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Sons of Anarchy returned for its final season Sept. 9
Courtesy of FX

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"Fall TV breakdown: American Horror story, Gotham, Scandal, How To Get Away with Murder and more"

By KAYLA MENES | Sep. 26, 2014

Sons of Anarchy

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This is what democracy should look like

By JORDAN OSCAR | Sep. 23, 2014

Spectrum File Photo ?Show me what democracy looks like,? someone would shout. ?This is what democracy looks like,? thousands joyously replied. At 12:58 p.m.

AnnMarie Agnes, a senior general studio major, observes Pablo Picasso’s “Girl with a Mandolin” while on a trip to New York City with UB’s Art Department. Jenna Bower, The Spectrum

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UB students travel on the ARTbus to experience iconic artwork in New York City

By Jenna Bower | Sep. 23, 2014

AnnMarie Agnes, a senior general studio major, observes Pablo Picasso?s ?Girl with a Mandolin? while on a trip to New York City with UB?s Art Department.

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Homesick for apples and honey

By TORI ROSEMAN | Sep. 23, 2014

Spectrum File Photo I often use holidays, like Rosh Hashanah, to teach my 8-year-old brother about the faith.

Brian Regan has been making people laugh since he was a little kid and
he’s always loved the feeling of making people laugh. Courtesy of Jerry Metellus

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Comedian Brian Regan returns to Buffalo

By JORDAN OSCAR | Sep. 23, 2014

Brian Regan has been making people laugh since he was a little kid and he?s always loved the feeling of making people laugh.

UB's Tailgate Concert Series continued Saturday with The Spin Doctors. The group's acrobatic performance entertained the crowd before the Bulls took on Norfolk State. Yusong Shi, The Spectrum

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UB's Tailgate Concert Series continues with The Spin Doctors

By TORI ROSEMAN | Sep. 21, 2014

UB's Tailgate Concert Series continued Saturday with The Spin Doctors. The group's acrobatic performance entertained the crowd before the Bulls took on Norfolk State.

U2's newest album Songs of Innocence is the band's first album release
in more than five years. Courtesy of Island Records

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U2 proves young is a state of mind with Songs of Innocence

By KAYLA MENES | Sep. 18, 2014

U2's newest album Songs of Innocence is the band's first album release in more than five years.

The latest installment of The Sims features open-ended games, allowing you to
choose whether to make your Sims' lives awful or fantastic. Courtesy of Electronic Arts

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Getting emotional: The Sims 4 game review

By Daniel McKeon | Sep. 18, 2014

The latest installment of The Sims features open-ended games, allowing you to choose whether to make your Sims' lives awful or fantastic.

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It?s the one thing we always seem to want more of, no matter how much we have ? money. Artists of all genres can relate to the struggle, be it a rapper ?making bank? with his crew or an old school rock band complaining of its shortage of funds.

The Horzowski Trio is among many big musical talents that the music department is bringing to UB. All students can now get free tickets for all the department’s concerts and recitals.
Courtesy of Lisa-Marie Mazzucco

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The best things in life are free

By JORDAN OSCAR | Sep. 16, 2014

The Horzowski Trio is among many big musical talents that the music department is bringing to UB. All students can now get free tickets for all the department?s concerts and recitals. Courtesy of Lisa-Marie Mazzucco Free concerts featuring world-renowned musicians are rare, but that?s what the music department is offering UB students this year. Students who present a valid UB ID can get free tickets to all of the music department performances for the 2014-15 season. Until now, students who were not music majors had to pay for most of the music department?s concerts, with the exception of the faculty recitals.

League of Legends is more than just a game, it has become a global phenomenon. After attracting millions of players around the world, League’s World Championship is poised to sell out a 45,000 seat stadium this year. Courtesy of Riot Games

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Free to Play and here to stay

By JORDAN OSCAR | Sep. 16, 2014

League of Legends is more than just a game, it has become a global phenomenon. After attracting millions of players around the world, League?s World Championship is poised to sell out a 45,000 seat stadium this year.

Fetch’s solo adventure delves deep into her drug addicted and neon filled
past, bringing her vengeful hatred toward the drug dealers of Seattle to light.  
Courtesy of Sucker Punch

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Neon overdose: Fetch unleashed in First Light

By JORDAN OSCAR | Sep. 14, 2014

Fetch?s solo adventure delves deep into her drug addicted and neon filled past, bringing her vengeful hatred toward the drug dealers of Seattle to light.

Charles Bernstein presented a lecture on Friday
as part of the 20th anniversary celebration
of the Electronic Poetry Center. Later that evening,
he also read some of his own work at the Burchfield
Penney Arts Center along with other EPC contributors.
Alex Niman, The Spectrum

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Vintage Internet: EPC@20 celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Electronic Poetry Center

By TORI ROSEMAN | Sep. 14, 2014

Charles Bernstein presented a lecture on Friday as part of the 20th anniversary celebration of the Electronic Poetry Center.

Country star Joe Nichols was the second artist to appear this
season as part of UB Athletics’ Tailgate Concert Series. He played a
collection of his own work, including his hit single “Sunny and 75.”
Chad Cooper, The Spectrum

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Joe Nichols performs at the UB Tailgate Concert Series

By TORI ROSEMAN | Sep. 14, 2014

Country star Joe Nichols was the second artist to appear this season as part of UB Athletics? Tailgate Concert Series.

Founder and president of the Music is Art festival, Robby Takac of Goo Goo Dolls fame gave a speech during the 12th festival, which was celebrated with performances by 100 of artists. Takac started the festival back in 2002.
Kainan Kuo, The Spectrum

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Music is Art enlivens Delaware Park

By Daniel McKeon | Sep. 14, 2014

Founder and president of the Music is Art festival, Robby Takac of Goo Goo Dolls fame gave a speech during the 12th festival, which was celebrated with performances by 100 of artists.

The rebirth of legendary local bar, Mohawk Place, on Thursday, Sept. 11 was attended by a crowd of Buffalo’s rock ‘n’ rollers. The inside has been refurbished and cleaned up, but some things remain the same in the classic Queen City venue. Yusong Shi, The Spectrum

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Mohawk Place begins again

By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Sep. 14, 2014

The rebirth of legendary local bar, Mohawk Place, on Thursday, Sept. 11 was attended by a crowd of Buffalo?s rock ?n? rollers.

Joe Nichols, who produced hits such as "Yeah,' 'Sunny and 75' and 'Tequila makes her clothes fall off," performs outside UB Stadium Friday at 6 p.m. The show takes place two hours before the football team hosts No. 8 Baylor.
Courtesy of Ford Fairchild

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The Spectrum phones Joe Nichols

By JORDAN OSCAR | Sep. 12, 2014

Joe Nichols, who produced hits such as "Yeah,' 'Sunny and 75' and 'Tequila makes her clothes fall off," performs outside UB Stadium Friday at 6 p.m.

Dynamic duo Maya Miller and Becky Black of The Pack A.D. dominated their set at the Tralf Music Hall on Wednesday. Courtesy of Rebecca Blissett

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A little band with a big punch: Pack A.D. comes to Buffalo

By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Sep. 11, 2014

Dynamic duo Maya Miller and Becky Black of The Pack A.D. dominated their set at the Tralf Music Hall on Wednesday.

Cris Cheek was one of many speakers arranged for the Electronic Poetry Center's 20th anniversary celebration of shared ideas, creative writing and success in being a growing online community for poets all over the world. Jordan Oscar, The Spectrum

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Twenty years of living poetry: Electronic Poetry Center celebrates decades at the forefront of poetics with EPC@20

By TORI ROSEMAN | Sep. 11, 2014

Cris Cheek was one of many speakers arranged for the Electronic Poetry Center's 20th anniversary celebration of

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Sincerely Yours: Treasures of Queen City

By JORDAN OSCAR | Sep. 9, 2014

Time is running out for you to view more than 70 masterpieces by world-renowned artists including Vincent van Gogh, Salvador Dali and Jackson Pollock. The iconic collection is currently on display just a few minutes away from UB.