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A stroke of punk rock genius
By JORDAN OSCAR | Apr. 23, 2013Title:Punk Rock Jesus Publisher:Vertigo (DC Comics)
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Shib happens
By ELVA AGUILAR | Apr. 23, 2013A word that UB students overlook on a daily basis will come alive in downtown Buffalo at the hands of 35 talented members of the Class of 2013. This Saturday, the graduating students from the Visual Studies department will present their theses exhibition, Shibboleth, in front of faculty, family and the most prominent people from the Buffalo art scene. The term was one of many proposed between the group of students, but senior fine art major Jennifer Cornwell's suggestion was chosen for the word's connection to UB, as well as its definition, according to senior communication design major Ned Semoff. Shibboleth is a word that carries multiple meanings, both literally and for the graduating students.
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Introductory Space-Funk 101: Higher learning
By PETE SHAPIRO | Apr. 21, 2013It was a cold and dreary day for a 4/20 celebration. Snow flurried down periodically, and the wind made it uncomfortable to stand outside.
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Save Rock and Roll album review: A testament that believers never die
By FELICIA HUNT | Apr. 18, 2013Artist:
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The Place Beyond the Pines movie review: Biting the hand that feeds you
By JAKE KNOTT | Apr. 18, 2013Film:
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Fourteen hours of Dickinson
By PETE SHAPIRO | Apr. 16, 2013In a bright wood-bound chapel room on a rainy Saturday night, a poetic atmosphere was created in honor of poet Emily Dickinson almost 130 years after her death.
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Bullpen turned zoo
By ELVA AGUILAR | Apr. 15, 2013Smoke, sweat and a sea of thousands filled Alumni Arena for one of the most successful Spring Fests in years. Sunday night, DJ Rosado, 5 & A Dime, Bad Rabbits, Krewella, Kendrick Lamar and Steve Aoki performed at Student Association's Spring Fest 2013 to a venue of raucous undergraduates and fans alike of the six acts. The night served as a massive crescendo, with each performance adding to the unbearable energy inside Alumni Arena.
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"Stay classy, Reebok"
By Brian Josephs | Apr. 14, 2013You have to find Rick Ross' public relations skills severely lacking, when all is said and done. The rapper has been given numerous opportunities to apologize for his hellacious lyrics on Rocko's "U.O.E.N.O." Ross attributed the controversy to a public misunderstanding.
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Mark Twain was here: A new perspective
By NICHOLAS C. TURTON | Apr. 14, 2013In July 1869, Samuel Langhorne Clemens - better known as Mark Twain - arrived in Buffalo, N.Y., as a rising star in the literary world. At the age of 33, Twain - who is most lauded for writing The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885) - spent 18 months in the Queen City. This time in his career was fundamental to his overwhelming success in the literary world, yet a great deal of scholarship on the writer disregards Twain's time in Buffalo as dreary, isolated and unimportant.
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Stealing home: 42 movie review
By KIERA MEDVED | Apr. 14, 2013Film:42 Release Date: April 12 Studio: Legendary Pictures Grade:A
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"Tyler, The Creator album review: The Wolf in the hen house"
By PETE SHAPIRO | Apr. 14, 2013Artist:
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Infinitely amazing
By JORDAN OSCAR | Apr. 9, 2013Game: BioShock Infinite Developer:Irrational Games Publisher:2K Games Released:March 26 on PC, PS3 and 360 Grade:A
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40 oz. and fine art
By PETE SHAPIRO | Apr. 9, 2013The thought of fine art brings to mind stuffy white museums, lavish oil paintings and upper-class elegance, but the exhibition Tell Me I'm Pretty broke that stereotype with a humble twist. Malt liquor and donuts were served for the attendees' enjoyment on opening night at the Center for the Arts. The display featured artwork by nine first-year Master of Fine Arts students, ranging in medium from oil paintings and visual computer programs to avant-garde Mason jar MP3 players and thrift store living room recreations. The friendly atmosphere on opening night drew a sizable crowd of curious faces, perhaps because of the booze and donuts, but more than likely because of the exceptional work by the artists. The gallery was split in half by a wall in the center of the room.
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An awkward teenage wasteland
By JAKE KNOTT | Apr. 9, 2013Film:The Host Release Date:March 29 Studio:Chockstone Pictures Grade:B-
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"A night filled with ""regret and self-hate"""
By SAM FERNANDO | Apr. 7, 2013Visitors of Kleinhans Music Hall are usually exposed to the soothing sounds of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
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"A night filled with ""regret and self-hate"""
By SAM FERNANDO | Apr. 7, 2013Visitors of Kleinhans Music Hall are usually exposed to the soothing sounds of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Church of your choice
By MAX CRINNIN | Apr. 7, 2013Bob Dylan's "Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie" is a farewell address. Before legendary folk artist Woody Guthrie died, Dylan visited him as a young musician on a quest for something magical Guthrie had touched and grasped in his own time. The farewell poem is a long list of gratitude, wonder and appreciation Dylan felt toward Guthrie.
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Frost finds new home at UB
By NICHOLAS C. TURTON | Apr. 4, 2013Robert Frost - one of the most renowned American poets of the 20th century - died in 1963, but he hasn't lived out his last story.
