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Oswego State hosts SUNY SA town hall meeting

Alley Cat addresses violations Local bar shutdown after inspection by city Code Enforcement Division reveals 29 safety breaches

Luke Parsnow News Editor lparsnow@oswegonian.com Oswego State hosted the monthly SUNY Student Assembly town hall meeting Nov. 7 in the Marano Campus Center.

The SUNY Student Assembly is another level of student government in which students are represented on a SUNY-wide level. Every month, the SUNY Student Assembly establishes a meeting at a different SUNY campus throughout the state to discuss a variety of issues students are concerned about and to give SUNY students a chance to talk about those issues to the SUNY SA Executive Board.

“The town hall meetings continue to be met with enthusiasm by our students,” said Lori Mould, president of the Student Assembly. “We are thrilled for the opportunity to meet face to face with our constituents and better represent them to the system, the state and beyond.”

The last town hall meeting was hosted

by SUNY Potsdam, and was well attended and allowed for a productive arena to exchange ideas and information. This is the first time Oswego State has hosted the monthly meetings.

“One of the vice president’s roles is planning and scheduling the dates and locations of these meetings,” said Oswego State SA President Tucker Sholtes. “The current Vice President Tom Mastro went to MaineEndwell High School with me and when he was elected as Vice President he asked me if Oswego would be interested in hosting.”

The issues discussed at the meeting included registration, sexual assault resources on campus, a layout of unisex bathrooms in campus residence halls, transfer student

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JoAnn DeLauter |The Oswegonian Alley Cat was evacuated and inspected when smoke from a fog machine seeped into the neighboring pizzeria, which resulted in a call to Oswego City Fire Department that shut them down Oct. 30 and into Halloween.

JoAnn DeLauter Asst. News Editor jdelauter@oswegonian.com Alley Cat, located on 23 W. Bridge St., was evacuated and shut down Oct. 30 around 10:30 p.m. when a smoke machine caused the fire department to find them in violation of multiple safety codes.

“My building filled up with smoke,” said Franco Diapolito, owner of Franco’s Pizza, located next to Alley Cat. “So I called 911. I was afraid there was a fire.”

According to a report from the Oswego City Fire Department, Franco’s Pizza reported smoke coming from the vents. Upon investigating the light smoke coming from the vents from the back of the restaurant, they discovered no origin to the smoke in the building.

Firefighters discovered Alley Cat next door was using a smoke machine and the smoke traveled through the ventilation system in the

common wall of Franco’s Pizza.

Alley Cat was evacuated and the smoke machine was turned off as the building ventilated. The firefighters inspected the entire building and the Oswego City Fire Department determined the building was to be closed due to numerous code violations.

Alley Cat was instructed not to reopen until all violations were corrected. The scene was clear, and the fire department turned the case over to the city Code Enforcement Division.

“I couldn’t care less if they closed. They are lousy neighbors,” Diapolito said. “It is pretty irresponsible of them running a place the way they were and putting all of those kids at risk.”

The city code Enforcement Division did a full inspection the following morning, finding 29 fire and property maintenance code violations. According to the report provided by the city code of Enforcement Division, these violations include: a fire extinguisher hanger and brackets viola-

tion; fire extinguishers violation, the fire extinguisher was not easily accessible; two counts of a plumbing systems and fixtures violation, this includes a lack of a sprinkler system; two counts of general interior structure violations, referring to broken floor beams; overcrowding violation, building was occupied by more occupants than permitted; four counts of mechanical appliances violations, existing appliances were not properly installed; maintenance of required safe guard violation, equipment was not properly protected; means of egress violation, there was no existing unobstructed path of travel; two counts of stairs and walking surfaces violation, stairs and landings were not in good condition; structural members violation, structures were not safely supported; carbon monoxide violation, there was no way of detecting carbon monoxide; openable windows violations, some windows were unable to open; building without a permit violation, building did

not present a permit upon request; smoke alarm violation, fire alarm was out-of-date; garbage/refuse not in approved violation; accumulation of rubbish or garbage violation; and disposal of garbage violation, excess of garbage.

Michael Howell, bartender and disc jockey at Alley Cat, said the previous owners had done inadequate construction to the building.

“All the [construction] that happened before Alley Cat, it never got inspected, so when they did our inspection it came back on us,” Howell said.

On the afternoon of Nov. 1 a structural engineer made the necessary improvements. This included replacing the broken floor beams and installing an up-todate alarm and sprinkler system. With the clerk’s office, code enforcement and fire department working on their off hours, Alley

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SUNY looks to increase participants for study abroad by 2020 Plan to bring in 20 percent more students to foreign studies program comes to Oswego State, other universities Christina Madera Staff Writer news@oswegonian.com

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The State University of New York is attempting to increase undergraduate study abroad participants by 20 percent by 2020.

SUNY is the first comprehensive system of higher education to join the Institute of International Education’s Generation Study Abroad program. The Generation Study Abroad program was launched at Oswego State and more

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than 200 other college campuses across the nation. Its 5-year plan was designed to encourage more American students to travel.

“International experience is one of the most important components of a 21st century resume, and studying abroad must be viewed as an essential experience when students are earning their degree,” said Institute of International Education President Allan E. Goodman.

Currently, less than 10 percent of U.S. students study abroad, according to the Institute of International Education. Approximately 5,000 students from SUNY

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campuses study abroad each year. According to the Office of International Education, 20 percent of undergraduate students travel abroad annually from Oswego State. Students have the opportunity to travel to Europe, Asia, Latin America and Oceania. Students can choose to study internationally for an entire year, a semester, a summer session, an internship or simply take a course with optional travel at the end of the year.

According to U.S. News & World Report, the problems many students have with studying abroad are the hidden costs

associated with it. There are many colleges that allow students’ financial aid to transfer over. However, there are additional costs like food and housing that vary depending on the program. For instance, a student wishing to study abroad in the Madrid program will have to pay more than the amount they pay to study in Oswego.

Tuition, room and board, textbooks and other utilities costs a little over $10,000 per semester at Oswego State, while studying abroad for a semester in Madrid will cost around $16,000. Some students who attend

a SUNY school annot afford this and the schools have limited solutions to help pay for these extra fees.

“I really would have loved to study abroad in Venice, Italy,” said sophomore Yekatarina Basman. “However, neither my parents nor I have the necessary funds to send me. The flight alone is over $1,000.”

Angelina Garcia said she was planning to study abroad in college.

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Johnathan Rufolo, 27, was arrested on Nov. 7 at 11:00 a.m. at 309 W. Seneca St. for criminal mischief and unlawful possession of marijuana.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK I took away reinforcement about how powerful the SUNY system is and the impact in which students can have.”

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Cidermoon makes guests feel at home

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The Agenda

Our weekly list of what to do in Oswego College Council meeting of the governor-appointed panel that oversees Oswego State, Friday in Marano Campus Center, Room 114 at 1 p.m.

Men’s Ice Hockey vs. Canton, Friday in Marano Campus Center Ice Arena at 7 p.m.

Swimming and Diving vs. SUNY New Paltz in Laker Pool at Laker Hall, Saturday at 1 p.m.

Max Ziel Basketball Tournaments start Saturday at 2 p.m. in Max Ziel Gymnasium at Laker Hall.

Laura Mcdorman | The Oswegonian Cidermoon Coffee and Cafe, opened in July 2012, lies on West First Street, and offers various products such as coffee, sandwiches and soup.

Cidermoon Coffee and Cafe, located at 170 W. First St., really knows how to handle all the cravings you may have. With a warm atmosphere and the type of people who make you feel at home, Cidermoon Coffee and Cafe is the place to be on any given day, and at any time.

From the moment you walk through the door, the warm smell of coffee beans and freshly made sandwiches will make you hungry even if you’re not. With a comfortable couch and a hot beverage, you’ll be feeling at home from the second you order your first coffee.

The Cidermoon Coffee and Cafe opened in July 2012 by owner Diane Dempsey.

“When I wanted to open this up, I did a lot of research first,” Dempsey said. “I spent two years doing research before I opened it.

At the time, no one in town was roasting their own coffee and I knew how to roast my own coffee. That was my business plan all along.

The whole idea was to bring quality coffee to Oswego and different types of drinks.”

With a wide assortment of coffee types

and other beverages, Dempsey brings locally brewed coffee to another level. The cafe was originally located next door, but the cafe grew out of a small working space in a short six months and moved to its current address.

“When I was in school, I was taught that if you’re opening a business, you need to make every square inch count, which was why we moved here,” Dempsey said.

The unique title of the cafe is one you’ll want to know more about.

“I started off with the title being Coppermoon Coffee, but I found out that a place in Illinois had that name and trademarked it, so I couldn’t use it,” Dempsey said. “I did a little research because I wanted to stay with the moon theme. Whenever there is a cider moon, which is considered a harvest moon, that’s when they’re picking the apples, and they’re making the apple cider. It touches all of your senses and it creates great memories, which is what I want to do.”

While coffee is the focal point of the cafe, the homemade food items deserve their fair share of recognition. With a wide range of sandwiches and breakfast meals, the madefrom-scratch foods are a treat to eat at any time of the day. Breakfast starts at 6 a.m. and

lunch starts at 11 a.m., but the biggest treat of all is to order from the breakfast or lunch menu at any time of the day.

The best selling blend is the Kenyan AA. “It comes from Kenya and it is a dark, smooth roast,” Dempsey said. “It doesn’t have any bitterness, so it’s the only coffee you can drink without adding sugar or cream.”

Dempsey said the busiest time of year for the cafe is during Harborfest, but the holiday season comes in a close second. Dempsey also said her soup specials are a big selling point.

With soup specials ranging from New England clam chowder to chicken chili and broccoli and cheddar, there is always something new to try.

Next month, the seasonal drink titled “Cup of Joy” will be added to the menu.

“The drink is a cup of Ghirardelli hot chocolate with a shot of espresso, topped with whipped cream and peppermint candy,” Dempsey said.

This cafe will not disappoint. Every item on the menu is special in its own way. Make sure to swing by in December and grab your first Cup of Joy. For more information, check out its Facebook page, or visit its website at www.cidermooncoffee.com. Store hours are Tuesday-Friday 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The Student Association held its ninth meeting of the semester Tuesday evening.

The number of senators needed to make quorum was satisfied.

The minutes from last week’s meeting were approved and the agenda for that Tuesday’s meeting was amended as needed.

There was one group of guests to the senate. Two representatives from the ski and snowboard club addressed the senators.

Club President Eric Randall said the number of members in the club has decreased substantially in the last few years. On one of their bigger annual ski trips, Randall said the number of students who went has fallen by about 20 students every year. This year, he said they look to have about 20 people going.

Randall appreciated the money SA has given the club in the past to pay for bus transportation, but attributed the loss of members to the out-of-pocket expenses students must make to be a part of it. Randall also mentioned that the club is no longer being supported by Red Bull. The club puts on its annual “Rail Jam” event in the Quad, a ski and snowboarding competition for students. Prizes were usually comprised of Red Bull products. Randall proposed $1,000 in aid for gas money to various slopes and for medals as alternative prizes during the Rail Jam. A senator volunteered to help write a bill for the proposal.

There was no public comment.

In executive reports, SA President Tucker Sholtes briefly talked about last weekend’s

SUNY SA Assembly conference that Oswego State hosted for the first time. Sholtes said he got many “thank you” emails regarding Oswego SA’s participation in the event. Sholtes said the town hall meeting, which Oswego State students were invited to attend, was so successful he proposed an idea to the senate.

His idea would be to initialize a system to have at least two similar town hall meetings a semester, where Oswego State students can attend, perhaps witness a panel discussion from members of the administration and express their concerns as well as ask questions. Sholtes said if the senate liked the idea, he would try to schedule two for the spring semester.

“I think it’s a very good idea,” Sen. Tyler Jodeit said.

Instead of his usual weekly report, Sholtes decided to ask the senators what were on their minds this week. A big topic discussed was student safety on campus.

Sen. Jillian Kranz is a resident assistant in Funnelle Hall and said she would like to see more transparency between Residence Life and Housing and the residents.

“Every time I ask them about it, they’re like, ‘no it’s fine, we handle everything’ and then we just got another email about making sure our doors are locked,” Kranz said. “You can’t say everything’s all right when obviously there are security concerns.”

Sholtes responded, saying that he believes the administration doesn’t highlight every incident because it would cause stu-

dents to be more frightened about their safety than needed.

Justin Brantley, the director of multicultural affairs, said he went to Binghamton University last weekend and noticed a lot of blue phones all over the campus. He wondered why Oswego State has little or no blue phones left on its campus. Sholtes said the reason for their absence has been the creation of more efficient safety technology. Oswego Guardian, an app students can use to contact University Police forces with a touch of a button and have them find the student immediately using GPS, was recently released. Sholtes said that the app just has not been advertised that well. University Police Chief John Rossi will discuss the app at the next senate meeting.

Sholtes also mentioned that next semester, SA Assistant Director of Health and Safety Ryan Peters, along with Chief Rossi, Title IX coordinator Lisa Evaneski and other faculty members, will conduct a walk on campus at night to examine the areas that are not lit well enough.

SA Vice President Neely Laufer said she visited a friend’s college campus and said only students who live in a specific residence hall can gain access to the building at any time of the day. Any guests must be signed in by a resident of that building any time they enter. Sholtes and the senate discussed such a scenario at Oswego State, but agreed the issue with that is whether the hassle is worth the security. The senate also discussed how this might be a problem

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Gospel Choir presents “Thanksgiving Concert,” Saturday in Sheldon Hall Ballroom at 6 p.m., dinner will be served.

Talk: “Writers Having a Post-College Career Plan,” Monday in the Marano Campus Center Auditorium at 3 p.m.

Science lecture: “Investigating Reptile Evolution,” Tuesday in the Shineman Science Center at 4 p.m.

AT&T Civic App Challenge Demo and Awards celebrating the two-month virtual hackathon, Wednesday at the Oswego State Metro Center in Syracuse at 7 p.m.

Movie: “Jenseits der Stille” in German is being shown, Wednesday in the Marano Campus Center Auditorium at 7 p.m.

for dining halls. For instance, students must walk through Seneca Hall to enter Pathfinder Dining Hall.

The other big issue senators brought up was registration.

“I’ve heard nonstop complaints about registration last week and this week,” Sen. Alex George said. His comment was followed by a few senators’ applause.

Sholtes said he is in the process of creating a task force on registration to examine any other possible method of who gets to register when that is fair.

“I think it should account to how long you’ve been here versus credits,” Sen. Emily Nassir said. “I’m a sophomore and there are freshmen who got a lot of credits in high school who are getting into classes that I can’t get into, freshmen who have three more years here to take those classes where I only have two.”

The current system in place is that students register based on the number of credits they hold.

Laufer spoke to the senate, reminding senators to fill out their hours on LakerLife and for those who haven’t, to finish filling out their paperwork so they can get paid.

Finance Director Elena Sanchez reported that everything is going smoothly and she will talk to the finance committee about the ski and snowboard club bill.

Brantley discussed his visit to a diversity and inclusion conference at Binghamton Uni-

versity last weekend to see how Oswego State measures up to other colleges in this regard.

Civic Engagement Director Christopher Collins-McNeil, who also attended the diversity conference, briefly discussed it as well and said the Election Night Party, put on by Rock the Vote, was a success. Even Democrat Rep. Dan Maffei attended the event and spoke briefly.

In committee reports, the rules and judiciary committee did not meet last week. The finance committee did not meet last week.

The student involvement committee did not meet last week.

There were no hall council reports.

In senate research forum, Nassir discussed how SUNY Oneonta has a system in which its students get $5,000 a year to suggest using it for something that will benefit the students. Once an idea arises where the money can be used, students can discuss and vote on it.

There were no special orders.

There were no general orders.

There was one piece of new legislation.

Legislation 50.06 was brought to the floor, which would create and distribute student discount cards. These would show which restaurants, stores or similar places in Oswego offer student discounts with purchases.

The bill was referred to all committees.

There were no senator issues.

The SA senate meets every Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Lanigan 102. All meetings are open

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Snygg Hall demolition complete, new commuter parking lot opens Parking lot construction concludes final phase of Shineman Science Center construction, Snygg Hall destruction project Nikita Ramos Staff Writer news@oswegonian.com The demolition of Snygg Hall took place after the Richard S. Shineman Center for Science, Engineering and Innovation opened up to Oswego State students in the fall of 2013.

As a continuation of that project, the construction of a parking lot for commuters was established in the former footprint of Snygg Hall.

Snygg Hall was an academic building built in 1968 used to accommodate faculty and students in the science department. The building was demolished for two main factors.

“In the original design it was going to cost more money to renovate Snygg Hall then it would be to add on to Shineman,” Allen Bradberry, director of Major Projects at Oswego State, said.

Another reason Snygg was destructed, according to Bradberry, included the difficulties of installing modern lab spaces and hoods in chemistry departments from Snygg in alternate locations in order to continue science classes during renovation.

“Those two factors really drove the decision in making an addition to Shineman rather instead of renovating Snygg,” Bradberry added.

Track excavators were used to take down the building.

“The track excavators had jaws kind of like a Tyrannosaurus Rex,” Bradberry said.

“It ate up the building, chewed it up and knocked it down, disassembling the whole building piece by piece.”

The concrete from the old science building was reclaimed and taken to a local quarry to be reused as fill on other projects.

The lot in place of Snygg Hall is Lot 8. It is the final part of the Science Building project.

According to Bradberry, the lot has been

David Armelino | The Oswegonian Lot 8 sits where Snygg Hall once stood, a building that had housed the science departments since 1968. The new parking lot will be used for students who commute to the Oswego State campus.

designated for commuter use.

“Over the years, the redesign of the vehicular parking and pedestrian paths allocated new lots to the periphery in order to minimize the impact to the pedestrian traffic.”

Bradberry said. “The wide brick lined east to west on the walkway that travels through all of the east campus identifies pedestrians as

the primary focus.”

Bradberry said Lot 8 took a total of approximately four years to come together.

“There were three years of construction— one year for relocation of utilities and two years for the construction of the main building,” Bradberry said.

Late last week, the building project was

signed off to the Oswego State campus to finish.

The campus was in charge of placing signs and paint to help traffic flow through the lot. Senior Robert Davies said he commutes to his classes in Rich Hall every other day during the week.

“This new lot will allow more availability in other lots which will take time off my commute and effort to look for a spot,” Davies said.

Junior Madelyn Pierce is a regular commuter who used to dread going to her class in Shineman because she can never find a parking spot.

“I realized the new parking lot was open when I got to campus and I was able to get a parking spot right away. It definitely made my Tuesday a lot less stressful.”

Generation Study Abroad to work with Oswego State ABROAD from COVER “I was planning to study abroad my junior year. I was going to have to either find my own apartment to live in or stay with a random host family,” Garcia said.

“I was barely comfortable with the idea of living with a stranger in a dorm room.

Count me out.”

Many students are unfamiliar about the way living abroad works. Certain utilities and services like on campus housing, a laundromat, gym, transportation and Wi-Fi may not be provided. This discourages a lot of students who are actually interested in studying abroad. Generation Study Abroad is aiming to help Oswego State students connect to well-informed advisers or other students who have studied abroad in the past to help clarify how a certain program works, answer any questions and promote this international traveling experience.

In 2012, the Institute of International Education with the help of government agencies, foundations and corporations, such as U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, supported 295,000 students in their venture to study abroad. Institute of International Education has a national goal to double the amount of students studying abroad from 10 percent to 20 percent. They plan to work with Oswego State and other academic institutions to provide financial assistance opportunities, such as scholarships and grants, for the students who cannot afford to study abroad. They also offer advice and training to help spread the word on study abroad.

Generation Study Abroad also offers webinars every month, a free “A Student

Daniel O’Connor | The Oswegonian At this time, 36 colleges have increased study abroad participants up to 70 percent or more.

Guide to Study Abroad” e-book license, a college week live virtual fair, and other resources to help weary students make the commitment to study overseas. Generation Study Abroad understands that having knowledge of other cultures and languages is a necessary skill to possess especially with the evolution of the global economy going on today.

They recognize that studying abroad is basic training for tomorrow’s employees, as they will be competing with people all over the globe for the same jobs. Thus far, 36 colleges have successfully increased their participa-

tion rates 70 percent or more. However, the other 4,000 academic institutions have yet to increase study abroad involvement.

“The global thinker is on all of our agendas, the global doer is the Oswego agenda,” said John Christian, the president and CEO of CAPA International Education. Oswego State wants more students to reap the benefits of studying abroad, including personal growth and intercultural development. Thus, study abroad is of top priority as they move forward in this 5-year program.

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Schumer hopes Oswego to export grain

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Photo provided by the Office of Public Affairs Oswego State President Deborah Stanley stands by Sen. Chuck Schumer at a press conference in Shineman.

Luke Parsnow News Editor lparsnow@oswegonian.com Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) aims to deem the Port of Oswego as qualified for a designation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to export grain to other countries around the world for the first time.

According to Schumer, the port imports 10 million bushels of grain, composed of soybeans, corn and wheat each year. Then that gets sent to companies, some as far away as Virginia, that export them abroad because the Port of Oswego is not qualified to do so.

“Each and every day, goods like aluminum, cement and salt come in and out of the Port of Oswego, so it makes no sense why grains can come in but cannot be shipped out,” Schumer said. “The inability to export grains is a lost opportunity for the Port and the entire Central New York economy, and I am calling on the USDA to remedy the situation. SUNY Oswego and the Port have come up with

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a common-sense solution to provide the weighing and testing required in order for grains to be exported. Now all we need is the green light from the USDA. We should not be shipping goods and jobs down to Virginia when there is the need and capability right here. That is why I am calling on the USDA to work with the Port and SUNY to identify the best way to make grain exports a reality. This designation would bring in jobs at the port, on nearby farms and at the companies that count on the Port each day; and it would provide one-of-a-kind opportunities to students and faculty at SUNY Oswego. I will fight tooth and nail to get this done.”

According to Perdue, one of the companies that handles the grain coming from Oswego, the company is expected to handle 10 million bushels of grain this year because of a productive harvest.

Schumer said the Port of Oswego would stand to profit and benefit immensely if it were able to help export these grains.

“Sen. Schumer ’s push on behalf of the Port of Oswego not only makes sense but

is something we’ve been working toward for a long time coming,” said Port of Oswego Director Zelko Kirincich. “The senator has been working with us for several years now to turn the page on new chapters of success. Whether it was dredging funds or totally upgrading our rail and infrastructure, Sen. Schumer has delivered a silo of resources that has gotten us to the point where we are ready to solicit this request with the USDA.” The New York senator appeared recently on the Oswego State campus and spoke to biology and chemistry students at a press conference in the Shineman Center. Schumer insisted that the college would play a major role if the port began exporting to other countries.

“There is a great collaboration in the works between both the university and the port that—if we can turn it into a reality—would increase commerce, create jobs and be a tremendous lift for the local economy here in Oswego,” Schumer said. “SUNY Oswego has the tools, talent and technology to conduct the required weighing and inspections, and the Port of Oswego has the need.”

According to the biology department, a USDA designation would also initiate new research opportunities for faculty and students on the campus.

The initiative is not yet definite, but Schumer said he would begin by discussing it with Tom Vilsack, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.

In his letter to the USDA regarding a designation for the port, Schumer wrote, “The capabilities of the Port of Oswego have recently been expanded. New rail lines and area infrastructure are being installed. This is equipping the port to handle millions of tons of export capacity as opposed to extending the supply chain queue far beyond the state of New York, as things currently stand. This situation is costing the port potential clients and remains an overall opportunity loss we must address. Additionally, with a state academic institution at the ready to assist the USDA, and with the experience to do so, it would make sense to explore a working model with this bustling upstate New York port.”

Morgan Tanner Copy Editor mtanner@oswegonian.com Wheeli, launched in July 2014, is a new website that makes hitchhiking “cool again” through technology. While using it, college students can search for a ride to or from campuses, connecting with other students and traveling together.

The founder is Jean-Pierre Adéchi, who got the idea when he traveled to different cities in the south of France and in Spain. While there, he used a carpooling network and knew he had to bring it back to the U.S. “I enjoyed the social experience the most,” Adéchi said. “I got to meet new people, we got to know where everyone was from and overall having a great experience.”

Wheeli is exclusive for college students and students need a .edu email address to be able to sign up. On Wheeli, students post their ride, the location they are going to and the location they are leaving from. Other students log on and see if they are going anywhere that other students are, and ride with them. On Wheeli, students are also able to find other students and mutual friends through Facebook, and soon Twitter and LinkedIn. “I am very pleased with the success that we have had from Wheeli so far,” Adéchi said. “We had our first Wheeli success in August.”

Right now, Wheeli is exclusively in the Northeast, but expanding day by day. Adéchi was recently invited to present the website to San Francisco University and its student senate.

Some Canadian universities have reached out to partner with Wheeli.

“We seek trying to aspire adventure,” Adéchi said. “We are talking to college campuses and we have got nothing but great feedback.”

Adéchi explained that it is tough to get started, and there won’t be many exact destinations and locations students can choose from until it gets more known.

“Everyday we keep at it, get more people in-

volved and signed up,” Adéchi said.

Wheeli calculates the cost of your trip, factors in gas prices, distance and vehicle MPG, and suggests how much students should charge each rider. The driver can increase or decrease that suggested price.

“I think I would like this better if I could meet these people before,” Christy Ogden, a biology student said. “I would feel weird picking up random strangers.”

Students on Wheeli use filters to choose people from their college, major, hometown, interests and gender. For women, there is an option of just going with other women, and no men. Students can also check out a driver’s profile before riding with them.

“I like the idea of this,” Megan Cleary, an anthropology and art history, student said. “But I don’t think I would want to ride with students I didn’t know, even if they did go to my school.”

“I think it would be better if only my Facebook friends could see this,” Ogden said. “I’m not sure how comfortable I would feel if all my friends on Wheeli knew what my car and license plate was.”

On the Wheeli website, there is a “What’s going on?” feature. This tells students what is going on around them that they would be interested in going to. There are concerts, speakers and events.

“Economically, it makes sense,” Adéchi said.

“We want students to Wheeli because it is cheaper, more convenient and more fun.”

Adéchi explained that currently there are no other networks for college students that are doing this, and finished with, “I’m not complaining.”

“My whole thing is about passion, being driven and persistence,” Adéchi said. “I like to imagine it as taking something from your mind and bringing it to real life.”

Wheeli currently has a promotion. The first 25 drivers to post their Thanksgiving trip home on Wheeli receive a $50 gift card to the store of their choice.

“We can’t become the generation that is boring and hides behind screens instead of hitting the road discovering great places and making great connections along the way,” Adéchi said.

Alley Cat reopens after fixing violations ALLEY CAT from COVER Cat was brought up to code and was able to open Saturday night.

“It happened on the worst weekend, but we are glad it is fixed,” Howell said. “The city really helped us out and any other time they wouldn’t do that, but they knew the importance of the weekend and they knew that this was a big money maker weekend. We had to get this place open. Every time we had to get something fixed, we called them up on the personal cell phone and they would come inspecting and

would give us the A-OK on something.”

According to Howell, Alley Cat worked for 48 hours straight to get all the violations corrected. At around 6 p.m. Saturday Nov. 1, the city Code Enforcement Division gave a final inspection and Alley Cat was able to open later that night.

“I appreciate the fire department stepping in and ensuring that the building is as safe as possible for the individuals who come to Alley Cat,” owner David Wahrendorf Jr. said. “Our mission is to maintain a safe environment where students and others can enjoy themselves.

America’s Best Coffee House Fundraiser at November 16th from 12-5pm In Canal Commons on West 1st Street Enjoy specialty coffees while hearing live music during the Holiday Open House at the Canal Commons. Taste the World Specialty Foods & Coffee will be practicing for the America’s Best Coffee House Competition to become the best Coffee House in the nation! A portion of sales during this event will go toward helping other small businesses in Oswego.

Enjoy delicious coffee, browse gifts, and hear great music!

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Success of town hall meeting with Oswego State students prompts SA to propose two similar town hall meetings a semester SUNY SA from COVER resources, international student resources, food in dining halls and off-campus options for dining dollars.

“In total, there were about 30 individuals at the meeting, about 10 of which were Oswego Students,” Sholtes said. “The others being students from throughout the SUNY system.”

Aside from the town hall meeting, the SUNY Student Assembly included business meetings with members of SA, and the weekend included a breakfast in the food activities court in which Oswego State President Deborah Stanley attended and spoke, a lunch in Lakeside Dining Hall, a formal dinner in the Sheldon Ballroom and the men’s ice hockey game versus SUNY Cortland that Saturday night.

The assembly executive board also participated in a university-wide student success committee meeting, a sexual assault and domestic violence and personal safety task force meeting, a finance committee and external relations committee meeting, a college committee meeting and campus relations committee meeting.

Along with several other meetings and conferences Sholtes has recently attended at SUNY schools, he said the events of the weekend displayed the power student voices can have in their education.

“Overall, I took away reinforcement about how powerful the SUNY system is and the impact in which students can have,” Sholtes said.

Sholtes added that the issues discussed at the town hall meeting gave him “a better understanding of the issues faced by a variety of SUNY Colleges. A lot of best practices were shared as well.”

Sholtes discussed the town hall meeting at the weekly Oswego State SA meeting last Tuesday evening. Speaking on its great success, he proposed an idea for the Oswego State SA to hold its own town hall meetings to increase transparency between the students and student government. The idea was well received by the senate and SA directors.

Sholtes said he would like to hold at least two town hall meetings a semester starting in the spring semester.

This proposition will be discussed further in the next few weeks.

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Andrew Pugliese Sports Editor apugliese@oswegonian.com Over the past 50 years, Oswego, N.Y. has developed the identity of being a hockey town. This weekend, it is time to celebrate a tradition that transcends the boards of Romney Field House and the Marano Campus Center Arena.

In 1964, George Crowe brought together a group of young men to form the first men’s ice hockey team at Oswego State which was, at the time, a club program. Since those humble beginnings, the team has become a varsity team and become one of the most storied in Div. III. Oswego State is currently on a five-year streak of runs to the NCAA Frozen Four, but the greatness is by no means a recent development. The Lakers have been to the Frozen Four eight times, won a national championship in 2007, been to the NCAA tournament 15 times and won the SUNYAC tournament title 10 times, including the last two.

Individually, the program has 103 allconference selections, 10 conference players of the year, 10 conference rookie of the years, five conference coaches of the year, 25 All-Americans, a national player of the year (Paul Rodrigues, 2013) and 51 players in the school’s 100-point club.

Through the decades, a multitude of players have donned the green and gold and brought the Lakers to the highest heights in collegiate sports. From Crowe, at the start, to Oswego native Ed Gosek, in the present, only five coaches have guided the team. The continuity on the bench, in large part, has to do with a connection to the community felt by these coaches.

While Don Unger (1980-1996, class of 1970) and Gosek (2003-present, class of 1983) were former players turned head coaches, all managers had a great experience and have been embraced by Oswego. That has much to do with the fan base, which creates an infamous atmosphere throughout Div. III. Beginning in Romney Field House until the team moved into the Marano Campus Center in the fall of 2006, Oswego State men’s ice hockey games have always been popular events not just for students on campus, but the locals as well. Former players remember packed barns across Route 104 with fans standing several people deep at ice level. Nowadays, the announcement of a sellout crowd is still a common occurrence in the closing moment of games.

Although the student section, known as the Zoo, is no longer in existence at the Marano Campus Center Arena, the energy created by the U-shaped section for students in the near end of the rink keeps the memory of the rowdy days in Romney alive. From opening night of the season to White Out Weekend, the fans continue to get behind the team and assist in willing it to victory.

Throughout the years, the team has given back to the community that supports it in such force in a number of ways. The Lakers have led the charge to grow ice hockey’s popularity in Oswego County by volunteering locally, including Oswego, Fulton and Skaneateles’ minor hockey programs. It is a tradition of service that Gosek is proud to continue today. Such kind acts are what bring Oswego State’s men’s ice hockey team to an even higher level of greatness.

As alumni return this weekend, the old stories will flow while new stories are written early on in this already promising season. The success today is the epitome of how far the program has come, and how much further it has the potential to go.

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career included stints in Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio and St. Petersburg, Fla. During the third year, Sears started to recognize his playing days were coming to a close and returned to Central New York.

In 1975, he was hired to teach in the Mexico, N.Y. school district where he stayed for three years before taking a job in the Oswego school district.

When he returned to the area in the mid1970s, Sears went back to the college to help his former coach whenever he could. He remembers Mike Shelvin, the first goalie he worked with at the time and the relationship they had.

Sears passed some of his old equipment on to Shelvin since his playing days were over and remembers how much work the New Englander put in.

“He was just a special kid,” Sears said.

“Every practice, he was one of those kids who wanted to work hard and after a game, if he didn’t do well, he’d always want to talk to you and say, ‘Well, what do you think happened on this goal? What do you think happened on that goal?’ And we would talk, he was one of those kids that always wanted feedback, whereas some goalies don’t always want that feedback.”

Sears also enjoyed the transformation at that time of his relationship with Hammond as they became more than former player and former coach.

“Even when I wasn’t helping him on the ice, we would talk to each other all the time,” Sears said. “We would visit each other all the time. He would invite me over to his house and we would talk about hockey and other things. We coached at a summer hockey school together in Exeter, N.H. We’d go down from there to watch Red Sox games together. We were almost like brothers. Instead of a coachplayer relationship, it almost became like a brother relationship after a few years.”

In the late 1970s, the Lakers were slowly becoming a consistent contender in Div. III men’s ice hockey. After teetering around .500 for some time, they won 27 games during the 1979-1980 season to start a run of eight 20win seasons over the next 10 years. During that time frame, the program won its first five SUNYAC titles and made its first six NCAA tournament appearances, including its first national championship in 1987 where it lost to SUNY Plattsburgh.

For much of the stretch, Hammond had passed the reins on to former Laker and Sears’ old teammate, Don Unger. Unger and Sears are still close to this day and live just blocks away from each other. Unger had a philosophy of letting his players showcase what they could do. Unger was also the first Oswego State coach to officially have Sears come in to work with his goalies, and the chance was appreciated.

“Don was great. He let me do my thing with the goalies,” Sears said. “He would ask my advice every once in a while, but I told all the coaches this, ‘I never want to be the one that’s responsible for who’s going to start or who’s going to play. I don’t want my goalies coming to me asking, ‘How come you have me starting instead of someone else?’ I want to be their friend. I want to be someone they can

During the past 50 years, Oswego State’s men’s ice hockey program has developed a strong tradition of excellence, and Pete Sears has been around to see it since the beginning.

Sears was a goalie on some of those first teams in the early years and went on to coach, both officially and unofficially, throughout the years before hanging up his skates this past spring.

In 1964, George Crowe assembled the first ice hockey team in Oswego State’s history at the club level. Three members of Crowe’s first team were friends of Sears growing up in Lake Placid, N.Y. They returned home with numerous stories of how much they enjoyed their first experiences and how great Crowe was.

Sears was hooked.

In the fall of 1965, he arrived in Oswego to begin his academic and collegiate ice hockey career. Sears’ first experiences on campus were probably quite different than those of current freshmen.

“I’m from Lake Placid, which is about 3,000 people. Coming to Oswego was like coming to the big city,” Sears said. “It was quite a bit different for me having to learn to get around and learning to come in and register for my classes.

That was a bit overwhelming for me.”

Sears also recalls the landscape of the campus was a bit smaller than it is today.

“The basic part of the campus ended with the infirmary down where Scales Hall is,” Sears said. “That’s as far west as the campus went. All those other buildings weren’t here, where the library is now, where the union is now; none of those buildings were here. So, it was a much smaller campus. You could get around walking very easily.”

The brand new ice hockey program Sears planned to be a part of was still getting off the ground during his freshman year.

“He [Crowe] and the athletic director at the time got together and talked about the possibility of having a program and starting a rink here,” Sears said. “From all the history I’ve heard and read about, they brought an airplane hangar in here. A World War II airplane hangar was brought to Oswego, and it was transformed into a hockey rink, and that became known as Romney Field House.”

After two years at Oswego State, Sears was

drafted into the U.S. Army and spent most of 1967 and 1968 fighting in Vietnam. Upon his return to the States in 1969, he returned to Oswego to resume his schooling. However, when he returned, the program had made the move up from the club level to becoming a varsity team, and had a new coach.

For his final two seasons, Sears played for Herb Hammond. The team did not enjoy the same success it had in his first two years, when it went 31-9-1. During Sears’ junior and senior years, the Lakers had a record of 21-23. Although the team did not have much success, its standout goaltender received national acclaim as a junior when he was named an All-American.

Win or lose during his time at Oswego State, Sears looks fondly back on his experiences in college and is certain they have shaped who he has become.

“When I think about Oswego, I think since that time every positive thing that’s happened to me in my life has happened either as a result directly or indirectly through my experience at Oswego,” Sears said. “Everything that’s happened to me since then, in a positive sense, has been because I came to Oswego.”

He also will always hold a special place in his heart for the rink he and his teammates called home during their four years. Sears had heard a number of stories from his friends about the atmosphere and the rink.

“It was this big ole building with a big wooden roof. It had the ice surface. It was pretty short. The corners were oval; they weren’t squared,” Sears said. “The neutral zone between the blue lines was smaller than most rinks. It had a big chain-link fence up all along the boards of the rink. It reminded me of something like a gladiator pit. The first game we had there, I couldn’t believe the place was packed. It was overflowing. My buddies had told me they had great crowds and they were enthusiastic. But, you go out on the ice and it was just like being in a gladiator pit. The atmosphere was just unbelievable.”

After graduation, Sears chased his dream of making the Olympic men’s ice hockey team and landed a spot on the 1972 roster as the world set its gaze on the Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan.

Following his run on the national team, he returned to America and spent almost three years playing professional ice hockey at the minor league level. His short-lived

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come and talk to and not someone I’m going to have a confrontation with over who’s playing and who’s not playing.”

Unger saw the value in Sears being around the team.

“I had the utmost confidence in him not only to play, but to coach,” Unger said. “He would give us help with the goaltenders and give us added insight on their strengths and some areas to work. He stayed with us on the ice early season, pretty much as he does now, and then come to watch the games and give us more input. He would always stay in touch with the goaltenders.

They always knew they could go to Pete for any kind of advice or to get their heads straightened out after a bad game or before an upcoming opponent.”

As head coach of the Lakers, Unger also saw the home-ice advantage his team had at Romney, but took it a step further in terms of its recruiting value.

“There was a phone just outside the alleyway heading to the rink, so I’d call some of my top recruits and they could hardly hear because, even in the warm-ups it was that loud,” Unger said. “I would say, ‘Oh, we’re playing Plattsburgh tonight or Elmira tonight or RIT tonight. That’s just the crowd.’ When you got the recruits to hear that crowd it made us one of the top three choices on their list because of the atmosphere.”

The Lakers’ third head coach also revealed the origins of the team’s most infamous rivalry with SUNY Plattsburgh. A combination of championship match-ups and a beloved coach taking the job at the opposing school elevated the intensity.

“It probably started approximately during the 1979-1980 season,” Unger said. “Year after year, we would have sell out crowds there and sell out crowds where we were and we played in championships. Then, to accentuate that a bit, Oswego won the [ECAC] championship under Herb Hammond and then he went to Plattsburgh to coach there the next year. So, with our ex-coach and friend now with our biggest rival, it really became something special, a real competition.”

Unger led the Lakers to one more SUNYAC title, and thus one more NCAA tournament in 1991. He retired after the 19951996 season, stepping aside for George Roll, who was at the time coming from an assistant coaching job at Clarkson University.

Current Oswego State head coach Ed Gosek was an assistant at Oswego State at the time, and when Roll asked about any possible goalie coaches he could not think of a better fit than Sears. With Roll, a more concrete position and direction was given to Sears’ participation with the team, which set the precedent for the rest of his time with the program.

“We set up a system where I’d come out an hour before practice with the goalies. We would do our practice. I got a few shooters and I’d do what I wanted with the goalies, then I wouldn’t stick around, I would leave,” Sears said. “The goalies would come out with the rest of the team after that. It seemed to work out very well because goalies don’t need a goalie coach hanging around all of

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Mike Nakoski Staff Writer sports@oswegonian.com With winter quickly approaching, so is the Oswego State women’s basketball season.

Oswego State opens up the season with its home basketball tournament on Nov. 15 at 6:30 p.m. in Max Ziel Gymnasium.

Led by head coach Tracy Bruno in her seventh season, the Lakers look to improve from last year and continue their success. They return their second-leading scorer from last season junior Heather Herbert, who was also their leading rebounder from last season. Herbert was also 15th in the SUNYAC in scoring and seventh in rebounding.

Oswego State lost its leading scorer from

last year Jen Robbins. Robbins averaged 17.6 points per game.

The Lakers are coming off of a 6-19 season, including a 2-16 record in the SUNYAC. They started off 3-0 last season, winning the Max Ziel Tournament. The Lakers also posted a 6-7 record at home, continuing their impressive performances at home over the past few years.

Last season in the SUNYAC, Oswego State finished 3rd in field goal percentage, and fourth in three-point shooting percentage. They were also fourth in three-point field goals made.

The players have set goals for this upcoming season.

“We’re a young team, so we’ve been working a lot on defense and staying together as a team,” sophomore Allison Nunziato said.

Bruno has also set goals for this season.

“This season is a step-by-step process.

There’s no question we have talent, and our biggest challenge is experience, and the only thing that can change experience is playing,” Bruno said. “So our goals are to get better every time we step on the floor, and we’re doing a nice job of challenging each other in practice, so we need to continue on that.”

Oswego State’s biggest challenge is experience because of a young roster heading into this season made up of six freshmen. Guard Courtney Ameele, forward Lindsay Johnson, Forward Zana Dillard, Guard Alisha Jacobs, Forward Eryn Cameron and six-foot-two-inch forward Rachael Windhausen are all newcomers to the roster.

Oswego State also has three upperclassmen, which will help the team with leadership and experience.

“It’s huge. Our captains have done a great job, Lexi Gillard is our senior and she has done a great job,” Bruno said. “And our two juniors, Heather and Tayler, have done a great job from the beginning with a combination of lead by example and goal leaders and we did that by design to pick a group to make sure they play hard on the floor, but to make sure they weren’t afraid to step up and say something.”

The Lakers will open up their season this weekend with the annual Max Ziel women’s basketball tournament. The Bay Path Wildcats and the Fighting Tigers of SUNY Cobleskill will be the first game of the tournament at 2 p.m. on Saturday, followed by Oswego State and the D’Youville Spartans at 6:30 p.m.

Bay Path College is located in Holyoke, Mass. and is in the New England Collegiate Conference. SUNY Cobleskill is in the SUNYAC Conference, along with Oswego State.

D’Youville College is located just down the road in Buffalo, N.Y. The Spartans are in the The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference. They finished 11-15 last season, losing in the first round of the AMCC tournament.

Two years ago in the Max Ziel Tournament, Oswego State defeated D’Youville, 6639. During the 2010-2011 season Oswego State also beat D’Youville in the Max Ziel Tournament, 68-53.

In the same year, the Lakers defeated SUNY Cobleskill, 67-55. Oswego State is 10-1 since the 2009-2010 season in their home tournament.

Day one's winners will advance to Sunday's championship game at 4:30 p.m. The losing teams will play in the consolation game on Sunday at 12:00 p.m.

Bruno said having a home tournament is important, especially to the freshmen and younger players.

“I think that playing in front of your home crowd and playing on your home floor, being able to sleep in your own bed, especially with a young team, I think all of those things are really important,” Bruno said. “I think that we play some good competition in the tournament, so it will be a good opportunity to see where we’re at right away. Being able to play at home is really important with a young group and is really important and it will be exciting. We have a string of winning the tournament, so our goal is to defend that.”

The Lakers do not play their first SUNYAC game until Dec. 5 against SUNY Fredonia.

Oswego State split with the Blue Devils last year, winning their first game, 73-60, and losing in their second meeting, 89-78.

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The Oswego State wrestling team opened its 2014-2015 campaign with a sixth place result out of 11 teams at the Ithaca College Invitational this past weekend. After the first day of the event on Friday, Nov. 7 the Lakers sat in second place overall. Junior James Ronca and senior captain Kevin Ramkishun both won their opening matches at the 125 lb weight class. At 157, junior Abubakarr Sow won both his matches on the day. Then on Saturday, Nov. 8 Ronca kept his momentum going with winning two matches to start the day, before losing to Ithaca College's James Kaishian to finish second in his weight class. Also finishing in the top three in their respective weight classes were Sow and senior captain Scott Bova in 184 lb weight class. Sophomore Mark Milisci also performed well with a sixth place finish in the 149 lb weight class. The Lakers home match that was scheduled for Friday, Nov. 14 against RIT has been postponed and rescheduled for Jan. 31 2015. Oswego State will be back on the mats on Sunday Nov. 23 for the NYS Collegiate Championship at Cornell University.

Volleyball The Oswego State volleyball team were at the SUNYAC Championship tournament this weekend at SUNY New Paltz. The five-seeded Lakers were set to play The College at Brockport Golden Eagles in the quaterfinals of the tournament. The Lakers started off losing the first set, 25-18. They then came back to pull out a close second set, 26-24.

The Golden Eagles then took the third set by a score of 25-16. But the Lakers once again came back to even the match with a fourth set victory of 25-23. The fifth and final set would decide whose season would go on and the Lakers were unable to pull off the victory, losing the fifth set, 15-9. Junior Olivia Zimmerman led the Lakers in assists with 25.

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Steven Cordero Staff Writer sports@oswegonian.com The Oswego State men’s basketball team is looking forward to the upcoming campaign.

The Lakers will get their season started this weekend and have their eyes set on long-term success as well.

Oswego State will go into the season as a young squad with some new members. The team has welcomed four new players, three of which are freshmen and the other a transfer. Alongside them, five sophomores who are entering their second seasons with the Lakers will look to continue contributing to the squad that made a playoff appearance in the SUNYAC tournament last year.

Despite the youth on the squad, there is one senior remaining on the team. That is Rashawn Powell, who has played his entire four-year tenure as a student athlete and member of the Lakers’ basketball team. He was the third-highest scorer on the team last season, averaging 11.6 points per game on the year. He knows he has to be the one that the youth looks to this season, and he plans to lead by example.

“We’re very excited about our season.

We’re looking forward to taking it one game at a time,” Powell said. “I first have to set an example for my teammates. I’ve got to stay levelheaded when things get tough and just set the right examples for my team.”

He believes that playing smart is the most effective method when trying to lead by example.

“Just go at it every day just doing the right thing and limit my mistakes, things like that,” Powell said.

Powell also had thoughts about his head coach throughout his entire tenure on the squad, Jason Leone.

“He’s a great coach. He knows exactly what he’s talking about when it comes to preparing us for the games and various situations. I have a lot of confidence in coach Leone,” Powell said.

Powell also sees the potential on this young squad, and said to look out for the team once everyone is back at 100 percent and raring to go. He also acknowledges the skill sets that these individual players bring, and looks forward to seeing them help the team throughout the season.

“We have a great group of incoming freshmen and transfers. As soon as everybody gets healthy, we’ve got this kid Justin Cooper who’s unfortunate with a broken foot, but as soon as he’s healthy he is going to be good, and Dustin is pretty good, he’ll give us plenty of chances, and both Louis and Ian are great shooters,” Powell said.

He is referring to the freshman trio of Cooper, Louis Avellino and Ian Schupp, as well as sophomore transfer student, Dustin Pond.

With the new talent coming in, he is confident the team will get through the rough injury bug that has hit the team before the first tip off of the season.

“As a group, we’re just not trying to think about the injuries, because we have a lot of players who will do a lot of things so it’s an opportunity for players who aren’t injured to step in and get some playing times,” Powell said.

As a senior, Powell has also set his own goals. But his goals have to deal with the concept of the team as a whole, a selflessness that was instilled in him greatly in his time under Leone.

“My goals, as a senior, are for my team to win as many games as possible, try to win SUNYACs and get to the NCAA Tournament, try to get as far as possible,” Powell said.

Another member of the team that is looking to make an impact after a solid freshman campaign is Keith Tyson, who was the fifthleading scorer last year. He spoke of the team that is currently dealing with some adversary in the form of injuries, but sees the team growing as others have come up and not missed a beat. He is looking ahead positively to what the new campaign and his second full season as a Laker will bring. He sees the team becom-

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ing closer as the season approaches as well.

“We’ve been playing with a couple of injuries, but we’ve had a lot of people step up.

It’s going to be a great season and I’m looking forward to it. It’s going to be fun, we’re going to be closer, a close-knit team,” Tyson said Tyson said he has noticed a change in not only the team, but within himself as a basketball player in the lead up to the season. He feels he has grown as an athlete on the court.

“You mature a little bit,” Tyson said, “The game slows down. You’re able to think more basketball instead of just going out there looking to score.”

Tyson said the game becomes more about the team as one grows as a player, and he notices that is what has happened to him and the rest of the squad as they prep for opening weekend.

“It's more basketball, more about the team.

Everybody looks out for each other, and everyone wants everyone else to do well.”

He also spoke greatly of his coach. Like many of the players, they praise him for doing things in what they feel is the right way.

“He’s helped me a lot, he’s very patient. He teaches things so that you know it. He teaches you not until you get it right, but until you don’t get it wrong,” Tyson said.

Tyson wants the team to give it their all, all the time, every game. He expects no less of them this season.

“Just to do as good as we can every game.

Leave everything out there, not leave any regrets,” Tyson said.

He notices the importance of playing a role on the team, and sees himself as something bigger, which is this team and its goals.

“I feel my main role is just to help the team, with things like rebounds, which is one of my main strengths, scoring as well, but mainly become a better team player to distribute the ball and start to do everything,” Tyson said.

Tyson credits his teammates and all they have done for him, including Powell.

“They’ve helped me a lot, senior Ray especially has helped me a lot. He’s taught me it’s a long season and that I should take care of myself,” Tyson said.

The Lakers begin their season in the Max Ziel Tournament, where they will take on Elmira College and Hartwick College. Afterward they have an out of conference schedule before starting SUNYAC play at home against SUNY Fredonia and Buffalo State. Teams who they beat comfortably at home last season, but played very tight-knit games with on the road, including an overtime loss to SUNY Fredonia.

The Lakers will be looking to start strong.

After these important home games, they will spend a large chunk of the following two months on the road, playing only two home games against SUNY Onoenta and The College at Brockport. The Golden Eagles will be marked on Lakers' calendar as they were eliminated from the playoffs last year at the hands of the Golden Eagles.

From Jan. 1 onward, the Lakers’ entire schedule will consist of SUNYAC opponents.

They will be hosting five of the nine matchups, including four of the last five games of the regular season. A key match-up and perhaps the most anticipated, will be on Feb. 14 against SUNY Plattsburgh, whom the Lakers split the season series with last season.

Leone feels the team has had a great offseason and sees the team has improved a lot compared to last year.

“I feel the kids came into the season in much better physical condition than last year,” Leone said. “We have a lot of capable guys in the program.”

Leone said he coaches all his teams the same and sets the same goals for all of them.

“I want to challenge our guys to be the toughest group and the most together group that they can be, I know how long our season is. If we progress in terms of our toughness and our conditioning and being the most together team every night we go out on the floor, then we give ourselves a chance with the talent to do its part as well,” Leone said, “There are a lot of groups that are really gifted, especially in our conference, but if you don’t do the intangible things, the talent doesn’t mean anything.”

The Lakers kick off their season in the Max Ziel Tournament Saturday at 8:30 p.m. against Elmira College.

ERIKA TRUSCHKE

Women's Ice Hockey Sophomore, Lemont, Ill. Truschke recorded two points in the Lakers' two games this past weekend. The sophomore nabbed her first point on a goal midway through the second period in Friday's game against SUNY Cortland. Later in the game, Truschke secured her second point as she was able to feed a pass to freshman Lydia Cosgrove who scored the second goal of the game. Her goal would be the eventual gamewinner as Oswego State would defeat the Red Dragons, 4-0.

JAMES RONCA Wrestling

Junior, Ballston Spa, N.Y.

Ronca's second place finish in the 125 weight class helped the Lakers claim sixth place overall in the Ithaca College Invitational this past weekend. Ronca opened Saturday with a 8-4 decision over Cody Beaudette of first-place finishing Johnson & Wales University. In his second bout, the Ballston Spa native nabbed a sudden victory over NYU's Jacob Donato. Ronca's run was then ended after being beaten by host Ithaca College's James Kashian in the final match of the bracket.

Women's Soccer Georgia Traynor Senior D/M All-SUNYAC First Team Bri Dolan Senior D/M All-SUNYAC First Team Tia Segretto Senior F/M

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Mary Morrison Sophomore D All-SUNYAC Third Team

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SPORTS

THE OSWEGONIAN FRIDAY, Nov. 14, 2014

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Sears provides gateway into years of Laker men's ice hockey past Relationship with players, coaches allows former volunteer goalie coach to make impact on generations of storied program ANNIVERSARY, from B1 practice coming over after every shot saying, ‘You should’ve done this. You should’ve done that.’ That gets to be old very quick. So, we got to have our little practice together and then they practiced with the team. George really helped with that, and he thought it worked well.”

One goalie during those years who truly appreciated the presence of Sears was Carl Antifonario.

“Coach Sears brought an intensity with him. His tone and the way he looked directly in the eyes – you knew it was time to work hard,” Antifonario said via email. “I remember having goalie sessions with him before the team practice started and being so exhausted I could barely pick up my feet for practice (and later that night too). I didn’t love it at the time, but I completely get the effectiveness – he made us better. There were times in the third period when I was very thankful for his conditioning.”

With Roll at the helm, the Lakers won two conference titles and returned to the NCAA tournament each of those times.

Matching his predecessor, Roll led Oswego State to the national championship in 2003 but, once again, the team came up short against Norwich University.

After the 2003 run to the national finals, Roll stepped down and handed the team over to Gosek. An Oswego native, former Oswego

State player, coach for Oswego Minor Hockey Association and, at the time, most recently assistant coach for 14 seasons at the college, he was someone Sears remembered in many facets as a part of the Oswego ice hockey community.

“I can remember Ed when he played in high school,” Sears said. “He played at the old Catholic high school. Don Unger, in fact, was the coach of that team. They ended up winning the sectionals one year; I think Ed was the captain of the team. He went up to North Country Community College, up in Saranac Lake for two years. Then he came to Oswego and when he came here we had an excellent team, great players. He was kind of a role player, didn’t really play a lot at times and I think that’s when he really started to think about coaching because I think he could see this was probably where his hockey career, as such, was going to end. He wanted to stay involved in hockey, so what could he do? He started paying attention a lot to what was going on from the coaching aspect of it, even as he was playing for those last two years. Then, he started to incorporate that when he began coaching minor hockey and eventually college.”

The attentiveness Gosek showed as a player has served him well as head coach. While it took Roll until his final season at Oswego State to eclipse 20 wins, Gosek has led the Lakers to six 20-win seasons, including the last five seasons straight. He has also won three SUNYAC titles, been to six Frozen Fours, including the last five,

Photo provided by Monica Brill Romney Field House was the home for the Lakers for over four decades. With its electric atmosphere, it was a tough place to play for Lakers' opponents.

and brought home the school’s only national championship in 2007.

Attaining so much success himself, Gosek recognizes how well Sears has done in his ice hockey career, but understands he is so much more.

David Armelino | The Oswegonian Nowadays, Oswego State calls the Marano Campus Center Arena home. The tradition that the men's ice hockey program has had continues into this year's team.

“He has an air and a presence that, I don’t want to say demands respect, but he’s a person you look up to,” Gosek said. “Not even because he’s an Olympian or an All-American or because he’s a great coach, but because he’s a great person.”

During Gosek’s tenure, one goalie who has reaped the benefits of Sears’ style of coaching, both when he was a player and now as a coach, was Dan Jones from the Class of 2013. Currently the goalie coach at SUNY Cortland, Jones has taken what Sears taught him into his own career.

“He was a big fan of that we got to our respective programs and our spots from being the goalies that we were and he didn’t want to change too much of us,” Jones said. “He just wanted to keep us going and hold ourselves accountable, which was a big thing he wanted to do and a big thing that I try and do with our goalies, same thing.”

Current Laker goalie, junior Justin Gilbert sees much of what Jones, his former teammate saw and is appreciative of the opportunity to work with Sears.

“It was extremely helpful. There’s definitely times where you get frustrated because you’re not playing, but he’s a great mentor,” Gilbert said. “He’d send me an email or pull me aside to talk to me and keep my confidence up, keep my head in and tell me to do all the little things and

my time will come, along with the technical side and the mental side of the game.”

On Nov. 22, when Oswego State will travel to Syracuse to take part in the Frozen Dome Classic, the Lakers will finally get to honor Sears for all he has meant to the program with a grand event. He, alongside the Lakers’ No. 1 fan, known to Oswego State faithfuls simply as ‘Billy,’ will take part in the ceremonial puck drop to start the team’s game against Utica College.

“It’s a great honor,” Sears said. “There are so many great people they could have asked to do that. When they asked me, I didn’t hesitate to say yes. When I walk out there with Billy-- he’s been one of the most religious followers of Oswego hockey, he’s been here almost as long as I have-- I’m going to enjoy walking out there with him and representing a piece of Oswego history. I’m at the age where I don’t get excited about a lot of things, but it gets my blood flowing.”

Oswego State men’s ice hockey has won 847 games, 10 SUNYAC tournaments, earned 15 NCAA tournament berths, reached the Frozen Four eight times, won a national championship, had just five head coaches and had numerous players recognized nationally and by the SUNYAC, but it may never again have a figure mean as much as Sears.

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FRIDAY, Nov. 14, 2014

STAFF EDITORIAL

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VETERANS DESERVE RESPECT With Veterans Day behind us, it’s important not to forget the men and women who have volunteered to protect and serve the country.

According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, there are currently 892,221 veterans in New York alone. According to the VA, there are about just over 20 million veterans in the country.

However, there is only one day of the year where people actually stop and thank veterans. Oswego does not even hold a parade.

Every day is a day to thank a veteran, not just the eleventh day of the eleventh

month. Individuals in the armed forces don’t only defend our freedom one day of the year. People should stop to thank veterans regardless of what day it is; it’s the very least they can do.

In 2009 an initiative to end veteran homelessness by the end of 2015 was announced by President Barack Obama and VA Secretary Eric Shinseki. The 2014 Point-in-Time count by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development revealed that on a single night in January there were approximately 49,933 homeless veterans. This is not the only issue the brave men and women who fought for our

country face.

Problems have plagued the VA hospital system and have been recently brought to light. Veterans are claiming that it takes months to see a doctor and even then they may have to wait even longer once being sent to a different doctor.

These are issues veterans should not be facing. Those who put their lives on the line to defend our constitutional rights should not be left with nowhere to call home, nor should they lack proper medical treatment.

Next time you see a veteran, no matter what day it is, take the time to thank them for their service to this country.

IN THE OFFICE

Oswego partied, continues party

People reminisce about past night life, night life still alive and well

Do you feel marijuana should be legalized for recreation?

“Absolutely, there’s no need for it to be illegal.”

Elijah Vary graphic design major, junior

“Yes, because I feel like enough people do it right now.”

Matthew Pamlanye graphic design major, senior

Ronel Puello Laker Review Editor rpuello@oswegonian.com Like it or not, there’s no denying that Oswego is a party school. The school can try to minimize this fact all it wants, but the students and residents of Oswego know it to be true.

We are a Div. III school that could hold its own with any big conference school in terms of partying, and that’s disconcerting to a lot of people. Every Monday morning becomes a day to recount the horror stories of the past weekend. It’s often a mixed bag; we as students have to constantly deal with the idea we are an unwanted, yet necessary presence in town during the school year.

Our partying is getting worse, as the town and the lake are trashed on a year-

ly basis while we leave the bill and the cleanup process to the people who live here year-round.

The school, eager to save face and repair some bridges with the town of Oswego, has started to respond to this by coming down hard on partying and underage drinking. Security cameras are everywhere in residence halls now; one was bolted to the side of my Village townhouse without warning one September morning.

University Police is stepping up its presence on campus with increased patrol units out and about, especially in the woods surrounding the lakeshore and Glimmerglass Lagoon. You hear about Resident Assistants speaking about weekends and nights on call like they were talking about firefights and combat situations. It’s definitely getting hairy out there, but some people aren’t getting the message because the party hasn’t ended for them.

All of this clashes with the reality of the situation: Kids are still drinking, smoking and doing other illicit things more than ever. Let’s be honest with ourselves: Oswego is a great school that I’m proud to call my future alma mater, but a lot of us came here knowing we were

going to party and party hard. It’s something you hear all the time, from alumni, upperclassmen and freshmen whose older siblings or friends went here: “Back in the day, you could get away with murder at this school, but now who knows?” Some people still act like the glory days are still here and thriving and who’s to tell them they’re not here when they’re still getting away with this much?

Oswego State is experiencing a major identity crisis. It can’t deny the party element and policing the issues into submission won’t solve anything. It will just make students more creative in how they break the rules. Pumping a bunch of money into new signs for parents and the media and planting some new greenery just in time for winter also isn’t going to make the problem any less apparent. It’s all going to come to a head this May when the apparently bigger and retooled spring concert butts heads against the proverbial elephant in the room, Bridge Street Run. If you have fatalistic leanings, as I am often prone to, then this is the last call for the Oswego of old. We’re all going to see, for better or worse, what the future holds for incoming students.

Take great risks to get rewards “It should be. It’s a good business deal.”

Jumping off diving board might land you in a pool of success

Automn Caldwell marketing major, freshman

“I do and I think that we should tax the crap out of it. It’s a lot less harmful than many pharmaceuticals.”

Devon Perkins philosophy major, junior

“No. I don’t see the point in it.”

Veronica Tesser psychology major, sophomore

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Tom Kline Staff Writer opinion@oswegonian.com One of the most valuable lessons one can learn during the transition from childhood to adulthood is to accept and appreciate uncertainty, rather than fear it. For some, this is easier said than done; after all, growing up in a society that tends to punish risk-taking behavior for the mere possibility, or danger, of failure, one tends to grow rather averse to the thought of sticking one’s neck out.

For many years, I too held a fear of uncertainty that sometimes bordered on neurosis. However, as I’ve managed to say in one form or another on many occasions in the past, there’s a lot to be said for having the courage to throw yourself into potentially embarrassing and/or (dare I say it) dangerous situations. This has been something to which I’ve borne witness a number of times over the years, the most recent having occurred last November during a semester abroad in Japan, specifically while on a weekend trip to Tokyo, where I

had a sort of epiphany in the middle of the Tokyo Disney Resort.

It was an interesting confluence of events that led to my revelation: After hearing stories from some of my fellow international students about their weekendlong trips to Okinawa, Hiroshima and South Korea, I made a snap decision to spend a weekend in Tokyo. Unfortunately, no one wanted to accompany me on such short notice, so I decided to go alone. In hindsight, this was a mistake because in the interest of saving money on hotel accommodations, I inadvertently booked two nights at a cheap capsule hotel (think a cubbie you can sleep in) right in the middle of the reddest of Japan’s red light districts, Kabukichō. Being a lone tourist in a dodgy part of a big city, I was heckled at by a number of shady nightclub promoters eager to rope bumbling foreigners such as myself into situations that I’ll leave to the reader ’s imagination.

Freaked out as I was by the barrage of club promotions, I decided to go through with my visit to Tokyo anyway, despite it being a notably chilly weekend when I forgot to pack a sweatshirt. Long story short, after a long day of aimlessly wandering around Tokyo’s Shibuya district and a lastminute decision to visit Tokyo Disneyland, I found myself standing (cold, tired and on the verge of tears) in the middle of Tokyo DisneySea’s Mediterranean Harbor when I came to a realization.

All my life, I had wanted to visit Japan.

All throughout my time in Japan, I had wanted to visit Tokyo. And while in Tokyo, one of the places I’d wanted to visit the most was Tokyo Disneyland.

Even after the travel mishaps, the hotel shenanigans and forgetting to pack a sweatshirt, I still managed to do what I set

out to do. Every decision, every reaction and every obstacle I’d endured had led to this. In one singular moment, I was reminded why I went to Tokyo, why I studied in Japan, and why I even bother getting up in the morning: To experience moments of rapture like that one.

That one fleeting moment was worth every penny and then some.

As much as that may sound like a bunch of crystal-gripping, New Age hippie nonsense, it has its base in cognitive science: Much has been written concerning the impact of a varied and stimulating environment on one’s neurodevelopment, with specific emphasis on what Abraham Maslow calls “peak experiences,” which he describes as being “moments of highest happiness and fulfillment” that do wonders for one’s psychological health.

But this isn’t intended to be an ad for international study, so let me say this: the moment of rapture I experienced had less to do with my physical location than it did my willingness to take risks. Awe-inspiring things can happen when one sticks his or her neck out from time to time, things that are by definition not 100 percent certain.

Only by relinquishing our fears of uncertainty can we truly experience moments of happiness and fulfillment.

I feel like a broken record when I say this, but I’ll say it nonetheless: You must not let fear rule your life. Go out on a limb and do something exciting with your life. If you’ve ever needed permission to do so, you hereby have my blessing.

Just try and stay out of red light districts, if you can help it. And remember to pack a hoodie, or two, just in case.

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THE OSWEGONIAN FRIDAY, Nov. 14, 2014

TESOL help Latinos learn Tip of the hat...

Magnolia Almonte Contributing Writer opinion@oswegonian.com

As a Dominican woman from Washington Heights in New York City, my identity has influenced my goals, plans and choices.

My grandparents and parents came to the U.S. to create a better life for themselves and their families and live the American dream. Because of the lessons I learned from my mother and grandmother, I stand before the world as a proud, loud, strong, hardworking, family-oriented Dominican American woman – and I want to empower others who come from similar backgrounds to do the same.

My mother and grandmother served as my role models growing up. They are both incredibly strong, independent women, who always do what’s best for their families. They taught me this is what being a Dominican woman is all about. By choosing to settle in Washington Heights, a primarily Dominican neighborhood, they made sure I was further exposed to the food, music and sense of family that define our culture.

Although we had a strong support system in one another and our community, one of the biggest struggles my family had in coming to the U.S. was learning English.

Luckily, many of the children in my family were able to enroll in a school that provided English as a Second Language (ESL) education. Most of my classmates were low-income and non-native English speakers as well. Looking back, I know that access to this support was crucial for me. It

was also a major factor in my decision to major in English and become TESOL certified (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages).

I want to help children who face the same challenges I did. After graduation, I plan to do just this. I hope to use my own story to inspire students who are struggling and show them what is possible for their futures. If we work to ensure all students receive a quality education, the entire community will benefit.

With this in mind, I attended Teach For America’s Latino Leadership Summit in New York City last month, alongside 38 students representing different colleges and universities across the region. We shared our stories and discussed the strength that exists among our communities. We spoke about the influence that we have as Latino leaders and the importance of students being able to relate to teachers and other leaders of their communities. Most importantly, we talked about all this in the context of a crisis in Latino education. College completion rates among Latinos are the lowest of any group— just 14.5 percent of Latino students earn a bachelor’s degree by age 25.

Walking away from that summit, I feel fired up about fighting these inequities facing my community. Most importantly, after meeting my fellow summit participants, I know I am not alone. As a student, I myself was taught by many TFA corps members and alumni and am grateful for their dedication to my classmates and me. When I apply to TFA, I’ll be continuing their legacy. As a teacher, I’ll get the chance to empower children and families in my community. I can’t wait.

Screeching sounds alarm students David Bubbins Staff Writer opinion@oswegonian.com

Last Thursday I woke from a deep sleep at about 6:30 a.m. thinking it was still very early and my first class wasn’t until 12:45 p.m. I figured it would be a good idea to try to go back to sleep for a couple more hours.

No less than a minute later, an ear-piercing screech cut me to the core and made me jump about six inches off my mattress. It took me about 30 seconds to realize it was just a fire drill.

I have lived in the Mackin Complex for most of my time here at Oswego State, and ever since that first fire drill, I’ve understood there is a pretty good chance I am going to be partially deaf by the time graduation rolls around. It is just one of the two things I dislike about the residence hall.

The other reason is that people who trip the fire alarm seem to time it just right with terrible weather conditions or even better, at three in the morning. Both of these types of prank fire drills actually happened during the first semester I was here.

What really makes me angry isn’t so much the fire alarm, as the fact that the newer fire alarms aren’t as deafening. The summer after my first year in Oswego, I decided to take the calculus-based physics sequence in my hometown’s university as an off-campus study. During a lecture, I heard a man’s voice calmly saying, “Please evacuate the building.” After opening the doors, I could hear the faintest siren. I was puzzled but realized the sound I heard was their fire alarm. When we were outside, I was talking to my lab partner about the fire alarms I have to deal with in Oswego State, and he said, “I feel very sorry for you.”

It turns out that this campus isn’t the only one to use non-deafening fire alarms.

I am aware of two other buildings that use the same exact fire alarm here on Oswego State’s Campus. I’m willing to bet there are many more buildings with this type of fire alarm, but these are just the two I know about. The first one happens to be the newest building on the campus, Shineman Center. Last summer, I was in the building working on my thesis for an independent study, and one day I heard that same exact non-deafening fire alarm.

The second occurrence was last year, when I was eating dinner at Lakeside Dining Hall. All of a sudden I heard a siren with that same guy saying, “Please evacuate the building.” At that moment I became even more frustrated because I was thinking, “Is Mackin the only building in this entire state that doesn’t have a fire alarm that causes ringing in your ears?”

I’m not sure what can be done about this, mostly because the Mackin Complex is one of the oldest buildings on campus. I really do not like having to deal with these fire alarms (about 10 per semester) know-

A few days ago while scrolling through my Facebook feed, I saw a video from Buzzfeed titled “What’s It Like Being the Only Black Friend.” The video gave scenarios in which the white friend would ask the black friend questions about rap music and slang, which puts the black person in an awkward situation.

At first, like many of my Facebook friends who are mostly black, we laughed at this and commented, agreeing how awkward being friends with a white person can be, but then that leads to the question of “Why?” Some people claim they would not feel any different and friendship does not have a race, but why then does society subtly look down on it? We use stereotypes and schemas in order to make pre-judgments about another race, which then changes our perception of them and how we treat and speak to them.

Before moving to Oswego, my friends and a few family members all asked me “Why didn’t you get a black roommate?” They assumed that because I am black I would seek

◊...to whoever measured the spots in the new parking lot where Snygg used to be. ◊...to anyone who doesn’t know what a muckraker is.

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Wag of the finger...

Legalize marijuana for recreational use

Fight to make marijuana legal as other substances are more harmful Christina Madera Staff Writer opinion@oswegonian.com

Every generation has to fight for something. In the ‘20s we fought for women’s rights. In the ‘60s we fought for civil rights. What about smoker ’s rights? Marijuana must be legalized.

I know what parents are thinking. “My god, what have I done? My child went to college to become a pothead.”

No. I am not encouraging people to smoke a joint; they are already doing that on their own. What I am encouraging is political freedom.

The issue is not about smoking. It’s about the infringement of rights.

Why is this drug illegal? The U.S. government believes the drug has a high potential for abuse. Americans’ addictive tendencies include substances like alcohol and caffeinated energy drinks, but there aren’t laws preventing you from purchasing or consuming them.

According to the Huffington Post, not a single American has died from a marijuana overdose. Yet alcohol claims 75,000 American lives each year, according to NBC news. Many other FDA-approved drugs kill thousands of Americans, such as Viagra, which was the primary cause of nearly 3,000 deaths between 1997 and 2005, according to procon.org.

Marijuana is safer than most legal

medication. Marijuana does not include the long list of scary side effects your standard over-the-counter medication does. Smoking or ingesting marijuana will cause dry mouth, drowsiness, increased appetite and distortions in the sense of time, reddening of eyes, relaxed muscles and the giggles.

My solution to these side effects: have a meal and a drink at hand.

Long-term side effects of marijuana include damage to the lungs from smoking.

This can also arise from smoking a cigarette or hookah, both legalized substances. The belief that marijuana is a scary dangerous drug has been drilled into American minds for so many decades that people believe it

generates neurological activity, which scientists refer to as “self-medicating,” which treat both stress and anxiety.

Those who already smoke are going to continue smoking. However, they would have the power to choose to smoke out in public at a designated area to keep it away from others who don’t want it.

Smoking marijuana should not be a crime. We could save tax dollars by reducing the amount of inmates in prisons across the country. Jeffrey Miron, an economics professor at Harvard University, calculates the government would save $7.7 billion a year if it didn’t have to spend money policing and prosecuting marijuana activity. We could also make tax dollars by taxing marijuana and other merchandise associated with it.

Miron also estimated on cnn.money.com, “If the feds taxed marijuana at a rate comparable to cigarettes and booze, another $6.2 billion would come rolling in.”

Many jobs Lily Choi| The Oswegonian cwould be generto be true. But the real truth is marijuana is ated from the start of this new industry as dangerous as a McDouble. If you have it as well. For instance, manufacturers of glass accessories and grinders, bakeroccasionally, there is no harm.

According to the American Psychologi- ies or restaurants for marijuana-infused cal Association, 43 percent of Americans cuisine, or even bars designed for those say stress keeps them up at night. When who enjoy smoking.

There are already two states that stress is keeping you up at night, marijuana could serve as the tranquilizer you need. have legalized marijuana, with a handAccording to a study conducted by the ful more ready to join the trend.

How can we call ourselves the land National Institutes of Health (NIH), marijuana helps people who suffer from exces- of the free while we deny people their sive stress find relief. This is because it rights? Marijuana must be legalized.

Online courses help students advance toward degree Mitch Petrella Staff Writer opinion@oswegonian.com

Lily Choi| The Oswegonian

ing everywhere else has much quieter fire alarms. In addition, it’s frustrating to me that only two or three are actually scheduled per semester.

To those few who think tripping fire alarms is comical, I’d like to say a very sincere “knock it off.” There are a lot of people inside these buildings who feel that time out in the freezing cold at 3 a.m. could be better spent sleeping. Lord knows we need it.

Get rid of racism, get other friends Cherilyn Beckles Staff Writer opinion@oswegonian.com

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someone “more like me” but, I do not believe similarities have anything to do with race at all.

For some notion it is believed that only black people can understand “the struggle” but this is not necessarily the case. The whole “white people thing” vs. the “black people thing” has our friendships and relationships divided.

But this is not fully our fault. Some of our grandparents or even parents hint at their child not dating another race or being friends with another race. A study done in Cedarville University showed that even though 74 percent of people said they wouldn’t mind dating someone from a different race, less than 20 percent of them have. To add fuel to the fire, most of the parents stated they would slightly disapprove of interracial marriage for their children.

Racism is still prevalent in our daily lives whether we choose to notice it or not. We still have not gotten over slavery and segregation.

It is in our media and in our daily lives, which makes us look at people as black and white instead of just people. Interracial friendships and intimate relationships should not be frowned upon; they should be celebrated. As the great Michael Jackson said, “It doesn’t matter if you’re black or white.”

When registering for classes, MyOswego told me I was registering as a first semester senior as opposed to a second semester junior. Most people may have been surprised at that statement, but not me. However, I was surprised to learn I would be registering for classes one day earlier than some people in my graduating class. I did bring in six credits from high school with AP economics and AP United States history, but online classes were the driving force behind the push for earlier registration. I have completed four online classes, all of them needed to graduate, and am taking a fifth one this upcoming winter; that is one full semester of work.

It is nearly Thanksgiving break and the work seems to be piling up, but eventually it will be finals week and everyone will go home and do whatever they need to relax. Those who want to keep the mind sharp, catch up on schoolwork, or try to get ahead in their studies are likely to take online courses. For this upcoming winter session, there are 77 courses offered in 34 different areas of study. Difficulty levels range from 100 level classes to 1000 level classes.

The concept of online classes is quite simple; take an entire course in three or six weeks, depending on the class and the time of year. One reason to take an online class as opposed to on campus is the time length. Since it is three weeks long, the material covered is more important and direct. Second, the structure is different. Instead of writing a long final paper, there may be more “shorter” quizzes or tests to compensate; discussion forums are fairly common for online classes as well. If that makes you cringe, have no fear; the textbook should be right beside you. Also, the PowerPoint resources are a

big help for clarification.

Having a classroom in the comfort of your own home is another bonus. We all know the weather is terrible up here in February, but work for an online class can be completed anywhere there is a Wi-Fi connection. Finally, you can set your own pace to a degree. Assignments still have a due date but if you plan, you can finish assignments whenever you have free time.

An online class that is a prerequisite for another class is the best case scenario.

Say I need to take introduction to statistics before I can take operations management or corporate finance but I do not want to take that next semester because the time slots conflict. With the statistics class over the winter, I can take three weeks to focus on that one class and complete it so I can take the other two classes without an issue in the spring.

There are some shortcomings with these classes. With the classes being online and less restrictive, students tend to forget to do assignments and rack up some zeros, thus hurting their class average and overall GPA. Some assignments are discussion based and not responding can cost you participation points. Another talking

point is that you may not retain any information from these classes because of the cramming and content. The lack of face-to-face contact can make the course more challenging because students may have to send multiple emails to be clear on what they are having trouble with.

Angel (the web program) has a tendency to incorrectly deduct points for fill-in-the blank responses if not typed exactly the way Angel has it logged.

If you decide that the positives outweigh the negatives, then I would advise you take up a class that matters in some way, shape or form. Do not take a class for the sake of getting three extra credit hours. If you are looking for a prerequisite class and it happens to be online, then it can be worth your time to take so you can save yourself the trouble of taking it later during the semester or later in your college career. If it is upper division and the topic interests you, then it is worth it. Every student needs upper division classes outside their major to graduate so take advantage. Online classes have made it so I have the option to graduate a semester early and they have served me well.

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Events Calendar Friday, Nov. 14 through Friday, Nov. 21

Art exhibition: Circles and squares Date: Friday, Nov. 14 Time: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Location: Oswego State Downtown, 186 W. First St. Theater performance: “ The Rocky Horror Show” Date: Friday, Nov. 14 Time: 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Location: Ballroom, Hewitt Union rice creek story hour: “a coming of winter in the adirondacks” Date: Saturday, Nov. 15 Time: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Location: Rice Creek Field Station gospel choir: thanksgiving concert Date: Saturday, Nov. 15 Time: 6 - 7:30 p.m.

Location: Ballroom, Sheldon Hall talk: “writers having a post-college career plan” Date: Monday, Nov. 17 Time: 3 - 4:30 p.m.

Location: Auditorium, Room 132, Marano Campus Center MOVIE: “JENSEITS DER STILLE” Date: Wednesday, Nov. 19 Time: 7 - 9 p.m.

Location: Auditorium, Room 132, Marano Campus Center PERFORMANCE: FANA BANGROUSA Date: Thursday, Nov. 20 Time: 7 - 8:30 p.m.

Location: Ballroom, Sheldon Hall

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Program provides gamers free-to-play content Sage Chase Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com Steam is a downloadable program developed by the Valve corporation providing a digital marketplace for computer games of all types, from new releases to games decades old.

One of those games is “No More Room in Hell.” Made by an independent development team and released in beta on Halloween 2011, this zombie survival first-person shooter was officially released to the public just last year in October.

It was created on the Source engine, the same engine used as the foundation for Valve games such as the “Half-Life” series, the “Left 4 Dead” series and the “Counterstrike” series.

Many gameplay tropes that “NMRiH” utilizes make the game feel similar to more popular titles, most notably “Left 4 Dead.” The med-kit, pills, melee weapons and various firearms will feel familiar to fans of that series, explosives and incendiaries, as well as the cooperation required to make it through the levels alive. However, “NMRiH” has several things the similar AAA title lacks: bandages for bleeding wounds, an

Photo provided by playhawken.com The mecha-shooter “HAWKEN” is just one of the many downloadable games Steam provides players.

infection system where players can die from a bite and turn on their fellow survivors, a survival/horde mode, and a more realistic feeling closer to the survival genre of games.

“Mecha” is one of the most beloved sub-genres of entertainment, rooted in Japanese animation but popular all over the world, “The Matrix Revolutions,” “Pacific Rim,” “Gundam,” “Armored Core” and the “Metal Gear” series most notably. “HAWKEN” is another first-person shooter, though the focus on playing as a pilot of a two story, tall fighting robot among other things is enough

to set it apart from the hundreds of generic multiplayer titles available today (except maybe “Titanfall” for the PC and Xbox One which did exactly that, but came out nearly two years after).

Released as a beta in 2012, “HAWKEN” is developed by a small team called Adhesive Games along with a publisher called Meteor Games and released on Steam in February 2014 on Early Access, meaning it is still being added to and developed as it is played. At E3 2012, HAWKEN was nominated for 20 awards and won 12 with three honorable mentions.

Like many free-to-play games, “HAWKEN” uses an in-game currency used to buy new cosmetic items, but the vast majority of items that actually have practical use can be bought with currency gains through playing. There are 18 mechs to choose from, though nearly all of them require the in-game currency to purchase.

Nevertheless, there are a number of play styles one can develop and improve upon with the help of specific items and tools with your starting mech, part of the most balanced and diverse class of mechs that can do well in any situation. From there, preferred play-styles develop and other mechs can be used.

‘The Binding of Issac: Rebirth’ gains steam Bageot Dia Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com

As the Steam platform continues to grow and gain momentum with bigger blockbuster titles and popular hits, it’s nice to know that Valve still has a sweet spot for the little guys. From the developer Nicalis and the creative mind behind “Super Meat Boy” and “Team Meat,” Edmund McMillen comes the second coming of “The Binding of Isaac,” known in this incarnation as “The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth.”

Rebirth is a well-crafted, and extremely fun indie game that defies the conventions of the dungeon-crawling genre. “Rebirth” may be similar to its cousin, “The Binding of Isaac,” but the two games as a whole still remain a

testament to the biblical story of old, as Isaac is almost killed by Abraham as told by God to prove his devotion to the Christian faith.

In “The Binding of Isaac” however, the story is told in a slightly different manner. Isaac’s mother is told by God to end her son’s life; however, before doing so, Isaac discovers a trap door in his room leading to the basement of their home. Preferring to take the risk, Isaac falls in and discovers a series of floors inhabited by horrifying monsters. The goal of “The Binding of Isaac” is to continue to delve deeper and deeper into your basement, and see what secrets you may find.

Just like the original “Binding of Isaac,” “Rebirth” is a dungeon crawler to its core, citing influence from the original “Legend of Zelda” level design, McMillen created a top-down visual display, with randomly generated

dungeons to spice things up with each subsequent play through.

“Rebirth” is different from its predecessor in art style, with McMillen preferring a retro 16-bit style as opposed to the original, as the pixilated visuals of “Rebirth” are closer to his vision of how the first “Binding of Isaac” should have looked. This atmosphere also shows in the soundtrack, featuring both new songs, and remixes of old ones, courtesy of Matthias Bossi and Jon Evans.

Getting into gameplay now; in “The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth,” the dungeons you explore contain a plethora of enemies, secret rooms and hundreds of items that affect gameplay dramatically.

As you traverse the dungeons, aside from fighting monsters, you also collect money to buy items or keys from shopkeepers or unlock secret doors with potential risk and reward. When all

is said and done, you fight a boss at the very end of the level. Upon winning, you are given a reward as you continue into the lower floors. As you continue to delve deeper into your basement, you’ll begin to face more and more disturbing enemies and collect more items to beef up your arsenal of kick-ass weaponry. Depending on the items you receive, Isaac’s stats and appearance also change. From something very crude as a bra or a pair of underwear, to religiocentric items such as the Book of Revelation or a rosary. One may receive a lot of stuff on a playthrough, and the best part? It’s all randomized. With over 300 drastically different items to assist you on your dungeon-crawling adventures, you’ll never feel bored with “Rebirth.”

Every time you play the game, you’re guaranteed a new experience, and it’s very appreciated.

An absolute must-buy for Steam users and PC-gamers alike, “The Binding of Issac: Rebirth” is now available for purchase on the Steam platform for $15.

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Latest ‘Call Of Duty’ advances series into next generation Travis Clark Asst. Laker Review Editor tclark@oswegonian.com

“Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare” is the eleventh entry into the seemingly never-ending video game franchise. After 11 titles, it’s easy to see why the “Call of Duty” brand has been losing steam, as of late. After the “Modern Warfare” sub-series ended, the creators released two “Black Ops” entries and “Ghosts.”

These were met with mostly positive responses, but the game-a-year tradition can be a tiring love affair for a lot of fans. Developer Sledgehammer Games aims to inject a bit of energy into the “Call of Duty” franchise; “Advanced Warfare” is the caffeine for a franchise that’s still driving, but had the potential of falling asleep at the wheel.

The game is set around four decades from now, a near-future where soldiers fight terrorism in advanced exo-suits, improving their agility, strength and speed. The Atlas Corporation, a privately owned military force with devotion to no single country, has risen up to be a juggernaut in military advancement and foreign relations. Its CEO, Jonathan Irons, played via motion capture by

the great Kevin Spacey (“House of Cards”), loses his son during a desperate mission at the beginning of the game, spear heading his ruthless pursuit of power and domination.

You play as Mitchell, a devoted soldier with a robotic arm.

The game takes place over the course of several years across various locations, including San Francisco and Iraq. I’ve never been a “Call of Duty” player, preferring games that care about telling a good story, but I also acknowledge the appeal of this franchise. Deciding to give “Advanced Warfare” a chance is a decision I don’t regret; it’s a crazy fun ride with great customization and gameplay. And did I mention Kevin Spacey is in it? His Irons is reminiscent of his “House of Cards” character Frank Underwood—cunning and calculative, doing whatever it takes to get ahead.

The campaign is like a blockbuster summer flick that you’re in control of—it doesn’t have any emotional weight but it entertains and engages—with countless memorable action sequences to “wow” players. One such instance is a fantastic firefight along the Golden Gate Bridge that ends in a chaotic, destructive mess one would see out of some Michael Bay film, minus the obvious misogynistic tendencies

Photo provided by callofduty.com The latest entry in the “Call of Duty” franchise, “Advanced Warfare” sets its sights on the near future and blockbuster spectacles.

and bad dialogue. The campaign captures attention right up until its final moments, which is rather anticlimactic after such an exciting time beforehand. Further, it can be very predictable on occasion. However, coming in at about eight hours of gameplay on a normal mode, the campaign could keep even experienced “Call of Duty” players busy for a good while.

The gameplay is smooth as silk.

Having never been much of a COD player beforehand, it was still simple to get the hang of. Weapon selection is impressive as well at over 30 to choose from making multiplayer a treat. I mainly used the Bal-27, a fully automatic assault rifle with

good range and ammo capacity. But it wouldn’t be “advanced” warfare if you couldn’t take control of the new features, such as the customizable exo-suit, which allows the player to jump higher and run faster. If players are worried these enhancements take away the realness and grittiness of past games in the franchise, have no fear; this isn’t “Destiny.”

Enhancements are still kept in a realistic restriction. With so many different multiplayer modes and weapons to choose from, multiplayer, a key staple in the series, will continue to engage players long after the end credits of the campaign roll.

Finally, the graphics are amazing. It’s easy to wonder whether

the cross-generation—the game has been released on all platforms, both old and new generation—hinders the full potential of the visuals on the PS4, but it makes no difference; the game is visually stunning, and the cut scenes look like you’re watching a film.

“Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare” is a thrilling game that looks fantastic, plays magnificently and has great replay value; I know I’ll go back to the campaign eventually on a harder difficulty, and continue to play more and more multiplayer modes. Don’t count out the “Call of Duty” franchise just yet—it’s still ready for war.

Nick Jonas balances sex appeal, romance on newest album Natalie Brophy Contributing Writer laker@oswegonian.com

Nick Jonas is Disney Channel royalty no longer. The 22-yearold former Jonas Brother proves he is all grown up with the release of his self-titled debut solo album.

Jonas’ new sound can be summed up in one word—sexy.

Reminiscent of Justin Timberlake’s solo debut, Jonas is shedding his baby-faced, boy band image for an edgier, more grown up sound. Gone are the squeaky clean, kid friendly lyrics of his Jonas Brothers days. Instead, they have been replaced with a parental advisory warning.

Jonas is going for a sexier image. Jonas has been turning up the sex appeal with some recent photo shoots, the most attention grabbing being a shoot for Flaunt magazine where Jonas channels Mark Wahlberg’s infamous Cal-

vin Klein “crotch grab” pose.

Jonas’ new sound is much more electronic than his previous 2010 solo side project, Nick Jonas and the Administration. The Administration featured a four-piece band and had a more mellow, instrumentally driven vibe.

The album’s first single, “Chains,” is a slow, R&B-esque tune describing a bondage-like relationship: “You got me in chains/Chains for your love.”

The deluxe version of the album features a remix from producer Just a Gent that could be heard in any nightclub.

“Chains” led the way for the next single off the album, “Jealous,” which has been getting lots of attention on Top 40 stations.

The radio friendly tune is an upbeat, envy-fueled track detailing the emotions of a jealous lover: “It’s my right to be hellish, I still get jealous/’Cause you’re too sexy, beautiful/And everybody wants a taste.”

“Teacher” is a fun, feel-good song in which Jonas offers to teach a lover how to love: “It’s

like your momma never taught you how to love/So let me teach ya.” Its upbeat rhythm and sexy, playful lyrics are slightly reminiscent of Robert Thicke’s 2013 smash single “Blurred Lines,” along with a semi-nude lyric video.

The songs on this album show that Jonas knows how to be fun and sexy, but he also knows when to slow it down and be romantic.

Jonas slows it down to sing about a failing relationship in “Warning”: “I can see the warning/It’s brighter than the morning/Keeps trying to turn me right around” and gets emotional when crooning about the struggles of a long distance relationship in “Santa Barbara”: “Why is New York City/So far from Santa Barbara.”

The album also features collaborations with some of today’s hottest young artists. Jonas teamed up with his good friend Demi Lovato for the duet “Avalanche.” He called in the help of artists Angel Haze and Mike Pos-

Photo provided by nickjonas.com Nick Jonas discards boy-band image in favor of a sexier sound on his debut solo album.

ner for the songs “Numb” and “Closer,” helping to give the album a more R&B vibe.

Overall, the album is a good mix of fun, upbeat, sexy songs and

slow, romantic ballads. The progression of Jonas’ music is realistic and shows how he is changing and growing, not only as an artist, but as a person as well.

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‘Interstellar’ ambitious, struggles reaching new heights Travis Clark Asst. Laker Review Editor tclark@oswegonian.com

Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan (“The Dark Knight” trilogy) has never been one for brevity or subtlety.

His films pack a cerebral punch that the screenplay strings along until a raging climax in which the audience may or may not fully understand what they just witnessed.

His films more often than not require repeat viewings, and in the case of his two most recent original films, “Inception” and this year’s “Interstellar,” even if one thinks they understand them, they are still hard to explain.

“Interstellar” is his most ambitious film to date, both an achievement and a setback in and of itself. Nolan has also never been one to back away from complex ideas. “Memento” was a tale of a victim of sudden amnesia told backward; “The Prestige” dealt with magic, never a simple topic; his “Dark Knight” trilogy turned the Batman franchise into a full-fledged metaphor for terrorism; and “Inception” delved into the world of dreams. Nolan is always reaching for the stars, and with “Interstellar” he actually goes there in thrilling, breath-taking fashion. But it’s not without its faults.

Nolan’s films have always been

Photo provided by interstellar.withgoogle.com Academy Award winners Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway star in the mind-bending cosmic expedition, “Interstellar.”

aimed more toward the head than the heart. His complex ideas and exposited storytelling don’t necessarily tug at the heartstrings, but they do make your head hurt. And it has, for the most part, worked for him.

With “Interstellar” the director quite clearly wanted that second layer of emotion present.

The film, on its surface, is about saving mankind in the midst of a food and resource shortage; dust storms cloud the air at random occasions, and the human race is running out of options. The other layer, the emotional layer, comes in the form of a farmer

and former space engineer Cooper, played by Matthew McConaughey— coming hot off his Oscar win for “Dallas Buyers Club” and Emmy nomination for HBO’s “True Detective”—and his relationship with his daughter, Murph. The actor plays Cooper with a ruggedness and determination to be admired.

Cooper agrees to pilot a space shuttle that will travel through a wormhole with the intention of finding other lifesustaining planets. It’s hard to go further into the plot without giving much away, but over the course of the film, it’s obvious there’s more to this space

adventure than just going where no one has gone before. It’s about love— it’s the one thing that can travel with you to other galaxies when everything else that you know is billions of miles away. If it sounds a little silly, it sort of is. In a way though, it’s thought-provoking. When the future of an entire species is in your hands, do you listen to your gut or your heart?

As with any Nolan adventure, there are twists and turns that thrill and complicate. Nothing is ever simple with Nolan, and it’s never more apparent than with “Interstellar.”

While not necessarily a bad thing, No-

lan’s determination to go bigger here is highly apparent, and he’s gone bigger with each film. There’s a fine line between “ambitious” and “bloated” in filmmaking. It’s close, yes. The film has plenty of deep exposition, as with any Nolan film. He seems to be the only filmmaker who can routinely get away with it though. It’s because he’s one of the most creative, original filmmakers in the industry today.

There’s no doubt the film is visually stunning. IMAX is the way to see it, despite the reports of sound problems being true (it doesn’t necessarily detract from the film, though). In hindsight, the actual wonders of space could have been exposed more; the film focuses so much on the human element that, ironically, it loses some of the sensation of the universe it’s trying to explore. Then again, this isn’t “Gravity,” which subtly told a story in the vast expanse of space. That aimed to wow us with amazing visuals more so than Sandra Bullock’s backstory.

“Interstellar” is a different entity; it punches the audience in the face with its story. It’s sometimes to a fault—it can be pretty on the nose—but it’s often wonderful.

Nolan is a frustrating filmmaker. “Interstellar” has taken a lot of heat for being overly ambitious but in a world of remakes, sequels and all around unoriginality, Nolan is still firing out creative films. There must be something to be admired

‘Big Hero 6’ high-flying super hero adventure for everyone Heather Clark Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com

In the fictional city of San Fransokyo, Hiro Hamada, played by Ryan Potter (“Supah Ninjas”), is a 14-yearold genius that graduated from high school at 13, has a love for creating robots and illegal bot fighting. His older brother Tadashi, played by Daniel Henney (“X-Men Origins: Wolverine”) spends his college days in an advanced robotics lab inventing robots to help the greater good.

Once Tadashi shows Hiro what it looks like to be in college working with robotics, the teen tries desperately to get accepted into the robotics program. After throwing around a bunch of ideas, Hiro invents mentally controlled micro-bots that impress everyone at the college’s fair, including the dean.

The celebration comes to a grinding stop when tragedy strikes and Hiro is left without his

beloved brother.

While dealing with the loss of Tadashi, Hiro is introduced to Tadashi’s invention, Baymax, the personal health care robot. Played by Scott Adsit (“St. Vincent”), Baymax is a lovable robot who is programmed to take care of any health issue someone faces.

When Hiro and Baymax find out that someone stole the micro-bots that were supposedly destroyed, the two team up with Tadashi’s friends from college to find the person responsible. This includes the extremely girly Honey Lemon, played by Genesis Rodriguez (“Identity Thief”), the tom-boy Go Go Tomago, played by Jamie Chung (“Sin City: A Dame to Kill For”), the neat freak Wasabi NoGinger, played by Damon Wayans Jr. (“Let’s Be Cops”) and the mascot Fred, played by T.J. Miller (“Transformers: Age of Extinction”). These six become “Big Hero 6.”

“Big Hero 6” is a perfect combination of the action of Marvel with the lightheartedness of Disney and the comedic aspects of both. Directed

by Don Hall (“The Princess and the Frog”) and Chris Williams (“Bolt”), “Big Hero 6” keeps the second golden age of Disney going with its amazing characters and great designs.

The 3-D animation is highly detailed and shows just what the animators at Disney can do. The characters are expertly detailed and their stories are flawlessly injected into the movie.

The character everyone cannot seem to stop talking about is the lovable robot Baymax. He is programmed to help the sick and injured and conveys feelings of happiness and comfort. However, he is still a robot that cannot convey emotions too well and takes everything literally, which adds some hilarious dialogue between him and Hiro.

The main story is not really about super heroes and fighting crime. “Big Hero 6” shows kids what it is like to deal with the death of a loved one in both healthy and unhealthy ways. The character of Hiro perfectly conveys both sides to dealing with death with the help

Photo provided by disney.movies.com/big-hero-6/ Hiro Hamada saves the city of San Fransokyo from an evil genius in “Big Hero 6.”

of his friends and Baymax.

Like its predecessor “Frozen,” “Big Hero 6” focuses mainly on the bond between siblings. In this case, it is the bond between brothers. Much like sisters could relate to “Frozen,” brothers can

definitely relate to the story of the Hamada brothers.

In true Disney fashion, “Big Hero 6” is an emotional roller coaster of laughs and tears. Definitely a must see, and bring plenty of tissues with you to the theater.

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Oh Land’s latest album odd, other-worldly sonic experiment

eRiley Ackley -Promotional Director erackley@oswegonian.com ” m h e t At the age of 29, Nanna sØland Fabricius has released a -thorough collection of music.

With three albums fully released -and a fourth on the way, the equirky pop singer better known -as Oh Land is ready to grace the -music industry once again with nher latest venture, “Earth Sick.” e Well known internationally, eOh Land’s U.S. audience has renmained relatively small. Despite eher hit single “Sun Of A Gun,” -which charted on the Billboard tDance charts and was featured non various music video shows dlike VH1’s “Top 20 Countdown” ein 2010, Oh Land’s lasting power .in the U.S. has consisted mostly tof niche audiences. h Focusing heavily on wispy tvocals paired with obtrusive -beats, Oh Land’s “Earth Sick” showcases the young singer-songwriter ’s classic and irfreplaceable style. Seemingly textraterrestrial, “Earth Sick” dborders the pop genre with exsperimental sounds and odd esong constructions some auddiences may not understand.

It is as if Oh Land wants listeners to be thrown off as she leads them to believe a track is one thing before adding in new synth layers and awkward, out-of-place sounds.

A perfect example of this is on “Favor Friends.” Arguably one of the more pop-based tracks on the album, this track begins just as any other indie-pop track.

Wispy vocals paired with an edgier, soon-to-be-dropped beat help “Favor Friends” begin in a space of surface level pop music. Soon though, Oh Land flips the script with odd strings and moments of operatic vocals. It is a catchy beast of a song.

On “Nothing Is Over,” Oh Land bares all. Softer than some of the album’s more engaging tracks, “Nothing Is Over” is sweet and intimate. Feelings of content will rush over listeners, as they are subdued into a relaxing dream-like trance.

“Little Things” is the most off-center track on “Earth Sick.”

Looping synths and sometimes inaudible vocals turn this swirling doozy into a nearly indescribable moment of sensations.

It is atmospheric and enticing, but also slightly off-putting.

With little sense to be made, “Little Things” will leave listeners with the feeling they just

Photo provided by commons.wikimedia.org Internationally renowned singer-songwriter Oh Land graces listeners with a weird, untouchable style all her own.

read Plato’s “Republic.”

The album’s lead single titled “Head Up High,” acts as the most pop-oriented track off “Earth Sick.” Danceable and fun, the melody of “Head Up High,” features a ‘90s vibe as Oh Land’s screeching hooks draw in audiences. Bubbling beneath throughout the majority of the track’s play time, each chorus break is like an explosion of fun.

“Hot & Bothered” is the most

entertaining track off “Earth Sick.” Fiery and uniquely herself, Oh Land’s “Hot & Bothered” invokes a head banging, rock-like moment out of the record. Most comparable to artist St. Vincent, “Hot & Bothered” is angry and intense. Never able to lay low, Oh Land’s “Hot & Bothered” is the much needed anthem to telling someone off.

“Earth Sick” has times when inexplicitly odd combinations

of vocals, beats and structuring leave listeners questioning what they just experienced. But, looking past that, Oh Land’s utilization of individuality in a landscape filled with fundamentally basic music should help her to stand out. Like a rambunctious and more experienced FKA Twigs, the paving already done

by Oh Land is important to note. “Earth Sick” just continues building that road.

Dillon Francis non-traditional production, reshapes beats Christina Madera Staff Writer laker@oswegonian.com

Dillon Francis, renowned electronic music producer and DJ, released a brand new album on Oct. 21 called “Money Sucks, Friends Rule.”

This album is 45 minutes of pure brilliance. Francis mixes several different sounds and collaborates with various artists including Major Lazer, Martin Garrix, Sultan and Ned Shepard and TJR. The first song on the album is “All That.” This song features the fastest rapper in the world, Twista, who never fails to impress as he spits his rapid hip-hop lyrics all throughout e this track. His quick-paced rap style coincides perfectly with the tempo g of the song. The next song on the al- bum is “Get Low.” This one is going a to become the song everyone loves - so much that it becomes overplayed a month later. However, until that

time comes, enjoy this combination of unique sounds that will make you want to twerk all day long. This song gets creative with the use of Middle Eastern sounds in the chorus, which is not commonly used in electronic music. Anyone who enjoys trap or moombahton music will surely enjoy this melody. If this song does not make it to your pregame playlist then you are not a real DJ. “When We Were Young,” the third track, throws off the album’s overall sound. Its sound is extremely plain and similar to many of the popelectronic songs you would hear on a Top 40 station. This song did not meet expectations. Zomboy’s dubstep remix of this song is a lot better than the original version.

“Set Me Free” brings the album back on course. Traditional ‘90s techno music at it’s best. This song mixes old disco beats with new electronic beat drops. This is unquestionably a song you can shuffle to at the next rave or give a gloving light show with.

This hipster-esque track is what is cre-

Photo provided by dillonfrancis.com DJ and producer Dillon Francis rules the EDM scene with irresistable sounds.

ated when you combine two very gifted producers. It has become widely popular since both Martin Garrix and Francis have previewed them throughout various festivals this summer, such as Electronic Daisy Carnival and Mad Decent Block Party.

“Drunk All The Time” is a controversial song on the album. This

is partly due to the fact that Francis debuted the song earlier in the summer with a different “harder” drop than the one that made the album. Although the song is great as it stands, when compared to the live summer version it is a bit of a let down. This song has soft vocals and the drop complements it.

“We Make it Bounce” is a combination of moombahton, bounce and reggae beats. This song is a club starter to say the least. The vocals behind the lyrics have a lot of bass and therefore stand out against the rhythm.

The perfect Jamaican accent of the singer is a bit auto tuned, but it works.

“Hurricane” is the perfect ending to this album. This title will remind you of the summer time and driving around the city with your friends. Its lyrics are easy to sing along with and it has a very upbeat sound. It mixes the house music with some elements of pop punk. This song proves that Francis does not have to stick to one genre trap but can expand his horizons to other fields, like progressive house. This single will put Francis on the map with artists like Calvin Harris and David Guetta.

The album creates unique sound environments for each listener. It is sure to please the needs of all those within the EDM community and those outside the electronic scene that simply enjoy well produced music.

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Horoscopes Aries (Mar. 21 - Apr. 19): Strong influences indicate that you really need to be practical for most of the day. If your intention is to procrastinate, you may need to think again. Something requires your attention that shouldn’t be ignored. The sooner you act, the more time you’ll free up later.

Taurus (Apr. 20 - May 20): Don’t be discouraged by rather chaotic vibes. Don’t be surprised if there are a number of little mishaps disrupting and disordering your routine. It is possible that something going wrong will actually turn out to produce a longedfor result; be open to new ideas.

Cancer (June 22 - July 22): It might be a day where you overstep boundaries slightly, especially if it is tied to something you want or need addressed. If it seems that you’re not getting through to others, then focus on clearer communication and be more realistic in your expectations.

Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22): Encouragement should provide a breath of “fresh air.” Friendships and fun outings are all on the horizon. Just be warned, though—if you try to push aside an important chore today, it will crop up again, most likely just before the weekend. Accomplish tasks now.

Gemini (May 21 - June 21): Virgo (Aug. 23 - Sep. 22): Improved circumstances should make you much happier, especially when it comes to relationships. In work however, it’s perhaps best not to get too involved in what may be an emotional matter. Try to avoid being put on the spot at the wrong time.

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