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OPINION

‘The One with the College Newspaper’

By ALYSSA MCCLURE | May 3, 2016

College cannot be fully summed up in one phrase – how can you fit staying up until 2 a.m. on a Tuesday wine drunk with your roommates, 10 p.m. half-app adventures, mud-splattered sunburns, chocolate chip cookie baking and Chinese fire drills in the middle of the Audubon into one blank? Yet for each one of us, our experience has been highlighted by something profound – something that has changed us as individuals, made us more self-confident and gifted us lifelong friends. For some, it is a fraternity or sorority, a campus club or a sports team. For me, college has been “The One with the College Newspaper.”

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Twitter reactions: UB students react to Spring Fest lineup of The Chainsmokers, Mac Miller and Coleman Hell

By ALYSSA MCCLURE | Mar. 21, 2016

The Student Association confirmed late Monday that The Chainsmokers will headline this year's Spring Fest, scheduled for April 23 in Alumni Arena, after Ticketmaster leaked the artists early. Mac Miller and Coleman Hell will also perform alongside a still-unnamed fourth artist, according to SA Entertainment Director Terese Regan.

NEWS

Spectrum elects 2016-17 editor in chief

By ALYSSA MCCLURE | Mar. 6, 2016

The Spectrum’s editorial board unanimously elected Gabriela Julia as next year’s editor in chief on Sunday. Julia, a junior communication major and current managing editor at the newspaper, ran unopposed.

Baking cookies at Christmastime is a great way to spend time with friends and family, get in the holiday spirit and end up with some sweet treats to enjoy until New Year’s. Here's five cookie recipes to enjoy during the holiday season.

FEATURES

Five Christmas cookie recipes to celebrate the holidays

By ALYSSA MCCLURE | Dec. 9, 2015

Arguably the best part about the holidays is the food – and what’s better than an excuse to eat all kinds of holiday-themed desserts. Baking cookies at Christmastime is a great way to spend time with friends and family, get in the holiday spirit and end up with some sweet treats to enjoy until New Year’s. Here are five recipes to consider adding to your holiday baking list. Grab an apron, crank up the Christmas music and get baking!

OPINION

A new day of infamy: The events of Sept. 11 tragedy should be remembered year round

By ALYSSA MCCLURE | Sep. 10, 2015

A plaque hangs in my hallway at home, dedicated to the victims and rescue personnel who lost their lives on Sept. 11. It features the iconic photo of firefighters George Johnson, Dan McWilliams and Billy Eisengrein raising the American flag over the rubble at Ground Zero. Every time I walk by it, I am reminded of the importance of how the American people responded that day and of how proud I am to include my dad in the group of heroes willing to risk their lives for others.

NEWS

The Spectrum elects 2015-16 editor in chief

By ALYSSA MCCLURE | Mar. 8, 2015

The Spectrum’s editorial board unanimously elected Tom Dinki as next year’s editor in chief on Sunday. Dinki, a junior English major and current senior news editor at the newspaper, ran unopposed.

Emma Janicki, Lisa Khoury and Sara DiNatale (from left to right) have placed in the Society of Professional Journalists' (SPJ) top three for the categories of general news reporting, investigative reporting and breaking news, respectively.

NEWS

Spectrum editors place in Society of Professional Journalists national competition

By ALYSSA MCCLURE | Mar. 5, 2015

The Society of Professional Journalists announced Thursday three editors of The Spectrum have placed in the SPJ’s Mark of Excellence regional awards competition.

Breanna Cragg, a 2014 UB alumna, went to Cancun, Mexico, on her senior year spring break with 11 of her friends. She said the atmosphere was “100 percent” a stereotypical college spring break atmosphere and she spent the days drinking on the beach and the nights dancing at clubs.

NEWS

Many college students spend spring break engaging in beachfront debauchery, but not all

By ALYSSA MCCLURE | Mar. 3, 2015

Roughly 32 percent of UB students are planning to go on vacation for spring break this year, according to a spring break survey of 218 students conducted by The Spectrum. But it’s not what every student is doing, despite culture’s obsession with the stereotypical college spring break experience.

Kelsey Habla, president of Love is the Movement Interest Club, meets with other e-board members in Greiner Hall. The club is based off of the the national non-profit To Write Love on Her Arms, a movement dedicated to helping those struggling with depression, addiction and self-harm.

FEATURES

Making love a movement on campus

By ALYSSA MCCLURE | Oct. 15, 2013

A group of students is making love a movement at UB by providing help and support for students battling depression, anxiety and self-harm.

Paul Englert Jr. was a fun-loving, outgoing sophomore studying civil engineering at UB when he passed away from a pulmonary embolism. A memorial fund set up in his name raised over $1,000 to be donated to his high school, St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute, in his honor.

FEATURES

Honoring a student, athlete and friend

By ALYSSA MCCLURE | Oct. 13, 2013

On Sept. 19, Paul Englert Jr. suffered from a pulmonary embolism while waiting for his Engineering Computations lecture to start in Knox Hall on North Campus, and passed away. Though an only child, Paul's legacy lives on through the brotherhood of his high school, St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute.