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"Dress Your Age, Not Your Shoe Size"
By VERONICA RITTER | Sep. 6, 2011"Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is you."
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NBA Finals: The Spectrum Perspective
By Matthew Parrino | June 13, 2011So another NBA season is in the books and the most hated figure in sports since Barry Bonds was bested by the Dallas Mavericks in six games.
OPINION
My Name is Amanda
By Amanda Jonas | Apr. 28, 2011As I am leaving UB and entering the next phase of my life, I feel like this is the perfect opportunity to admit to a few things and apologize to the appropriate people, because frankly, it's too late now for the university to stop me from graduating, and I could use a little good karma. My freshman year at UB I was walking through the bus loop after an early morning crew practice, and got hit full speed by a car. As I trudged in my grey head-to-toe sweatpants in front of a Stampede bus moments earlier, I glanced over my left shoulder to see a car heading right toward me.
OPINION
Destination: Buffalo and Beyond
By AMANDA WOODS | Apr. 28, 2011When I was in the fourth grade at home in Brooklyn, our teacher asked us to write a journal entry about the one place in the world we would love to visit. I picked Buffalo. My teacher was flabbergasted.
OPINION
The Memories
By Andrew Wiktor | Apr. 28, 2011It's the memories ? not the education ? that make college a worthwhile experience. My freshman year feels like just yesterday, and it was a great precursor to the last four years. Pritchard, MacDonald and Schoellkopf Halls all look better from the outside, and that's not saying much.
OPINION
Does Everybody Need a Little Privacy?
By ANDREW WIKTOR and LUKE HAMMILL | Mar. 23, 2011UB has become an example of what a public school shouldn't be. Consider its recent presidential search.
OPINION
Does This Look Like The Face Of A Guy Who Would Write A Column About Barstool?
By Andrew Wiktor | Mar. 1, 2011If you're one of the six people who haven't heard of barstoolsports.com, stop everything you're doing and get to a computer. Seriously.
OPINION
From Apathy to Activism
By AMANDA WOODS | Feb. 28, 2011This will be the 10th column I've written for The Spectrum, and I've yet to take a stand. That might be an exaggeration, as all columns are expected to make a point of some kind, but there is an obvious trend in the columns I've written.
