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Spectrum recommends: food and drink
By THE SPECTRUM STAFF | Oct. 12The Queen City may be known to outsiders for its snow and football team, but to natives, it’s the site of culinary excellence.
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Things to do after college other than getting an office job
By NATALIE DOLLER | Oct. 5As we all inch closer to graduation, the prospect of working for corporate America becomes less and less appealing.
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UB Bees gives students a nature-filled escape
By JACK PORCARI | Oct. 5In the winter of 2019, Noah Wichlacz was on a mission.
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What you should know about voting at UB
By JACK PORCARI and GRANT ASHLEY | Oct. 5UB students will head to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 2 to cast their vote for mayor of Buffalo and other local races. Incumbent Byron Brown (I) is running a write-in campaign against Democratic nominee India Walton (D) in a showdown the city won’t soon forget.
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Student services to take advantage of
By REILLY MULLEN | Sep. 28Here are some free (or nearly free) services for UB students to enjoy:
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Viral ‘Chair Guys’ showcase student street comedy
By JACK PORCARI | Sep. 28It was Friday night of opening weekend, and freshmen Hudson Alexander and Reilly Kasabri were returning home to their dorms from the welcome weekend carnival.
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Spectrum recommends: fall into fall
By THE SPECTRUM STAFF | Sep. 28Here’s a look at some of the best things to do in the fall, from The Spectrum staff:
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UB community celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
By NATALIE DOLLER | Sep. 28Sept. 15 marked the start of National Hispanic American Heritage Month. For students looking to celebrate the achievements and contributions of Hispanic Americans or learn more about Latinx/Hispanic culture, UB and the Buffalo community are hosting everything from mixers and movie nights to academic lectures.
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‘On Connection’ delivers a message worth subscribing to
By JACK PORCARI | Sep. 21For musician, poet and playwright Kae Tempest, 2020 was a year to ruminate on the small details of life and find meaning in the little things.
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Spectrum recommends: Songs
By THE SPECTRUM STAFF | Sep. 21Last week, Rolling Stone released a reshuffled list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.
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UB’s open piano returns to campus
By JACK PORCARI | Sep. 14If there’s any sound that has long defined the bustle of the Student Union, it’s the playful melodies that trickle out from the famed piano perched on the building’s second floor.
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UB students hitchhike from Amherst to Wyoming
By JULIE FREY | Sep. 14Nick Metz and Collin Searles have been friends since freshman year when they lived on the same floor in Wilkeson Quad.
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Spectrum recommends: mental health
By THE SPECTRUM STAFF | Sep. 14As the calendar flips to fall and exam season fast approaches, students are understandably feeling the heat.
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Twenty years later
By JUSTIN WEISS | Sep. 9When the second plane hit the South Tower of the World Trade Center, the staff of The Spectrum knew where they needed to be: at 132 Student Union.
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Spectrum recommends: classes, food and fall activities
By THE SPECTRUM STAFF | Sep. 7As the days get shorter and the calendar flips to autumn, here are some suggestions from the staff of The Spectrum about how to make the most of the fall semester.
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Labor shortage results in long lines, limited dining options
By NATALIE DOLLER and Kara Anderson | Sep. 7Despite leaving her dorm 30 minutes before her lecture to get breakfast at 8:30 a.m., freshman biomedical sciences major Dina Dahhan had to settle for a partly frozen Smucker’s Uncrustables sandwich from the vending machine.
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Students question if $38 million One World Café is worth it
By ELIZABETH NAPOLITANO and JACK PORCARI | Aug. 26One World Café, a three-story, 53,500-square-foot dining hall boasting international fare and community dining spaces, will cost $38.7 million.
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‘It is a really difficult time’: Indian students struggle with COVID-19
By NITYA COHEN | May 12Indian students at UB have been forced to cope with the ongoing COVID-19 catastrophe in their home country.
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A conversation with Tom Toles
By VINDHYA BURUGUPALLI | May 4Fifty years after he first set foot in The Spectrum’s office, Tom Toles is walking into the sunset with a Pulitzer Prize and decades of work at The Washington Post and The Buffalo News under his belt.
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Lil Yachty brings a boatload of laughs to SA paint night, Q&A
By NATALIE DOLLER | May 3Students sat by their easels and turned on their cameras for Student Association’s virtual paint and Q&A event with rapper Lil Yachty Saturday night.
