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Muslim students at UB gather to observe Ramadan
By JASON TSOI | Mar. 11Muslim students at UB will join millions around the world in observing the first night of Ramadan Monday.
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Fun things to do around Buffalo to celebrate next month’s solar eclipse
By RACHEL GALET | Mar. 11We are less than one month away from the eclipse of a lifetime. Here are some things to do around Buffalo to make April 8 a day you’ll always remember.
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Palestinian poet details his experience leaving Gaza at SUNY BDS event
By SARAH OWUSU | Mar. 4Palestinian poet, Mosab Abu Toha, spoke at SUNY BDS’s (Boycott Divestment and Sanctions) first state-wide launch event last week, which included a screening by UB's chapter at Crosby Hall.
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UB organizations step up to fight against food apartheid in Buffalo
By JASON TSOI | Mar. 4In response to the systemic problem of food apartheid, UB groups and organizations developed community-based initiatives to support marginalized communities.
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A conversation with Heather McGhee
By DOMINICK MATARESE and GRANT ASHLEY | Feb. 28The policy wonk turned author of “The Sum of Us” discussed how racism harms everyone, optimism and the 2024 election.
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‘We’re here for a reason and we are capable’
By JASON TSOI | Feb. 26Women engineers discuss how they navigate the male-dominated field at UB through community.
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UB Mock Trial team wins bid to national semi-finals
By XIOLA BAGWELL | Feb. 26One of the four teams UB sent to regionals received a bid to the Opening Round Championship Series, beating teams from Cornell and the Rochester Institute of Technology.
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‘I’m very proud of us’: UB student runs life-saving National Marrow Donor Program chapter
By JASON TSOI | Feb. 19Motivated by personal experience and tragedy, Amrith Mariappan founded a National Marrow Donor Program chapter at UB.
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Surviving International Fiesta’s ‘Hell Week’
By MAILI NOVAK and MYLIEN LAI | Feb. 12With International Fiesta just around the corner, UB students find joy in their clubs’ tight-knit communities to push through the last late-night rehearsals, befitting the fiesta’s theme of “harmony.”
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Spectrum recommends: Best movies for Valentine’s Day
By THE SPECTRUM STAFF | Feb. 12This Valentine’s Day, grab a couple of friends, a bag of microwave popcorn and a bottle of wine, and binge a couple of the best rom-coms ever made, courtesy of The Spectrum.
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Meet Melissa White: UB professor and Grammy winner
By JOSH PAWLIK | Feb. 12White and the rest of the string group she co-founded, the Harlem Quartet, won the Best Classical Compendium award for their latest album, “Passion For Bach And Coltrane.”
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No designated driver? No problem: the NFTA bar crawl
By DOMINICK MATARESE | Feb. 12What if no one had to DD? What if no Ubers had to be called? What if there was a way to hit some of the best college bars in Buffalo without entering a single car? Lucky for you, there is! The Spectrum presents… the NFTA bar crawl.
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Celebrating away from home: UB students navigate the Lunar New Year
By JASON TSOI | Feb. 10On Saturday, East and Southeast Asian communities around the world ushered in the Year of the Dragon by holding family gatherings, parades, ceremonies and other festivities, which will last for up to 15 days. Many UB students will be ringing in the Lunar New Year without their beloved traditions.
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‘I have the very best job’: UB professor studies Disney villains
By XIOLA BAGWELL | Feb. 5Lindsay Hahn has published research on character morality in arguably the most widespread and highly advertised media company ever: Disney.
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The top five trails for hiking with friends in Western New York
By JOE OMILIAN | Jan. 8Having lived in Buffalo for my whole conscious life, I've tried most of the trails in the area, so I know which ones are worth it.
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The chaotic history of the Katharine Cornell Theatre
By ALEX NOVAK | Dec. 7Most people don’t even know it’s there. The KCT serves as a creative outpost, an incubator for new ideas squirreled away within the winding hallways of Ellicott. The theater, like its namesake, is a hidden gem.
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Culture PerSPECtives: Is Matt Rife funny?
By TENZIN WODHEAN | Dec. 6In each edition of Culture Perspectives, The Spectrum will ask UB students seven questions that survey their observations, opinions and beliefs to help us understand our cultural climate. We’ll ask questions about the media students are consuming, where they stand with their own generation and more. One question will always tackle a hot topic in our culture — whether local, national or global.
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The Spectrum’s guide to the NFTA bus system
By FERDINAND BABIANO and EUGENE HUANG | Dec. 6While not quite as convenient as an Uber, students who spoke to The Spectrum said the NFTA was (at least relatively) reliable.
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Building muscle and community
By DOMINICK MATARESE | Dec. 6Some of UB’s biggest and strongest students took to the stage of the SU theater earlier this semester to participate in the first ever on-campus bodybuilding competition. The event was organized by UB’s newly formed Strength and Power Club, a student group dedicated to strength-training, bodybuilding and overall physical fitness.
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A conversation with Nita Farahany and Nick Thompson
By RYAN TANTALO and GRANT ASHLEY | Nov. 17The Spectrum sat down with Farahany and Thompson before their talk to discuss how people in power are preparing for AI and whether the world is ready for it.
