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ESPN writer Kate Fagan shares inspiration for ‘What Made Maddy Run’
by Kerry Ryan
OSWEGO, N.Y. — On Tuesday, October 10th, the Sheldon Hall Ballroom was filled with members of the oswego community; all waiting to listen to ‘I Am Oz’ speaker and ESPN writer, Kate Fagan. Fagan shared her stories of coming out as a gay woman, working for ESPN, and her inspiration to write the book What Made Maddy Run?. What Made Maddy Run? is the story of University of Pennsylvania freshman track star Madison Holleran, who died by suicide at the age of 19 years old after secretly struggling with anxiety and depression.
Fagan originally wrote Holleran’s story as a piece for ESPN. After receiving numerous emails written by high school and college students, as well as their parents, Fagan said she knew that she needed to dig deeper into the story.
“I realized that we had really only touched on a certain piece of the story in the magazine piece and that there were other roads to travel down to make the story more fleashed out for the rest of the college students and young people who saw themselves in her,” Fagan said.
This isn’t Fagan’s first non-fiction story, however. The Former WNBA player previously released a book retelling the story of her own struggles. The Reappearing Act: Coming Out as Gay on a College Basketball Team Led by Born-Again Christians explains the background of Fagan’s difficulty with her identity and how it would affect her and those around her.
What Made Maddy Run? was an instant New York Times best-seller. This is a first for Fagan, who said she has always wanted to be a writer.
“Basketball was like the pursuit,” Fagan said. “I guess I’ll be a writer when I’m done. And so when i was done playing basketball, that’s when I moved the writing to the front burner.”
Fagan said her next goal is to get some of her fictional work published. She said that, unlike non-fiction, there’s a different way of storytelling in fiction and it allows writers to have more creative freedom.
What Made Maddy Run? by Kate Fagan is available online and in bookstores now.
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Lakers Claim SUNYAC Championship
This past weekend Geneseo played host to one of the most bizarre thrilling games in SUNYAC hockey history. Wilson Ice Arena was the sight for this years SUNYAC Championship game and the much-anticipated matchup between Oswego State and Geneseo did not disappoint. The Knights of Geneseo battled back from a 5-1 deficit only to eventually fall to the Lakers by a final score of 7-6 after the puck tipped off the stick of Oswego State’s Shawn Hulshof with 28.7 seconds left to go in the 3rd period. Oswego started off the scoring taking an early 2-0 lead in the 1st period before Geneseo was able to close the gap to 2-1 within the final minutes of the period. Oswego opened up their lead to 5-1 during the 2nd period before Geneseo went on a 4-o goal run to tie the game up at 5 in the 3rd. The teams went back and forth throughout the entire combining for 13 goals in the game. Matt Zawadski the freshmen goaltender for Oswego was on the winning side in this past weekend’s championship contest. The Lakers next stop is back home in the Campus Center Ice Arena where they will play host to the Bowdoin Polar Bears who won the NESCAC conference over the weekend after beating the two seed Amherst 3-2 in double overtime. The first round NCAA tournament game will be broadcast live by WTOP Wednesday night starting at 6:30 pm with the pregame and puck drop at 7 PM.
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Fashion Week
by Ilyssa Weiner
Oswego, NY- Fashion at Oswego’s first ever Fashion Week kicked off on Apr. 1.
Imani Cruz created Fashion at Oswego in 2014 after realizing there weren’t any fashion organizations on campus. She was influenced by designers in New York City and Paris.
“I kinda took it upon myself to think ‘You know what? It’d be cool if like we went around campus and took photos of people that were dressed really nice,” she said.
“The week is all about taking pride in how you appear and your appearance,” she said. “By creating Oz Fashion Week, we could light up some fire under students to dress nice just for one week.”
The week started with a pop up shop showcasing outfits created by up-and-coming designers from places such as Syracuse and Ithaca.
Rashaad Holley, a grad student at Buffalo State, is the creator of “Vingt Cinq Rashaad” and one of the designers at the pop up shop. His brand comes from a song lyric about not living past 25 years old.
“I take that and revert it into a positive direction and give people like myself inspiration to ascend as opposed to look at a ceiling and be limited,” Holley said.
With the success of the pop up shop, Cruz is very positive about Fashion at Oswego’s future.
