Issue
Volume 59, Issue 8
A love-hate relationship
By: Vanessa Frith
Whether or not you liked Hamlet as a high school student is completely irrelevant to the enjoyment of Paul Rudnick’s I Hate Hamlet, currently playing at Buffalo’s Kaleidoscope Theater. [read more]
A means to an end
By: Rachel Lamb
Girls and women are kept in steel cages in dark back alley slums until eager men are escorted in, pick one out and then give money to have sex with them on tattered cots. [read more]
A yummy surprise
Grade: B+
By: Angela Vizzi
Break out your raincoats and umbrellas. A three-course meal is raining down from the sky. [read more]
Bulls bring brooms to Cornell Tournament
By: Andrew Wiktor
A little change in personnel can go a long way. [read more]
Damn Yankees
By: Andrew Wiktor
I often get criticized for being from Queens, N.Y. and rooting for a baseball team that hails from the Bronx. Though I could walk to Citi Field, I prefer taking the 4-train to Yankee Stadium. [read more]
Gioia earns area honor
By: Nicole Janik
For the 60th year in a row, the School of Management Alumni Association presented its award for the Buffalo-Niagara Executive of the Year. The recipient this year is Robert D. Gioia, the chairman of Great Lakes Health, who was recognized for his contributions to the Western New York health care system. [read more]
Hands-free becoming the norm
By: Jessica Bennett
With frequent news reports depicting young drivers causing accidents due to cell phone usage, many assume that the severity of the problem is increasing. [read more]
Knight time
By: David Sanchirico
As “Zombie Nation” rang from the Bright House Networks Stadium speakers, the 33,689 fans in attendance jumped in unison and rattled the stadium floor. [read more]
Missile missteps in Europe
U.S. reneges on defense of Eastern Europe
The latest buzz topic in Washington is the United States missile defense shield in Eastern Europe. President Obama, with backing from Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, his national security team and senior military leadership, decided to scrap the ground based interceptor missiles in Poland and Czech Republic. [read more]
Not standing alone
By: Vanessa Frith
As the lights went out and the music started, a small, demure lady stepped on stage, starting a long, mildly provocative dance for Hitler. She then seduced and killed him. [read more]
Quit while you’re ahead
President Obama tells Governor Paterson to drop out
Governor David Paterson will ignore President Obama’s suggestion to not seek re-election. [read more]
Roads to travel
By: Shane Fallon
“What’s your major?” can become the punch line to an unspoken joke after an extended period of time on campus. A major lays the foundation of what will become the rest of a student’s life, can be used to start up a conversation and can often make a person friends and forge an identity. [read more]
Sotally tober
By: Christopher Di Matteo
I like to party and I see no shame in admitting that I like to have a good time. However, a concert is neither the time nor the place for getting uncontrollably drunk. [read more]
Stranger danger
By: Ren LaForme
Remember waiting for your bus on the first day of kindergarten and the chat your mother gave you about never talking to strangers? Take that advice to heart – no matter how old you are. [read more]
Struggling to speak fearlessly
By: Amanda Woods
Speaking. It’s something most people take for granted. For me, that is not the case. [read more]
Two-wheeled justice
By: Matt Mosher
Tall, fast and agile are adjectives usually associated with the Buffalo Bulls basketball teams. However, these traits can now be pinned to the University Police Department, as well. [read more]
UB announces plan for change
By: David Weidenborner
UB submitted its Climate Action Plan last week, a crucial development in becoming a climate-neutral campus and community. This plan marks the next step in President Simpson’s long term pledge to the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment. [read more]
