Don’t let the closings of Northside, Mojo’s, Molly’s and The U stop you from having a good time as a college student. Try out these favorite bars among students instead.
Like every other student, the thousand of international students that attend UB have to eat. Many choose utilize Buffalo's international markets to have ingredients that provide a taste of home.
Here are some weekend hotspots, perfect for any mini-vacation or wintery weekend fun.
In the early hours of the morning, some of your usual favorite places to eat may not accommodate this late night hunger. Here are some that will take care of that rumble in your stomach after the clock strikes 12.
Although many students have been using the basement of Capen and Lockwood Library to get their work done, there are plenty of other better study spots on and off campus to take advantage of.
Spirit Week is the largest club-oriented weeklong event on campus and led up to the homecoming football game this past Saturday. Events, like a chicken wing eating contest, sumo wrestling and zip lining were held every day on campus throughout the week to create a friendly competition between student clubs to see who possesses the most spirit.
Sub Board I, Inc. (SBI) Legal offers a variety of legal services for undergraduate students. The office, located on the third floor of the Student Union, is open from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. to accommodate both students and the attorneys who work there.
College is full of stress – stress from teachers, classes and lack of sleep. A normal amount of stress is healthy, but too much can be dangerous. Students who are feeling overstressed, overwhelmed by anxiety or who just need someone to talk to can utilize UB’s Counseling Services.
Harsanyi is now the recruitment manager for Aish Buffalo, a Jewish organization that is recognized among eight college campuses. This semester, the organization has been brought to UB’s campus as a way for Jewish students to connect to their heritage away from home in an educational way. Other outlets on campus for Jewish students include the Hillel, which hosts events around Buffalo and the Chabad House of Buffalo, which offers students a Jewish environment away from home.
It’s finally October – the month of changing leaves, pumpkin spice lattes and of course, Halloween. Before you get too excited and wrap up your month with plans to be cozy inside, check out some of these fun events around town while the outdoors is still bearable.
Jenna Harsanyi is now the recruitment manager for Aish Buffalo, a Jewish organization that is recognized among eight college campuses. This semester, the organization has been brought to UB’s campus as a way for Jewish students to connect to their heritage away from home in an educational way.
UB will feature three restaurants from the Buffalo area in all three dining centers – Culinary Crossroads Center (C3), Governors Dining Hall in Governors and Goodyear Dining Hall – on special nights throughout the fall semester: Sun Restaurant, Cantina Loco and Sato Ramen. The program started Tuesday night with Sun Restaurant and will continue for future semesters to come.
BSU held their annual Sickle Cell Auction on Sunday in the Student Union Theater.
Super moons are when the moon is in the closet part of its orbit to Earth. On Sunday, the super moon occurred during a lunar eclipse, which is when the moon, the sun and the Earth are in exact alignment. It occurs about twice a year and is what caused the moon to appear red.
The UB Humanities Institute partnered with SUNY Buffalo State, Canisius College, SUNY Fredonia and Niagara University to organize the festival. The keynote speaker was author Jill Lepore, who spoke on her book The Secret History of Wonder Woman the night before the festival at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
The LASA holds Latin socials, which consist of performances and educating participants of traditional Latin dances, every Tuesday night. The choreographers usually give a brief history of the dance and where it comes from, and shortly after, teach the dance to everyone who comes.
Buffalo Wings Service launched last weekend, making the shuttle service Buffalo’s first hop-on-and-off entertainment shuttle. The service provides rides with 26 total stops – 13 stops each northbound and southbound – and takes riders to Buffalo’s eight entertainment districts: the University Heights, Hertel Avenue, Elmwood Village, Allentown, Chippewa Street, Pearl Street, Canalside and Buffalo Creek Casino.
Andrade is one of about 40 UB students working on GRoW Home, an ultra-efficient house that takes advantage of energy supplied in all four seasons. The students will present the project, which they’ve been working on for the last two years, at the U.S Department of Energy Solar Decathlon.
Trebel, a new app that like Spotify and Pandora, allows users to listen to catalogs full of music but is exclusively for college students. With 3,000 colleges and 30,000 high schools in the United States, the app plans to start at large schools and move down into high schools.
Cold in the morning and hot in the afternoon, the crisp season is creeping into Buffalo. Time for big sweaters, leggings, a cup of hot cocoa and of course, some fun weekend activities to help explore Buffalo and enjoy the incoming season.
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