We see it every year: fine dining, flowers and a fancy box of chocolates. It’s a classic strategy in the Valentine’s Day playbook, and it never fails to score. There’s just one problem: it’s too expensive. Love is in the air, but your bank account doesn't have to be.
While Valentine’s Day may be a polarizing ‘holiday,’ it’s no surprise that there’s always some pressure on finding the perfect gift for your significant other. Whether you’re trying to be funny or just don’t know what to get, here’s some gifts that may get you broken up with:
On Jan. 31, the Residence Hall Association (RHA) hosted Silent Disco of the Decades. At their first large-scale event of the spring, wireless headphones filled students’ ears with tunes from 1950 to 2025.
UB Blueprint is not only transforming the fashion scene at UB, but also paving the way for aspiring designers, models and entrepreneurs to thrive beyond campus.
Aryan Mudgal and Chirag Ohri observed in the Spring 2024 semester that the campus was not cleaned during the weekends. There was trash, cigarette butts and other litter accumulating around all parts of campus, left to be cleaned during the week.
Does this new Trump administration mean a national abortion ban?
The new holiday lineup at Starbucks and fall-themed decorations throughout UB’s campuses can only mean one thing: Thanksgiving is right around the corner. With Thanksgiving break less than two weeks away, UB students are eager to get home to their families’ annual festivities and enjoy holiday foods. These foods topped their list of favorites:
Ringing in the late birthday queens, kings and royalty, most UB seniors have turned 21. Early graduates, this doesn’t apply, sorry. For fourth-years, it’s time to pass the torch and give some advice on how to ring in your twenty-first.
Henry-Louis Taylor Jr., director of the UB Center for Urban Studies, has cultivated a community development project that he hopes will not only change one neighborhood in Buffalo, but also the whole world.
A student-run Hackathon organized by UBHacking took place in Davis Hall over the weekend of Nov. 9-10, featuring team-led projects, mentorship, networking events and a career fair with Valmar Holdings and M&T Tech. The event aimed to showcase students’ hacking and coding skills Amazon Web Services (AWS) sponsored the event, but only had representation present.
UB’s Nuclear Energy is Clean Energy (NiCE) club looks to bring a nuclear engineering curriculum to UB, spread awareness about the plethora of opportunities and bring the cleanest and some of the fastest energy developments on a national scale.
As election season draws to a close, there are key issues several randomly selected UB students across campus told The Spectrum influenced their votes.
If Halloween crept up on you faster than you can say “Boo,” and you don’t have a costume planned for your night of fun this Thursday (or whichever day you decide to celebrate this spooky holiday), The Spectrum staff has got you covered. Scroll through our suggestions for some very last-minute costumes that will still have you looking scary good this Halloween!
One thing that remains unchanged is the sentiment surrounding Halloween. For UB students, past and present, it has always been about partying. Tracey Drury experienced life at UB in real time, attending from 1988 to 1992.
How was The Spectrum staff showing their spooky spirit?
On Oct. 23, UB Health Promotion’s student wellness department partnered with the UB Student Association to host “Chill Out,” an event aimed to teach students about healthy stress management techniques and on-campus resources.
35 years after the Menendez brothers killed their parents, the Netflix series, “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” premiered and made the case an instant pop-culture phenomenon. But it's also caused controversy. Many have called for the release of the brothers, with one petition reaching over 100,000 signatures.
After immigrating from Italy to the United States, Michael Stefanone’s father made a purchase that wouldn’t only impact him but would play a significant role in his kid's future. Decades later, this legacy still lives on.
Ginuwine’s hit song “Pony” normally isn’t normally heard through the halls of UB’s Natural Science’s Complex (NSC). UB women’s rugby changed the norm of both the NSC and their high stress sport when they let loose Friday night in NSC 210, performing and bonding through the team’s talent show.
The UB Student Association’s annual Homecoming Carnival was a ray of sunshine on Friday around Student Union and Lee Road.
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