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The Apple Watch might not come out till next year,
but it’s still this year’s top rain check gift, even at a hefty starting price of $350.
The company’s first wearable device offers its most innovative designs yet.
Courtesy of Apple
ARTS

The gift of giving ' at the expense of the wallet

The Apple Watch might not come out till next year, but it?s still this year?s top rain check gift, even at a hefty starting price of $350. The company?s first wearable device offers its most innovative designs yet. Courtesy of Apple Lights adorn houses, Christmas carols and songs ring through the neighborhood, Starbucks has started selling their festive treats and a polar vortex is shutting down Buffalo with feet of snow.


J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic novel has been filling people’s
imaginations for more than seven decades.
It’s one of the many films to appear on the big screen
based on books this year and the conclusion,
featuring the Battle of the Five Armies, should be the best
film yet. Courtesy of Houghton Mifflin and Harcourt 
ARTS

An artistic guide to staying occupied

J.R.R. Tolkien?s classic novel has been filling people?s imaginations for more than seven decades. It?s one of the many films to appear on the big screen based on books this year and the conclusion, featuring the Battle of the Five Armies, should be the best film yet.


Migos’ lack of their signature style that has made them
so successful is among the many disappointments
in their newest mixtape.
OPINION

All that glitters isn't gold

Migos? lack of their signature style that has made them so successful is among the many disappointments in their newest mixtape. Album: Rich Ni**a Timeline Artist: Migos Label: Atlantic Records Release Date: Nov.


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The sexuality of artistic expression: reading between the lines

The question of how much of an artist can be seen in his or her art is a monumental question, both to the artists and their audiences. ?The Sexuality of Words,? a two-sided conference/exhibition in conjunction with an exhibit in UB?s Anderson Gallery entitled ?Art=Text=Art: Private Languages/Public Systems,? explored the relationship between artists and their artistic expression.


Veteran punk rock group, Rancid, released its eighth
studio album ...Honor Is All We Know on Oct. 27. Although
the album lacks in lyrical depth, it highlights the sound
that makes Rancid, Rancid. Courtesy of Epitaph Records 
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Roots radicals

Veteran punk rock group, Rancid, released its eighth studio album ...Honor Is All We Know on Oct. 27.


Pose is an iPhone and Android accessible app designed to show users
trends in fashion, what designers are up to, and purchase clothing.
Famous investors of the new app include Rachel Zoe and and Stella McCartney.
ARTS

Strike a Pose

Pose is an iPhone and Android accessible app designed to show users trends in fashion, what designers are up to, and purchase clothing. Famous investors of the new app include Rachel Zoe and and Stella McCartney. If the stylish side of Instagram and eBay had a baby, it would be the fashion app Pose. Catering to the power of the digital age, Pose showcases the latest trends to any users? fingertips with purchasing, selling or trading fashion items and accessories just a touch away. The free app launched three years ago and has formed an eclectic community of fashion lovers, including celebrity stylist and Pose investor Rachel Zoe, fashion designer Stella McCartney, supermodel Coco Rocha, America?s Next Top Model alum Eva Marcille as well as fashion bloggers.


UB Fashion Student Association looks to make changes at UB as a temporary SA club.
Cletus Emokpae, The Spectrum
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UB's Fashion Student Association aims to become a major player on campus

UB Fashion Student Association looks to make changes at UB as a temporary SA club. Cletus Emokpae, The Spectrum There is a phrase in the fashion world: ?Fashion never sleeps.? At the end of the last semester, a handful of UB fashion aficionados decided it was time for this university to wake up. You may have seen people stopping fashionable students in the Student Union for a picture of their outfits.


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