonia has an overall record of 12-10-4 with the win over the Cardinals and finished with a conference record of 7-8-1. Oswego State’s overall record is at 18-5-2 with

their conference record at 13-2-1.

Oswego State men’s ice hockey team will be playing SUNY Fredonia Feb. 24 at the Marano Campus Center Ice Arena after falling to SUNY Potsdam and Plattsburgh State last weekend. The Lakers are coming off consecutive 1-0 losses to those same two teams, which is their first multi-game skid of the season.

“There’s certain specific things with power play we got to be better on,” Oswego State head coach Ed Gosek said. “I thought we played well in both games.”

Taylor Woods | The Oswegonian Gillespie (16) and Zizek (13) working for the puck in their 1-0 loss to Plattsburgh State on Feb. 17.

Despite suffering through the worst weekend of their season, Gosek was optimistic about his team’s performance.

“I thought we hung together as a team,” Gosek said. “There was no finger pointing, there was no coming apart at the seams. Those are all positive things.”

From a player perspective, nothing will change from a mental standpoint heading into the matchup with the Blue Devils.

“Nothing changes at all,” Oswego State goaltender David Richer said. “We played well, the puck just didn’t bounce for us these two games.”

Each game the Lakers have played since their 4-2 win over SUNY Geneseo on Feb. 9 has had playoff implications for at least one team involved, so the added pressure of potential season ending scenarios changed how each game is played.

“Everybody is less risky, they’re playing more of a high percentage game, Gosek said.

“This past weekend we weren’t opportunistic, we had a lot of chances to be. That’s the bottom line, we gotta be better at finding a way to get some pucks to go in along with continuing to play defensively.”

Although they did not see the results they expected, the Lakers were confident that the weekend was an aberration.

“I think guys were focused this weekend, they had the right mindset,” Senior captain Mitchell Herlihey said. “But that’s hockey sometimes, sometimes the better team doesn’t win.”

SUNY Fredonia comes into this weekend as the hotter team with three consecutive wins. Both times SUNY Fredonia met with Oswego State this season, they lost by a combined score of 10-3.

For Oswego State, scoring is the

main priority this weekend, especially when it comes to the power plays, in which they have come up empty in their last 16 opportunities.

“At the end of the day, the power play’s gotta somehow get at least one in there,” sophomore Michael Gillespie said. “Hopefully this week we can find a way and that’s what we’re gonna work on all week in practice.”

These struggles have come at the worst time possible for Oswego State, who could potentially have their season ended with a loss against SUNY Fredonia.

“I think on the power play, we just didn’t have enough urgency,” Gillespie said. “I know we had the chances, we had the shots, we just didn’t get the chances and there were some chances that were there and we just didn’t capitalize on.”

Oswego State will have an advantage this weekend since they will be playing on home ice, which is a goal the team had since the onset of the season.

“It’s pretty exciting with the team we have right now, it’s a good group of guys in the locker room,” Gillespie said.

“We’ve worked hard all year to be in the situation we’re in right now to have home ice advantage in the semifinals.”

Even with last weekend’s setbacks, the Lakers are still 9-3-0 at the Marano Campus Center Ice Arena this season.

“It’s definitely an advantage, but it brings out the best in other teams too, so, we got to be ready for that,” Herlihey said.

One of the things that makes playing at home enjoyable for Oswego State is the amount of fans that come to support them.

“Every team knows how hard it is to play on the road,” Herlihey said. “That being said, we have this nice rink we fill with fans every night. Teams like to play here. You have two to three thousand people cheering for you.”

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SUNYAC Standings

Oswego Scoreboard

Women's Hockey

Men's Hockey

Overall

Oswego State - 1

18-5-2

13-2-1

27

Geneseo - 2 Buffalo State - 3 Plattsburgh - 4

17-5-3

10-3-3

23

16-6-3

9-4-3

21

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13-11-1

7-8-1

15

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11-10-4

7-8-1

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10-10-5

6-8-2

14

10-13-2

5-9-2

12

11-13-1

5-10-1

11

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3-13-0

6

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Overall

Conference

Streak

20-4 19-6 18-7 14-11 14-12 12-13

17-1 14-4 12-4 11-7 10-8 8-10 6-12 5-13 4-14 2-16 Conference

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11-14 9-15 7-18 4-20 Overall

Women's Basketball

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23-2

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12-6 12-6

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13-0-1

31

13-10-2

9-6-1

19

11-12-2

7-8-1

15

12-11-2

4-10-2

10

8-15-2

2-13-1

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The Lakers loss to SUNY Potsdam on Feb. 16 was their first shutout loss since a 4-0 setback at Buffalo State on Jan. 25, 2014.

Oswego State has also scored on zero of their last 16 power play attempts, which is their longest drought of the season.

Alfieri: 14 points Brooks: 7 points, 5 rebounds Halpin: 6 points, 4 steals

OSW:

Encarnacion: 12 points Windhausen: 9 points, 2 blocks

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Lawson: 1 goal Neher: 1 assist, 1 shot Poreda: 35 saves

OSW:

Ivey: 22 points, 6 rebounds Schupp: 13 points

OSW:

Gillespie: 8 shots Richer: 9 saves

OSW: No. 3 seed BUF: No. 2 seed

Men's Basketball Friday, Feb. 23

Men's Hockey Saturday, Feb. 24 @ 7:00 p.m.

FRE: No. 5 seed OSW: No. 1 seed

Track & Field Feb. 23/24

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OSW: No. 5 seed PLA: No. 1 seed

SUNYAC CHAMPIONSHIPS at the College at Brockport

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18-7 15-10

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Seven seniors on the Oswego State women's hockey team played their last game on Feb. 17 at the Marano Campus Center Ice Arena. Captain Olivia Ellis, Mariah Madrigal, Monica Cramer, Laura Thacker, Victoria Blake, Sarah Grupp and Andrea Noss will be leaving the program at the end of the semester. They will be looking to extend their careers with the game on Feb. 24 against Buffalo State in the NEWHL playoffs.

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Women's Track and Field Sophomore | Lockport

In an excellent performance against SUNY Geneseo on Feb. 17, Josh Ivey scored a team-leading 22 points in his last home game as a Laker. It w a s a l s o a c a re e r - h i g h f o r t h e s e nior. The Syracuse native also had a team-leading six rebounds, tied with t e a m m a t e I a n S c h u p p . I vey s c o re d 11 of the team's first 14 points of the game, resulting in a 65-58 win over the Knights. He has averaged 9.5 points per game this season, claiming a spot as a consistent scorer for the Lakers.

Sarah Yensan had an excellent showing at the Golden Eagle invitational hosted by the College at Brockport. The sophomore had three personal records at the invitational and finished fourth in the long jump with a 5.43 meter jump. The Lockport native also finished seventh in the high jump and 11th in the triple jump at the Golden Eagle Invitational. Yensan and the rest of her team are going to the College at Brockport on Feb. 23 and 24 to compete in the indoor SUNYAC championships before the outdoor season starts.

The men's hockey team had 13 SUNYAC wins this season, and had an additional tie against SUNY Geneseo on Dec. 1 to give them 27 points in the conference. They have a four-point advantage over the Ice Knights, and six over the Buffalo State Bengals. First place in the conference earned them a bye in the playin round of the SUNYAC playoffs, and will play SUNY Fredonia in the semi-final round at the Marano Campus Center Ice Arena.

Senior Josh Ivey had 22 points against SUNY Geneseo in the senior night for the Lakers on Feb. 17, propelling Oswego State 65-58 victory over the Knights at the Max Ziel Gymnasium. On Feb. 20, the Lakers were again victorious against the Knights in the first round of the SUNYAC playoffs wit a 95-84 at SUNY Geneseo. They advance to play against Plattsburgh State on Feb. 23 on the road.

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Men's Hockey vs. SUNY Fredonia

Cole Parzych Editor-in-Chief cparzych@oswegonian.com The Lakers’ offense ran dry a weekend ago, although it appeared in WTOP-10’s replay that Dave Ferreira’s shot that rang off the cross-bar during the Whiteout Game did cross the goal line. Even with that chance, that is only one goal in two games on the most anticipated weekend of the regular season. This is coming from a team that scored four or more goals in six consecutive games going into last weekend.

Oswego State outshot SUNY Potsdam 42-20 and Plattsburgh State 35-10, but that was not enough to beat two middle of the road goaltenders in the SUNYAC. The issue was not quantity of shots, rather it was quality and shot selection. That is a term you hear in the game of basketball more, but that was the storyline for Ed Gosek’s team a weekend ago.

Talking to assistant coach Mark Digby this week, he stressed finishing plays, which they obviously failed to do, but also creating opportunities “intelligently.” This includes trying to make the goaltender make saves on second-chance opportunities.

There were numerous times on Whiteout Weekend where Laker forwards tried to roof shots when they had guys in areas where pucks could have potentially bounced to them for rebounds. Michael Gillespie taking shots on the power play from the far side that missed the net and rung around the boards and into the neutral zone is a prime example of this. And it has happened a lot this season.

Oswego State has two skaters on the First Team All-SUNYAC team in Josh Zizek and Mitchell Herlihey. Each have 13 goals, but neither have the ability to beat goaltenders with accuracy and pure shooting ability time and time again. The focus for those two and each of the other 16 skaters that dress on Saturday against SUNY Fredonia has to be to get back to their gritty ways that brought them success early on in the season.

They may not be the most talented team on the ice each time out, but this group has one of the best work ethics.

Shooting for rebounds and crashing the crease will be what gets them back to their early season ways.

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Ryan Zalduondo Asst. Sports Editor rzalduondo@oswegonian.com The No. 5 seed in the SUNYAC, SUNY Fredonia knocked off No. 4 Plattsburgh State by a score of 4-3 on Feb. 21 to advance to the semifinals on Feb. 24 at No. 1 Oswego State.

These two teams are trending in different directions following the last weekend of the regular season that saw Oswego State get shut out two nights in a row by SUNY Potsdam and SUNY Plattsburgh. The Blue Devils are the hotter team coming into the contest having won three straight, including the win that led to the Plattsburgh State Cardinals missing the SUNYAC semifinals for the first time since 1991.

For the game this weekend, there is a fresh slate for both teams. The Blue Devils have been hot, but that may prove to be worthless when they meet the Lakers.

Oswego State is still a top five team in the country because of their ability to suffocate opponents. Even last weekend, when they lost twice, they allowed two total goals and outshot their opponents 77-30.

Oswego State also has five players who cracked the All-SUNYAC teams. including forwards Josh Zizek and Mitch Herlihey, who were named to the first teams. These are just accolades, but it speaks to the type of talent that the Lakers possess.

The big storyline heading into this game is that Oswego State has gone scoreless on their last 16 power plays, but after some thinking, that likely had much to do with the added pressure of Whiteout Weekend and will be corrected

by Ed Gosek and the coaching staff.

In interviews this week, many players looked at last weekend as a fluke and did not seem very worried about their scoring woes. Especially with Gosek holding them accountable, there is no chance Oswego State gets shut down like they were last weekend.

After being embarassed in their biggest weekend of the season on home ice, count on the Lakers jumping out to an early lead and put the Blue Devils upset hopes to bed early on Saturday night.

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THE OSWEGONIAN FRIDAY, Feb. 23, 2018

Luke Scoville Sports Editor lscoville@oswegonian.com

Taylor Woods | The Oswegonian Women's hockey is coming off a 4-2 win over conference rival SUNY Potsdam and will head into the semifinal round of the NEWHL playoff.

Ben Grieco Copy Editor bgrieco@oswegonian.com The Oswego State women’s hockey team is heading to the Northeast Women’s Hockey League playoffs on Feb. 24 to take on well-known rival Buffalo State for the semifinal round.

In similar fashion to the ECAC West, the conference the team was in since their revitalization in 2006 when six of 11 teams were featured in the playoffs, the NEWHL allows four of the five teams in the league. SUNY Cortland was the only school left out.

Oswego State claimed the No. 3 seed after a late season push going 3-1 in the last four games of the season and avoided No. 1 Plattsburgh State for the first round of the playoffs. However, Oswego State women’s hockey head coach Diane Dillon would have liked the challenge of the Cardinals in the opening round after the 2-2 tie on Feb. 3 at the Marano Campus Center.

“I think it’s more of an emotional or mental thing more than anything.

You want to be as high as you can, obviously,” Dillon said. “Part of me wanted to go against Plattsburgh because we really seemed to rise to the occasion against them.”

To end the regular season, the Lakers were able to come away with a 4-2 victory over SUNY Potsdam.

This was the first time Oswego State won on senior day since the 2014-2015 season, when this year’s senior class

were freshmen.

“It gives our team a lot of confidence going in on a strong note,” senior goaltender Mariah Madrigal said.

A year later, Oswego State drew Buffalo State in the opening round of the ECAC West championships. After a lackluster season against the Bengals, losing both games in the regular season at Buffalo, the Lakers won in a 5-0 rout. Dillon hopes to draw some inspiration from that season heading into the playoffs.

“The team knows we can do it,” Dillon said. “They have the experience.

It’s another hockey game, but at the same time, we’ve won on their ice. We don’t feel intimidated by their rink. We usually have more fans than they do in their rink.”

The Lakers have gone 1-3 against the Bengals this season. They won the first game 3-0 on Nov. 11, but lost the second game at Oswego State and lost both at Buffalo State. Compared to the ECAC West, where conference opponents would face each other a maximum of three times a season, the NEWHL has opponents play against each other four times in the regular season, with a possible fifth time in the playoffs.

“We’re going to play our game,” Dillon said. “We think that we match up very well with Buffalo. We let things slip away from us. We’re not too worried about past experiences with Buffalo. I think in our new league it’s really difficult for anybody when you play a team four times. Anything can

happen.”

Other than the game, it will also be a homecoming for a couple of players and Dillon. Leah Czerwinski and Mikaela Ditonto are both Buffalo-area natives. Buffalo State also has some Laker heritage, with Rachel Lenard, a senior who played her freshman and half of her sophomore season for Dillon before transferring, and assistant coach Sarah Hamar, who graduated in 2011 and played for the Lakers, as well.

This year’s playoffs will be special for the Lakers, as they will be one of teams to hit the record books as members of the first NEWHL playoffs.

“I think that it’s nice that for the inaugural playoffs for this new league that we’re a part of it,” Dillon said.

For players like Madrigal, these playoffs mean a lot to the seven seniors, as they try to extend their Laker careers as much as possible before hanging up the skates, potentially this weekend.

“It’s emotional, but it’s exciting,” Madrigal said. “I think all of our team wants to do well for the seniors.”

Other than the Oswego State game, SUNY Potsdam and Plattsburgh State will be going head to head on Feb. 24, with the winner advancing to the championship game. However, Dillon is only focused on Buffalo State for this week.

“We have our own playoff game to focus on,” Dillon said. “We’ll worry on Potsdam or Plattsburgh when we get through this Saturday.”

Buffalo State provides challenge for Lakers

Bengals look to use speed, strength, strategy to beat Oswego State Matt Watling Staff Writer sports@oswegonian.com On Saturday, the Oswego State women’s hockey team will take on the Buffalo State Bengals in the NEWHL semifinals. The Bengals finished the season 9-6-1 in conference play, four points ahead of the Lakers. Despite how close the two teams are when it comes to the standings, each team differs stylistically.

Buffalo State is a fast team. As a result, they jump on loose pucks quicker than the opposition and can limit their extended zone time.

As fast as the Bengals are, they do have some trouble with transitions.

More often than not, Buffalo State chips the puck out of their own end instead of carrying it over the blue line. Sometimes, this works well for the Bengals. It helps them pick up speed through the neutral zone since, without the puck, they skate faster. Once they reach the puck at max speed, they are generally in a good position to generate an oddman rush. On the flip side, if the

opposition can turn around into the neutral zone, they will have an easy route to retrieve the puck.

With their speed, Buffalo State forwards back-check hard on every rush. Because the skater coming back can catch the puck carrier, Oswego State needs to be mindful to ensure skaters do not get the puck stripped off their stick. If the Lakers can move the puck amongst themselves on the rush, it will be easier to maintain possession and generate quality chances. Despite their speed, the Bengals do not have a relentless forecheck because they do not play that physical. Instead, they use a more methodical approach where one skater attacks the puck carrier. They force the carrier to make a poor pass in which they can deflect the puck or have their linemate can intercept the pass at the blue line.

Regardless of Buffalo State’s lack of physicality, they still manage to keep the opposition out of the slot. Defensively, the Bengals force opposing forwards to the outside. The back-checking forward helps out a lot as they come through the middle and

angle the puck carrier to the boards.

As a result, the opposition cannot generate a good scoring chance since a wide angle shot is easier to save.

Offensively speaking, the Bengals do not get much tertiary scoring. Three players, Erin Gehen, Rachel Lenard, and Emma Ruggiero, have scored 50 percent of their goals. Additionally, the defense has provided them one goal and 24 assists. For comparison, the Lakers have received eight goals and 25 assists from their defense.

Their real strength is in net. Goaltender Justine Silva has the third best save percentage and goals against average amongst NEWHL starters with a .937 and 1.76, respectively. When it comes to special teams, they are not very special as their power play ranks fourth in the NEWHL, scoring at a 10.1 percent clip. Even though their penalty kill started the season a perfect 23-23, it has regressed quite a bit as they sit third in the NEWHL at 84.7 percent.

The Lakers have their hands full with this shifty Bengals team. However, if they can use their size to cycle and grind, it would not be shocking to see the puck in Buffalo State’s end for a majority of the game.

Back where they have been every season under head coach Jason Leone, No. 5 Oswego State men’s basketball look to excel as underdogs in the SUNYAC Championship tournament.

The Lakers' season has not gone the way they may have hoped. Although, with what they lost from last season and off the court issues arising, the Lakers will take the position they are in going 5-1 the last six outings.

Plattsburgh State has been the hottest team in SUNYAC, if not the country. Winning 17 straight games is no accident and have been accomplished in dominating fashion.

Leading scorer for the Lakers, Jamir Ferebee (16 PPG), suffered a lower leg injury in the final minute of their Tuesday night first round playoff win against SUNY Geneseo. He posted one of his best games of the season with 21 points, six rebounds and four assists.

If he is unable to go, the Lakers are faced in a steeper situation.

In favor of Plattsburgh State, they did face a healthy Ferebee the last time out in Plattsburgh as he was recovering from the flu and only played 11 minutes. The Lakers, without much help from him, did hold a halftime lead, 3835, but were unable to keep Cardinal stud Jonathon Patron in foul trouble in the second half as the Cardinals pulled away.

Patron scored 27 points in their 64-50 victory, as he did the first time against each other on Jan. 13 at Max Ziel Gymnasium. Even if Patron is held in check, the improving Laker defense will still have plenty of other Cardinals such as Eli Bryant and Kevin Mack to deal with.

Senior forward Josh Ivey will likely will get more minutes for Oswego State. He scored a career-high 22 points last Saturday on Senior Day against SUNY Geneseo and will be relied upon in low-post situations with Laker center Tyler Pierre.

Those two will not only be critical in protecting paint on the defensive end, but have also been effective at creating offense down low that opens up perimeter shooting for Ian Schupp, Liam Sanborn and Brandan Gartland.

Plattsburgh State is the only team in the playoffs that were not in it last year, but are on a higher level than the field in terms of talent and execution.

Women's Hockey vs. Buffalo State

Ben Grieco Copy Editor bgrieco@oswegonian.com The Oswego State women’s hockey team is heading to the inaugural Northeast Women’s Hockey League playoffs with a chip on their shoulder. For the semifinal game, the Lakers will be playing against rival Buffalo State, whom they are 1-3 against in the regular season. Most recently, they lost to the Bengals on Jan. 27 in a 2-0 at the Buffalo State Ice Arena.

The Lakers have more depth than the Bengals, with seven players with 10 or more points compared to Buffalo State’s five. Both the opposing special teams' units match up well, with the Lakers’ penalty kill knowing how to shut down the Bengals’ power play, and vice versa.

The only real mismatch between the two teams comes with the goaltending. The Lakers, who have two available goaltenders, Mariah Madrigal and Mikaela Ditonto, do not have the depth the Bengals have with three goaltenders, including starter Justine Silva, who are capable of still beating the Lakers with their backup. This was proven in early November, when Silva went down with an injury, resulting in Bri Gawronski replacing her in net and coming away with a win.

Despite a weaker regular season against Buffalo State, head coach Diane Dillon hopes to draw some inspiration from the 20152016 season. The Lakers were 1-1 against the Bengals during the regular season, but came back in the ECAC West championships to win 5-0 before losing to Plattsburgh State in the final game. Eight of the current players were on the roster during that season.

Buffalo State is currently on a two-game losing skid after being outscored 13-2 against Plattsburgh State on Feb. 17 and 18. On the other hand, Oswego State split the weekend against SUNY Potsdam with a win over the Bears on senior day. They scored five goals against SUNY Potsdam during the weekend.

With momentum from the win for the Lakers and a chip on their shoulder from the regular season, it could be an interesting matchup on Feb. 24. Lakers will win this matchup 3-2 to head to the NEWHL championship game: final prediction.

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THE OSWEGONIAN FRIDAY, Feb. 23, 2018

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Campus Recreation Report: Swimming takes succesful season into SUNYACs Basketball crowns champions Synan, Davie headline top compeititors for Lakers in postseason Morgan Meaney Contributing Writer sports@oswegonian.com The fourth week of competition begins once again with the soccer leagues seeing many upsets and triumphs. The corec competitive league started heating up as Coke Diet FC continued their season with a victory over Super Strikers II (54), but later in the week were upset by ChurchGroup Putinballaway (8-6). Deadly Daga suffered two tough losses against both NARP Life (7-5) and the Super Strikers II (5-3), who snagged their second victory of the season.

Later in the week, Super Strikers II grabbed another victory after defeating Wanderers FC (5-1) to bring their win total all the way up to three.

In the corec recreational league, Dyslexia Untied continued their undefeated run with a 9-3 victory over Naughty America and a 5-3 victory over Kick My Balls.

Both the Starks of Soccerfell and Kicking and Screaming took wins over Oswehoes in scores of 7-1 and 7-4.

In the final game of the corec recreational league, Cornhole and Friends fell to Rooney Toons by a score of 11-3.

In the Competitive Men’s League, Free Agents ran away from NARP Life by a score of 16-1, while the Al Roker FC had a victory and a loss against Neverton (8-5) and the Benchwarmers (7-4). Neverton did, however, clench a victory over Super Strikers 2 in a close game of 5-4.

Later in the week, Super Strikers 2 played Tipatomat and came away with the victory by a score of 5-3. In the Men’s Recreational League, The Big Doinks defeated No Name in a score of 12-6, Halls and Balls defeated Hell hounds in 13-2 and The Replacements took down Sky High by a score of 6-2.

In the basketball tournament, we saw the conclusion of all three of the tournament divisions. On Wednesday night, we crowned the champions of the men’s competitive tournament, where Snipers Everywhere overtook Tigers in the Jungle in a very exciting fashion and a final score of 62-56. The following night, we watched the men’s rec tournament champions, Oswego’s Finest defeat Tune

Squad by a score of 52-49. Finally, the corec competitive tournament ended with Hoopmixtape Vol. 2 defeating United Nations in a final score of 66-56.

In the corec competitive broomball playoffs, where each game is single elimination, we saw the Hat Trick Heroes overtake Special Cay in a very close game, (1-0). Also, in the same corec competitive tournament, Broom Dawgs defeated Do it for Chester in a final score of 1-0. In the men’s rec tournament, we saw victories for Broomball Jim in a 1-0 game against DBeFloppin and the Danger Catz in a 3-0 victory over Oswego’s finest.

In the handball league, Barely College Athletes and Just3easypaymentsof $19.99 saw their second victories of the season over Kappa Sigma (12-0) and Bloodbath and Beyond (10-2). In a game that handed one team their first loss and another its first victory, Moose Knuckles snagged a win over The Mighty Duckers in a final score of 5-1.

This week also welcomed the popular volleyball league in the Lee Hall Gym. In the corec recreational league, Sets on the Beach suffered a tough loss in its first game of the set against Unprotected Sets, but emerged victorious by winning the two following consecutive games. In the same fashion, Oswego’s Finest suffered a loss in its first game against the Ball Touchers in the men’s recreational league, but won the two following games to clinch the win.

All the remainder of the games of the week were in the CoRec Competitive League, starting with the game against Mission Unblockable and Popped a Volley I’m Settin. After winning the first two games, in close scores of 26-24, Popped a Volley I’m Settin suffered its first loss in the final game, but it was too little, too late for Mission Unblockable.

In the second game, Raw Sets took on Karasuno. In dominating fashion, Raw Sets won all three games of their first set.

Blazin’ Jays suffered a loss in their first game against Sets in the City, but came back to win the next two games in scores of 25-18 and 25-15. In the final game of the week, Spiked Punch took on Donald Bump. In the exact same victorious fashion, Spiked Punch lost their first game and came back to win the following games, handing them their first victory of the season.

Photo Provided by Mic-Anthony Hay Snipers Everywhere defeated Tigers in the Jungle in the men’s competitive tournament championship 62-56.

Photo Provided By Perkins via Sports Information After top finishes in program history, men’s and women’s swimming and diving combined for an 18-2 record heading into the SUNYAC Championship.

Ben Grieco Copy Editor bgrieco@oswegonian.com After some of the best seasons in program history, the Oswego State men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams started competition in the SUNYAC championships on Feb. 21 at Erie Community College in Buffalo.

The men’s team finished with a 10-0 regular season, including a big win over the Rochester Institute of Technology on Oct. 18 by a score of 122-119. According to head coach Mike Holman, it should give the team confidence, but a championship meet is very different from a regular season dual meet.

“We’ve raced really well. We had a lot of close meets,” Holman said. “We got the job done. Hopefully they’re going to take that confidence into the SUNYACs.” Holman is hoping for strong performances from JJ Alaniz, who swam in the individual medley and breaststroke events all season. The San Antonio, Texas, native is one of the top recruits for the swimming program due to his incoming talent, according to Holman.

“He’s got a handful [of events] that we’re choosing from,” Holman said. “We know he’s doing the 200 IM the first day.”

Another swimmer expected to have strong performances is Alex Davie. After two top-10 finishes at the 2017 SUNYACs, the sophomore from Rome, Italy, wants to get a top-five finish in at least one of his events.

“I’d like a 20-point in the 50 freestyle,” Davie said. “To have the school record under my name would be nice.”

Before the championship meet, the team is projected to finish in fourth place. Second place is not impossible, however, depending

Second place is not out of reach, but the team is going to really have to step it up. It’s kind of nice to be a little bit of an underdog, but at the end of the day, we’re looking for best times for each individual.”

-Mike Holman Oswego State head coach

on how the team performs during the actual meet. SUNY Geneseo, who has won the last 18 of 19 SUNYAC championships, is out of reach, according to Holman.

“Second place is not out of reach, but the team is going to really have to step it up,” Holman said. “It’s kind of nice to be a little bit of an underdog, but at the end of the day, we’re looking for best times for each individual.”

The women’s team finished 8-2 on the season after going .500 during the 2016-2017 season. The campaign was capitalized with a close win over SUNY Oneonta on Oct. 21 with a 128-115 win over the Red Dragons.

“Our focus … on our women’s side is that we’re small, and we’ve had some unfortunate injuries at the end of the year,” Holman said.

“If they perform really well, fifth place is in

reach.”

Riley Synan, who finished in second place in both the 100- and 200-yard butterfly at SUNYACs during the 2017 championship, is a swimmer to watch this year, according to Holman. He also thinks she is capable of winning both events in the coming week.

“I’m hoping to win the [200 butterfly],” Synan said. “The 100 fly is a hard competition this year, so just a personal best would be good.”

On Feb. 21, the lone men’s diver for the Lakers competed both in the men’s 3-meter diving preliminaries and finals. After a fourth-place finish in the preliminaries with a score of 403.20, senior Luke Snyder came in fifth for the final with a score of 409.50.

The 800 men’s freestyle relay team for the Lakers came in sixth place in the final with a time of 7:04.81. The four-man relay consisted of Alaniz, Davie, Daniel Rodriguez and Nicholas Weber. They were right behind SUNY Fredonia, who came in at 7:04.50.

The 800 women’s freestyle relay team for Oswego State also came in sixth place with a time of 8:13.01. The team consisting of Synan, Lok Chi Hon, Kayla Merrill and Emily Ross dropped a little more than 18 seconds off of their seed time coming into the event. They finished a mere two seconds ahead of the College at Brockport who finished at 8:14.96.

On Thursday, Feb. 22, notable finishes were Rodriguez who claimed third in the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 4:44.29. Alaniz claimed fourth in the 200 yard individual medley with a time of 1:54.67. For the women, Miranda Frascatore came in sixth in the 1-meter diving with an 11-dive score of 391.45.

At the end of the day, the Oswego State men’s team settled in third place with 179.5 points, and the women’s team held steady in sixth place with 109 points.

Broadcasting tragedies will have powerful impact in future

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Sounds more like Un-Happy Meal McDonald’s makes mistake catering to health-conscious parents

slices to Happy Meals and reduced the serving size of fries to 1.1 ounces. In 2013, it took soda off of the Happy Meal menu as a default option and put more emphasis on advertising fruits and vegetables for sides.

The Happy Meal is changing. McDonald’s Last November, it swapped out apple juice announced on Feb. 15 that for the Happy for a healthier juice option.

Meal menu, cheeseburgers will be removed If they are taking the cheeseburger and replaced with a healthier grilled chickout of the Happy Meal to make them en sandwich option. Chocolate milk will be more healthy, then why not just make the reformulated to contain less sugar (and will burger more healthy or take the burger off be removed from the menu until that reforthe menu altogether? It is good that Mcmulation is complete), the size of fries will Donald’s is trying to do this, but if they rebe reduced, and bottled water will be added ally are that concerned with health, they to the menu. would eliminate certain things altogether.

Customers can still special-order items It should promote healthier food choices such as cheeseburgers, but they will not in general, and make products healthier. be on the standard Happy Meal menu.

The Taylor Woods | The Oswegonian They are changing the chocolate milk to goal is to reduce the number of calories in Constant smartphone recording introduces a new dynamic to the mass shooting epidemic in America. be less sugary and more nutritious, so why Happy Meals in the United States to 600 or not do that for other things on the menu? lieve what he claimed to see.

McDonald’s certainly has the right Francesca Miesner The use of Snapchat by victims of mindset with this and has good intenStaff Writer school shootings, while on a different tions, but the effectiveness is questionopinion@oswegonian.com scale than the soldiers during the Hoable. People can easily get around the locaust, fulfills the same purpose. The food options by simply ordering off other Anyone with a social media ac- very thought of teenagers in a high menus. After all, the items that it is trying count has read the news about the re- school, hiding from a shooter who has to keep off the menu can simply be special cent school shooting at Marjory Stone- already killed someone in the building ordered, even if they are not on the normal man Douglas High School in Parkland, is horrifying. Living through it is an Happy Meal menu.

Florida. In the incident, 17 students and entirely different experience. Whether When parents take their children teachers lost their lives and 14 more the students who used the video feato McDonald’s, they are not doing so were injured. There have been videos of ture understand this or not, showing with the intention of giving their kids the shooting as the students fled from first-hand the experience is always a healthy lunch. It is not up to McDonthe building circulating on Facebook, more powerful than simply hearing ald’s to make kids eat better, it is up to Twitter and other sites. A majority of about it. the parents. The parents order the food these videos and photos that were upFor this reason, Eisenhower knew and can easily just order something else loaded were taken from the student’s that the photographs of the Holoor bigger. Changing the menu around Snapchat stories. caust would be important in justifywill not make kids healthier. Parents will The argument that has been brought ing the war effort. With great wisdom have to actively choose good things for to the public eye is whether or not the he remarked, “The things I saw begTaylor Woods | The Oswegonian their kids, or convince their kids to want use of Snapchat in these shootings is gar description...I made the visit de- McDonald’s smiling Happy Meal will soon frown when cheesburgers are removed from the menu. healthier options. caused by the desensitization of hor- liberately, in order to be in position rific events in youth today. There are to give first­h and evidence of these some scenarios where the use of Ins- things if ever, in the future, there detagram Live is used in an inappropri- velops a tendency to charge these alate setting, such as the case of Obdu- legations merely to ‘propaganda.’ lia Sanchez, a girl who live streamed The difference between photos her sister’s death. However, the use of from the Holocaust and Snapchats Snapchat video during a shooting is a from the shooting is simply the techmodern day version of General Eisen- nology used to document histor y. hower forcing the United States sol- Photographing horrific events makes diers during the Holocaust to take pic- them all the more impactful: Not ev- Alexander Gault-Plate tures of the survivors. He insisted upon er y use of new technology is evi- News Editor aplate@oswegonian.com this, knowing that people would not be- dence of millenial desensitization.

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fewer by June 2018 and to meet the same goal worldwide by 2020.

Many parents are upset because they feel that McDonald’s is unnecessarily trying to control what their kids eat. Other customers are angry simply because of how iconic and nostalgic the cheeseburger and chocolate milk are to the Happy Meal. Some adult customers even bought Happy Meals because cheeseburgers were slightly cheaper that way. The opposition feels that McDonald’s is taking a step in the right direction toward a healthier menu and is setting a positive example for other fast food franchises to rework their menus and make things healthier.

McDonald’s has been doing this for years, trying to reconfigure the menu to offer healthier options or perhaps create the illusion of offering healthier options. In 2011, it added apple

Good luck regulating porn viewing Lawmakers naively try curtailing humanity’s age-old fascination

Incompetent NCAA botches yet another high-profile case

Photo provided by Pixabay With college sports commercialization comes inevitable ethical issues the NCAA must deal with.

Michael Reilly Circulation Director mreilly@oswegonian.com In the past couple of weeks, the NCAA has found itself dealing with penalties that resulted in teams vacating both wins and championships.

First, there was the denial of an appeal made by the University of Notre Dame which will result in vacating 21 football wins from 2012-13. Second, the University of Louisville has been ordered to vacate 123 wins from 2012-15, including a national championship in 2013.

While both schools did wrong to receive these penalties, the vacating penalty does not seem to make sense when everything comes together.

An individual has to think about what vacating wins and championships really does. Sure, a team like Louisville, in this case, will no longer officially be recognized as the 2013 national champions. Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly, for the remainder of the off season, will now be recognized as having 101 career wins as opposed to 122. The NCAA can order programs to vacate all the wins and championships, but that will never change the fact that those teams won those games on the field or court. If anything, this penalty seems more or

less like the closest the NCAA can possibly come to going back in time and changing outcomes as a punishment.

Needless to say, it is pretty ineffective.

A thought that comes into question when thinking of possible alternatives is: how much responsibility should the program itself take? Of course, this can very subjective depending on the situation the program is being punished for. Often times, the NCAA will limit how many scholarships a program can give out after being penalized. That seems to be a more reasonable punishment than vacating wins. By limiting scholarships, a program will have a harder time landing as many quality prospects and will likely have a negative effect on the team’s performance.

Perhaps the oddest thing about the vacating wins penalty is simply the fact that only a team’s wins are vacated.

In Notre Dame’s situation, their five losses over the course of the 2012 and 2013 seasons still count. Even though they still violated the same rules as they did in the wins they now have to vacate, the results of these games still count literally just because they lost.

That theory does not seem to make much sense.

Overall, the punishment of making programs vacate wins should just be done away with, if anything, it makes the NCAA look like more a joke.

Pornography. It is something everyone knows about and something most Americans have watched.

In fact, Pornhub released its Year in Review for 2017 on Jan. 9, with the revelation that there were 28.5 billion visits to the site that year. For context, there are an estimated 7.6 billion humans on earth.

Some quick math shows that there were 3.75 visits to the website for every man, woman and teen on the planet.

With all that porn, one would think it would not be as stigmatized as it is in America. Especially considering that, at least on PornHub.com, the U.S. is responsible for more traffic than any other country by more than double the runner-up, the United Kingdom.

Shortly after the well-covered shootdown of an assault ban in Florida this week, the Florida State Legislature also decided to vote up a Republican-supported bill to declare porn a public health risk.

Who has been hurt by pornography?

Well, in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual for Psychiatric Disorders, the manual by which mental health physicians in the U.S. determine what constitutes a mental disorder, says that sexual and pornographic addictions are not real.

In fact, porn might prevent sexual aggression. In Denmark, in 1969, researchers reported a decrease in reported sexual violence after porn was legalized.

However, that does not stop conservatives from railing, forgive the pun, on porn as a social evil. The Republican parties official stance on porn is included in their platform.

“Pornography, with its harmful effects, especially on children, has become a pub-

Taylor Woods | The Oswegonian Despite negative connotations with pornography, Pornhub is a very popular and safe website.

lic health crisis that is destroying the lives of millions,” the official platform statement reads.

If Republicans dislike porn so much, why do some of the most heavily Republican states watch so much of it? Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee and Georgia, all states that are traditionally conservative, sit at the very top of the list of states that spend the most time on PornHub per visit.

Imagine, the Republican party says that porn is harming the lives of millions, and then their strongest areas of support in the country are consuming that same porn for the longest lengths of time.

Conservative websites sit atop of any google search for “the dangers of porn,” spouting off claims that porn can make one’s brain smaller, less active, become addictive and change what you find sexually

attractive. One site literally compares porn users to rats.

“Just like the rats, many porn users eventually find themselves getting aroused by things that used to disgust them,” reads an article on FightTheNewDrug.org, a website that publishes anti-porn articles.

Porn is not harmful. No medical organization that is accredited in the U.S. claims that porn is harmful, and research shows that porn may serve as a healthy outlet for some of humanity’s more deviant sexual desires.

The Republican party would be better off dealing with the issues of gun violence, opioid addiction and voter suppression that America is actually facing rather than these distractions that only seek to enforce a Christian authority in this country.

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“Over time it just gets annoying.”

Jake Vanderbroek broadcasting, senior “I think it is interesting how Trump has spearheaded the whole phrase, but I feel like it is ironic.”

Mark Goodwin broadcasting, senior “If it is not real, you cannot have an opinion on it. It is not fair because people are getting false information.”

Gabriella Libardi childhood education, sophomore “People like Trump don’t know anything about journalism. Journalists work hard every day.”

Brandon Cortes broadcasting, junior “It depends on what you want to believe.”

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Public deception becomes private industry Fake news technology becoming frighteningly sophisticated Thanks to new artificial intelligence, it is now becoming much easier to produce fake audio and video. This is an aspect of high-quality artificial intelligence that is often overlooked, and it makes no sense.

An article on theVerge.com discusses this new technology and shows examples of its work. However, the date the article was published is July 2017. One would certainly think something as drastic as this would have been a much more of a hot topic around news and social media. Thinking about the potential of what this technology could do is extremely discouraging.

The first thought that comes to mind when considering the potential disasters that can erupt from this artificial intelligence is the news, particularly politics.

WRVO played a sound bite in their story that completely appeared to be President Donald Trump. As it turned out, it was not Trump speaking. What made the soundbite even more disturbing was the fact that it did not just sound like a monotone reading in Trump’s voice. It sounded like an actual human sentence

Michael Reilly Circulation Director mreilly@oswegonian.com with emphasis and inflections.

“Fake News” is a term that has already become pretty well known over the past year or so thanks to its use by Trump and others. The idea of how misleading the artificial intelligence could now make any video or sound bite is nothing short of appalling. Traditionally, video has been known more or less as the medium that provides the most truth by nature. Howev-

er, this technology puts that in jeopardy.

If Americans were already unsure of what is fake news and what is not, this technology could blur the lines between truth and reality even further.

Moving beyond politics, let’s say this artificial intelligence leaks out into the mainstream. People will spend countless hours altering videos for a little while until everything finally reaches a point where video simply cannot be a reliable source for the truth. Quite frankly, it would become the complete opposite.

Going back to the Verge article, the headline reads, “New AI research makes it easier to create fake footage of someone speaking.” The sub-head then adds, “Although the scientist behind it would really rather you didn’t.” That seems about as effective as parents telling their adolescent child not to do something.

Unfortunately, this is one among many problems our country has to address and immediately find a solution to. Although, it is always easier said than done.

Ballots mightier than bullets Gun reform requires persistent citizen action Derek Smith Opinion Editor dsmith@oswegonian.com The polarization of the gun policy debate is both a cause and consequence of America’s gun culture. Such rigid division on the issue prevents any progress from being made in mental health or gun policy to fix America’s mass shooting epidemic. A horrific shooting takes place, gets enormous media attention and the same old arguments are exchanged.

Gun rights advocates often defend weapons as merely “tools.” For the majority of Americans who want to see tighter gun control, we have a tool of our own: the vote.

Congressman John Katko of the New York 24 th Congressional District was met with protests for his connection to the NRA following the shooting last week. Katko was endorsed by the NRA in 2014 and received nearly $10,000 in contributions from the lobby according to OpenSecrets. It is no surprise then, Katko has consistently voted for pro-gun legislation while in Congress. Rep. Tom Reed of neighboring NY-23 has received

comparatively small, but still significant, cash from the NRA. Unsurprisingly, he denounced calls for gun legislation following the Las Vegas shooting.

Tragedies like the one in Parkland, Florida, are inevitably followed by uproar, protests and condemnation of the NRA.

Each citizen has a hand in deciding future gun legislation if they choose to exercise their right to vote.”

The backlash is not in vain, but it may be misdirected. Sometimes we forget that the people on whom we call to change things are employed by us, the citizens.

A cultural epidemic as complex as gun violence can only be solved by combining large societal progress with incre-

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mental policy change. Few individuals are capable of influencing broad cultural shifts, but everyone can help vote lawmakers out of office who do not support sensible policy reform. Each citizen has a hand in deciding future gun legislation if they choose to exercise their right to vote.

Nothing scares a politician like being kicked out of office. If congressmen begin seeing colleagues lose their jobs for their soft stance on guns, they will have no choice but to adopt a stricter position or suffer the same fate.

Guns are perhaps the most polarizing topic in the country. Neither side of the debate has a monopoly on the truth and certainly not sanity. Internet and cable TV screaming matches replace reasoned discussion about how to eradicate the issue of gun violence in America due to the sensationalized nature of the coverage.

It is easy to feel drowned by the same constant bickering, given the unfortunate frequency of mass shootings. Winning the argument becomes more important than real-life progress. America’s gun laws can be fixed eventually, but only if we take responsibility for the people who write those laws.

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The Oswegonian staff picks: Michael Reilly What our circulation director has been listening to, watching lately Michael Reilly Circulation Director mreilly@oswegonian.com

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With all the content available throughout the number of streaming services there are to choose from, many great shows, movies and podcasts can go unnoticed by viewers.

The goal of “staff picks” is to help uncover some of the hidden treasures floating around the internet. There will be suggestions of new shows, old shows, movies and podcasts that may be worth giving a watch/listen. Hopefully, readers will come across something they find out they really enjoy.

1. “A.P. Bio” (Show: NBC/ Hulu) - One of NBC’s newest sitcoms, starring Glenn Howerton (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) and Patton Oswalt (“King of Queens”).

There is a different feel to this show as opposed to its contemporaries. Despite the stigma that surrounds network sitcoms nowadays, this show still manages to be edgy in its own unique way. Given Howerton being so closely tied to his role on “It’s Always Sunny,” it is interesting to see him in a different setting.

Even though he plays a character with similarities to that on his other show, he makes it work on this show. It feels like he plays the character he needed to be.

2. “The Dent Report” (Podcast: Apple Podcast/Sound-

cloud) - Hosted by stand-up comedians Andy Ruther and Matty Goldberg. On this podcast, the two cover a wide range of topics such as politics, pop culture and dating, among others. What makes this podcast worth listening to is the dynamic between Ruther and Goldberg. Their conversations feel as natural as if eavesdropping on a conversation between two friends. It is clear the two are genuine pals and care about each other’s well-being, but find room to bust each other’s chops. Their elaborate stories and lessons help answer questions listeners did not know they wanted the answer to.

3. “KFC Radio” (Podcast: Apple Podcast/Podbay) - As one of the major staples of Barstool Sports, this podcast hosted by Kevin Clancy and John Feitelberg is one that can appeal to people beyond just sports fans. Instead of focusing on sports in particular, these two focus on getting to the bottom of everyday situations. The dynamic duo give their advice and opinions based on listeners voicemails, which makes for an interesting yet hilarious segment.

The bottom line about “KFC Radio” is that it is an absolute must-listen for podcast junkies and anyone looking to start a podcast themselves.

The concept as well as the personalities are top notch.

Image from The Morning Breath via YouTube.com KFC is one of the more popular personalities under the Barstool Sports banner.

4. “Mad Men” (Show: Netflix) - This AMC period drama tells the story of Madison Avenue ad man Don Draper (Jon Hamm) and the people around him. The show’s ability to focus on the lives of characters other than Draper gives the show plenty of depth. Taking place in the 1960s, it also plays as an interesting history lesson, showing the difference in dynamics among the people who lived it as opposed to how different the world we live in today is. The character of Don Draper is a supremely suave gentleman on the surface, creating polarizing advertisement like it is nature. However, there is much more to him beyond just that. He is a very complex character who

is extremely easy for viewers to become drawn to even if it seems they share very little in common with him.

5. “Goodfellas” (Movie: Netflix) - One of the newest additions to Netflix’s ever-growing catalogue. Not enough can be said about this Martin Scorsese classic. Starring Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci and Robert De Niro, this film put forth one of the greatest collective acting performances in cinema history. The movie focuses the real-life story of the gangster lifestyle of Henry Hill through the eyes of himself (played by Liotta) and his wife Karen Hill (Lorraine Bracco, “Sopranos”). Whether it is the acting, music or shots themselves, this movie is top notch in every aspect.

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Revolutionary ‘Black Panther’ roars through box office Dominic Rizzi Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com

Rating: “Black Panther” is the 18th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and is directed by Ryan Coogler (“Creed”). Following up on the events of “Captain America: Civil War,” T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman, “Marshall”), the Black Panther and newly crowned King of Wakanda, must deal with both his father’s legacy as well as how he will handle Wakanda’s role in the world going forward. But, when demons from the past start to show themselves on Wakanda’s door, T’Challa realizes that he must fully embrace who he is as both Wakanda’s savior and king in order to handle how he will play his part in the wars to come.

Not only is this movie fantastic and a cultural phenomenon in being the first superhero movie that has a primarily black cast, but it is also one of the most visually stimulating, sensitively engaging and overall relevant movies to hit theaters in the wake of

Marvel’s “Black Panther” brought in

everything that has happened in the last year and a half. And this is a Marvel movie. Just let that sink in for a minute.

One of the biggest problems with this most recent phase of Marvel movies is that now more than ever, Marvel is really sinking into the TV mantra and just utilizing its directors to further what felt like Kevin Feige’s vision, with the jokes really starting to take over and become unbearable. That is not the case here, however, as Coogler is given free reign to fully mark his place on this movie, making this the first movie since “Guardians of the

but the way he is used in this movie is so sympathetic. Once the twist around his character is revealed, he ends up becoming quite possibly the best villain the MCU has ever seen, better than Loki and Vulture.

One of the biggest complaints about the superhero genre over the last couple years is that it is starting to feel stale and formulaic, falling into yet another phrase that millennials and thinkpiece writers love to coin in Image from Marvel Entertainment via YouTube.com order to feel smart: “superhero an astounding $242 million domestically over the Presidents Day weekend. fatigue.” Well, if Marvel plans on staying around another 10 Galaxy” to feel like it was di- days completely miss out on. years, then they are on the rected by a person and not a As for the cast, this is not right track. committee. only one of the best casts MarThis film is an absolute The best element in this vel has assembled for one of Marvel, no pun intended, and movie is the nation of Wakan- their movies in a very long refreshing that this was not da, in all senses of the word. time, but also none of these just another generic holdover Coogler does an amazing job characters feel like pointless until “The Avengers: Infinity of transporting viewers into side characters. Each and ev- War” the way that “Thor: Ragnthis world within the already- ery major character has a part arok” was. There is amazing established Marvel one and to play, an arc of some kind, and cinematography and gordoes something that most big a very distinct personality. This geous visuals. It is culturally budget movies miss nowadays. is something that cannot even and socially aware and the He takes time to show little fac- be said for “Captain America: first MCU film since “Captain ets of people just in their every- The Winter Soldier.” Chadwick America: the Winter Soldier” day lives. It really helps to flesh kills it once again as T’Challa, to have real-world implicaout this world and give it more but the standout is Coogler’s tions. Most of all, it is the first personality and character than right-hand man, Michael B. Marvel movie to not feel like a it already has, and it is some- Jordan (“Creed”). His portrayal superhero movie and instead thing that most movies nowa- of Erik Killmonger is brilliant, feel like an experience.

Conversation around ‘Get Out’ reemerges near Oscar season Francesca Miesner Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com

Rating: At the end of February and the beginning of March last year, the biggest film in the public eye was “Get Out,” written and directed by Jordan Peele (“Key & Peele”). The film follows Chris Washington (Daniel Kaluuya, “Sicario”), who visits the home of his girlfriend, Rose Armitage (Allison Williams, “Girls”).

He arrives, quickly realizing that the Armitage family and family friends are more than a little racist.

As he stays for the weekend, he is attempting to uncover if the weird things going on is his imagination or if Rose’s family is as bizarre as they appear.

The film is categorized as a thriller since Washington is unsure of his safety for the duration of the film. “Get Out” was incredibly well executed through the plot and the cinematography. “Get Out”

has been brought back into the spotlight as nominations for the major awards shows have been being released. When the nominations for the Golden Globes came out, fans of “Get Out” were surprised by the film only receiving two nominations, Best Musical or Comedy and Best Actor Performance in a Musical or Comedy. The nominations were also looked at with confusion from everyone, including Jordan Peele. When watching the film “Get Out,” no one was laughing in the theaters. Peele Tweeted “Get Out is a documentary” after seeing the nominations.

The movie tackles some intense racial issues, including discrimination and segregation. The use of “hypnosis,” as can be seen in the trailers, provides a chilling concept of not being in control of one’s own body. This can be translated literally into race, showing that minorities in America do not have control over how they are viewed or how the majority treats them. Kaluuya’s brilliant acting is displayed in a perfect poster: A close-up of Washington’s face

as he falls into “the Sunken place,” where Rose’s mother, Missy Armitage, (Catherine Keener, “Captain Phillips”), sends those she hypnotizes. The way that the “Sunken Place” was filmed showed Washington’s

helplessness, making the audience empathize with him. Washington wakes with a start from a nightmare, leaving the audience to wonder if he had left his bed in the first place.

The mystery is presented from

Image from Universal Pictures via YouTube.com Kaluuya gives Peele a subtle, contemporary portrayal of being black in America.

Washington’s perspective, which adds even more suspense to the narrative, even if audiences figure out what is happening before he does. He has a friend, Rod Williams (LilRel Howery, “The Carmichael Show”), who works as a TSA agent.

He provides a necessary comedic effect, but is also the voice of reason.

He expresses that the situation with Washington is very strange and that he should be careful, filling the skeptical trope that is typical in horror movies. Howery’s character and acting is put in the film to make the film lighter, but also to voice how the audience feels throughout the film.

The film “Get Out” will keep viewers on the edge of their seat.

Each time they think the mystery is unraveled, more is added to the confusion. The film gives the white audience a smack in the face and leaves everyone with a pit in their stomach. Regardless of race, most audience members leave the theater with a sense of pride in Peele’s hard work and daring perspective on race in modern America.

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‘Black Panther’ album reinforces themes of social prosperity Imani Simpson Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com

Rating: The “Black Panther” album was compiled and arranged

by Kendrick Lamar, featuring artists like Khalid, Travis Scott, Jorja Smith and Vince Staples. The album was almost as highly anticipated as the movie it was assembled for. It also has as much variability as the man in charge of it. While the majority of the tracks fall within the rap and R&B genres, the combination of African musicality and hiphop beats come together to engage the African diaspora in a way that is definitely indicative of the movie it was made to represent. The album explores themes of racism, belonging and power. Something notable about the album is that it is surprisingly “lacking” female representation. It is not detrimental to the collection, but it is an interesting paral-

Image from JayRockVEVO via YouTube.com Kendrick Lamar compiled and arranged the accompaniment for Marvel’s latest entry.

lel to the world of the movie.

“Black Panther” starts with the sound of someone striking a match or flicking a lighter and mysterious whispering, hectic strings give way to while a simple piano line. Kendrick bursts in, listing titles: “King of my city, king of my country, king

of my homeland / King of the filthy, king of the fallen.” Then a discordant electric guitar whines with booming drums to back them up. Kendrick starts chanting in the backing vocals, “King, king, king, king” as he raps on solidarity and standing against injustice.

“Sisters and brothers in unison / Not because of me / Because we don’t glue with the opposition / We glue with peace / But still’d f*** up your organization if any beef.”

“King’s Dead” is a wild upward scramble, as every element builds on the intensity of the last bar. It gets more and more frantic until finally exploding in the last seconds. A song meant to represent the villain of the movie, Erik Killmonger, is hostile and unapologetic. It ends with Killmonger Kendrick giving a “f*** you” to the entire world. This song represents a counter theme, so to speak, not belonging and not caring in the slightest.

“Redemption” is the most danceable song on the album.

African drums and pop piano chords combine for a call-andresponse, adlib-riddled musical experience. Zacari, a previous Kendrick collaborator, alternates between crooning and breathy falsetto. At about the one minute mark, South African singer Babes Wodumo

starts with “Oh my word, oh my gosh, oh my word,” and though it is not really clear what is so exciting, her punchy delivery over the echoing backing vocals make it known that something big is happening.

Despite featuring multiple artists, this album is a standard album, in the technical sense.

Movie notwithstanding, the album is able to stand on its own, although, without the film, the direct references to the characters in “Black Panther” might make it come off as the product of an eclectic nerdy rapper, which is not too far off from describing Kendrick Lamar.

Being the executive producer of the album, Lamar was a lot more present than expected, having at least a few lines in every song. If you like Kendrick Lamar, this is a showcase of not only his performing prowess but also his tastes and ear on a production level. The album is not for the faint of heart. It is unapologetically black and aggressively honest, and it will not hesitate to remind you.

3LAU’s latest album forces him to step outside his box Mary Katherine Moylan Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com

Rating: This past Friday, 3LAU, otherwise known as Justin Blau, released his debut album titled “Ultraviolet.” The American EDM artist began turning heads in 2014 with his original single “How You Love Me,” featuring Bright Lights, which had dominated the radio and finished the year as “Most Played Record of the Year” on SiriusXM’s BPM. After visiting Sweden in his sophomore year of college, Blau fell in love with electric dance music and began creating when he returned to the United States.

3LAU has now become a favorite on the club scene.

“Ultraviolet,” the album-titled track, opens with a serene and gradual buildup. Purely soundand-lyric less, 3LAU does this two more times on the 11-track album. As bookmarks and breathers throughout the album, 3LAU uses songs “Winter” and “Arcana,” which are each

distinct and fitting toward the songs that follow.

“Ultraviolet is the first time I’ve stepped out of my comfort zone,” 3LAU said. “I wanted to upgrade my original melodic house style by adding depth through real instrumentation.

Every song on the album has organic texture, as every song was originally written on a real instrument (piano, guitar, drums).” “ To u c h ,” fe a t u r i n g C a r l y Paige, is rhythmic and catchy.

“Do you feel it? / Drifting slowly down / Do you feel it? / Do you feel it? / All this distance / I’ve been reaching out / Do you feel it? / Do you feel the way we’re falling outta touch?”

Beyond catchy and groovy, “Own My Own” is a feel-good and liberating track. “Lose myself tonight / I’m drifting away through the flashing lights / I just wanna stay out here alone, I can dance on my own / And I can’t wait no more, I’m drifting away / What you waiting for? / I just wanna stay out here alone, we can dance on our own.”

“Star Crossed,” a personal f avor it e , h a s a n a s c e nd ing backdrop with contrasting, de-

scending lyrics. “We’re not star crossed lovers / Falling over each other / We’re not star crossed lovers / Don’t tell me that it feels like love when it’s not / Don’t tell me that it feels like love.”

“You Want More” is the only track to feature a male vocalist,

Max Schneider and his rough and wry voice meshes well with the smoothness of the song.

“You Want More,” featuring MAX, otherwise known as Schneider, “Did I say too much? / Do you need more time? / If your love is free, baby, so is mine / Baby, so is mine.”

“Ultraviolet” is a well-crafted and impressive debut from 3LAU. If one is looking for a relaxing yet energized track list, this album is perfect. Whether you want to push through assignments or dance, there is bound to be something for everyone on “Ultraviolet.”

Image from 3LAU via YouTube.com 3LAU’s latest album, “Ultraviolet,” implements real instruments, attempting to create an organic texture throughout the album.

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After 10 years, Chris Rock finally drops new stand-up special Cameron Verrette Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com

Rating: Chris Rock’s first new standup special in a decade, “Tamborine,” is the comedian’s most personal and most refined special to date. The special was filmed in a smaller Brooklyn theater, and the venue helped create a sense of intimacy that Rock used for an hour of his most personal material shared on stage.

In many ways, “Tamborine” is similar to Dave Chappelle’s recent Netflix specials. Chappelle is another comedy giant who has returned after a decade away from stand-up specials, with more introspective material on relationships and the hardships of celebrity.

Like Chappelle, Rock is a comedian who carefully crafts every word in his act, and it shows in the best of ways in “Tamborine.” Rock seems to have perfected every sentence and every

pause in this hour-long special.

He knows how the audience will react to every joke and always manages to stay two steps ahead. Rock takes some material familiar to longtime fans of his work and refines it, cutting the fat and adding relevant new jabs throughout. He ends the updated version of his “kids need bullying” bit with a stinging rebuke

of Trump: “That’s how Trump became president. We got a rid of bullies. A real bully showed up, and we didn’t know how to handle him.”

The switch from the Apollo to a smaller Brooklyn theater reflects the change it seems Rock has made in the past decade.

“Tamborine” still has the shocking and edgy proclamations au-

Image from Netflix via YouTube.com Rock commands the stage like a true comedy veteran in his new special, “Tamborine.”

diences expect from Rock, but at age 53, the comedian seems more humble than his “bigger and blacker” days. As the special progresses, the comedy gets less broad and more personal, starting with thoughts on police violence and raising children and ending with deep reflections of his recent divorce and multiple affairs. Amidst the humor of it all are some genuinely touching moments and lasting lines. When talking about relationships, Rock saying they are “only tough when one person’s working on it. Two people can move a couch real easy. One person can’t move it at all.” It is a line that sticks with audience because it is both funny as well as genuinely good relationship advice. Lines like this are found throughout “Tamborine,” and a joke that doubles as wise advice can only come from a comedian at the top of his game.

Also at the top of his game is fellow comedian Bo Burnham, who directed “Tamborine.” The majority of stand-up specials struggle to utilize the camera

in any meaningful way. Oftentimes, specials made specifically for Netflix or HBO feel like they would work just as well as a comedy album played on the commute to work. But Bo Burnham brings a unique flair to “Tamborine” that makes it especially captivating. “Tamborine” showcases some of the most captivating lighting seen in any special, thanks in large part to the absolutely beautiful venue that is the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The front row of the crowd is well illuminated, with the lighting sharply falling off just a few rows back. Viewers can see the audience’s reaction without ever leaving view of Rock, which deftly defies common tropes seen in stand-up specials.

Rock is still very funny. In the decade since audiences last saw him in a stand-up special, he has grown, matured and changed. “Tamborine” shows viewers Rock at his sharpest, and his mastery of his craft allows this special to stand out in a crowded sea of new Netflix stand-up.

‘A.P. Bio’ shakes up NBC’s comedy lineup with something dark Ian Saunders Asst. Laker Review Editor isaunders@oswegonian.com

Rating: Most people know actor Glenn Howerton by a different name: Dennis Reynolds.

The ruthless, sociopathi c c h a r a c t e r f ro m t h e F X comedy series “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” is a common fan favorite and was one of the biggest reasons for the show’s success and longevity. With that being said, it came as a pretty big shock when Hower ton decided to have his character leave the show, giving no hint to when, or if, he w o u l d eve r re t u r n . I n stead, he has shifted focus to NBC’s “A.P. Bio,” another dark comedy in which he is playing the role of another high-functioning sociopath.

“A . P. B i o ,” c r e a t e d b y Mike O’ Brien (“Saturday Night Live”) and produced

by Seth Meyers (“Late Night with Seth Meyers”), revolves around the spiral-

Image from A.P. Bio via YouTube.com “A.P. Bio” offers a slightly lighter side to Howerton’s dark-humored schtick.

ing downfall of Jack Griffin, a fired Harvard philosophy professor who finds himself stuck substituting for a high school biology class.

“This won’t be one of those things where over the course of the year I secretly teach it to you,” Griffin announces to the class,shortly a f t e r c r a s h i ng i n to a s i g n with his car and stumbling into the classroom. “This

also won’t be one of those things where I end up learning more from you than you do from me.”

Pa t to n O s w a l t ( “ K i ng o f Q u e e n s ” ) pl ay s t he rol e o f Principal Durbin, who, over the course of the first three episodes, is completely at odds with how to get rid of the new faculty member.

Much like the 2003 film “ S c h o o l o f R o c k ,” w h a t

makes “A.P. Bio” funny from t h e ve r y b e g i n n i n g i s t h e absurd concept of a teacher completely neglecting to do his/her job and still being allowed in the building the next day. It is the show’s tongue-in-cheek humor that c o n t i n u e s to s u s p e n d t h e viewer ’s belief, creating a world where somebody who is incompetent could still hold down a job.

Howerton is the perfect fit as Jack Griffin, who spends most of his time in the classroom demeaning the students, wasting time or coming up with complicated plots on how to take down his arch-nemesis, p l a y e d b y To m B e n n e t t (“Mascots”).

The show’s strength is in its self awareness. It knows exactly what it is and makes fun of tired clichés and tropes that are typically used in its genre. For example, when the class gets together to make a rap about the importance of education (an obvious reference to the film “Dangerous Minds”),

Griffin stops them dead in their tracks. “Don’t ever surprise me with a rap,” he barks at the students. “Don’t ever rap about learning.”

While Howerton himself might be enough to carr y any show for a few seasons, “A.P. Bio” does have some concerning similarities to the failed CBS series “Bad Te a c he r.” B o t h a re s c ho ol s i t c o m s b a s e d a ro u n d a n egotistical teacher who does not care about the students at all, with each show looking to pull most of its humor out of that idea.

While it works for a while, it does start to wear the viewer out, especially if the main character does not have any redeeming qualities to balance out their constant negativity.

The three episodes give viewers a glimpse of a show stuck in the crossroads.

Will the writers ram the “teacher who doesn’t really care” idea into a brick wall, or will they pull the show into a new and refreshing direction?

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She sat on the bench in the pouring rain, the lake just a few yards in front of her, behind square metal bars whose paint was worn away by use and nature itself. Her coat and sweater lied on the bench next to her, not touching her. Her arms were left exposed by short pale blue sleeves, her legs protected by nothing but simple light blue jeans, her feet covered by black rain boots.

She wore no hat, and she held no umbrella.

Her arms were outstretched on either side of her. She let the rain hit them, cleaning and cooling her. She shivered, but did not flinch nor falter. Her head was tilted back, eyes closed. Her face was calm, almost unnaturally serene as water hit it from high above.

The sounds of the rushing water crashing against the rocks, of raindrops hitting the leaves and branches and grass and wood all around her, of wet leaves rustling as they flapped back and forth in the wind, it all filled her ears and filled her mind, drowning out the sounds of her thoughts. Her worries were now paper-thin, saturated and weak with water. They broke down and were washed away with the rain.

Within five minutes, her clothes were soaked, the light blues now a medium blue to match the color of the lake earlier that day before the clouds had rolled in. Her socks were wet, having soaked up water that seeped down to the hems of her pants. Her skin was bumpy, goosebumps raised against the chilling temperature of the wet winter downpour. Her hair was stuck to the back of her neck. She shivered noticeably, her lips trembled, but remained right where she was, holding her stance, bracing the breeze, relishing in the rain. The water cleansed her soul, and the cold hardened that water into ice protecting it from future damage.

Five minutes later, her lips turned colors and her arms were numb. She finally lowered them, opened her eyes, and let out a loud sigh.

Her eyelids snapped shut every so often as a raindrop fell on her eyes. She smiled wide and let out another sigh.

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She went go back inside a minute or two later, but she wanted to be out in the rain for just a little bit longer, for in the rain she felt most content, completely safe from her worries and stressors, completely healed by the calming waters.

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