Success is a journey, not a destination
There have been a plethora of times when other people, including myself, have viewed someone’s life and wished it to be their own.
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There have been a plethora of times when other people, including myself, have viewed someone’s life and wished it to be their own.
Lex could not control her body from shaking as she finally stepped into the room with several other recovering alcoholics sitting in a circle. This was the moment where she was finally going to turn her life around.
When Kim Charleson noticed country-pop singers Megan and Liz wearing vibrant blue and pink “Love Your Melon” beanies in an Instagram post, she knew she wanted to learn more about the foundation.
Like many students, Katie Nigrelli finds herself working in the library until late at night.
Simeng Zhou, a senior political science major from Japan, said international students at UB tend to stick with students from their own countries and who speak their first languages.
Devon Marr wanted to share her passion for cosplay with the rest of the UB after watching an artist design outfits online. She decided to start a club and later realized she couldn’t afford a sewing machine.
Święconka (shve-yen-SOHN-ka), Dyngus Day and Wigilia may be unfamiliar to those who aren’t of Polish decent, but the Polish SA is making sure all of its members live out those traditions as fully as possible.
Enzo Benfanti, a junior chemical engineering major, braved Saturday’s 40-degree windy weather in a tank top as he waited an hour and 45 minutes to take the first bite of a burrito from Lloyd Taco truck.
After Teagan Eschborn finished her coffee, Suzan Akpinar, president of the Turkish Student Association, flipped the coffee cup from under the plate to read her fortune, an important cultural practice in Turkey. Eschborn, a freshman biology student, did not expect the news to bring her to tears.
Jesse Moses, a junior international studies major, had to learn how to adjust to a campus of almost 30,000 students after leaving a school with half as many.
It was four degrees below zero, but Lindsey Kehl was too busy playing broomball to notice.
‘Weighting’ to change
As I stood at the foot of the 1,000-foot-tall Eiffel Tower, I felt energized. I watched the 336 gaslights sparkle, heard the clock strike 10 p.m. and pretended I had half the confidence of the glamorous Parisian girls elegantly clacking around me on heels I could never walk in, let alone glide in their effortless way.