UB students think about their favorite holiday memories associated with food. The best part of the holiday season for Charles Shu, a senior exercise science major, is his mother?s cooking, which includes classics like turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
Art by Amber Sliter Christine Schaefer remembers ?stomping around the tree farm for hours? with her family on the hunt for the perfect Christmas tree.
More than 4 feet of snow covered parts of Western New York on Tuesday ? areas like Lancaster and South Buffalo were in ?states of emergency.? Winter is here, and if you?re new to Buffalo, then you need to have the right vocabulary to talk about it ? and our record snowfall. We?ve got you covered. The Eskimos are famous for having many more words for ?snow? than the English language.
Graphic by Jenna Bower Ten years ago, going out to see a movie with a group of friends on a weekend night was like a ritual. But that ritual seems to be changing and exchanged for nights huddled around laptop screens. Then, it wasn?t uncommon for moviegoers to stuff purses and pockets with candy from dollar stores or fight over how much butter and salt to pour over a massive bucket of popcorn.
Harbind Singh Brar (left), Minal Hatwar (center) and Gurjot Sandhu (right) are members of UB Bhangra and are participating in International Education Week through cultural dances in the Student Union.
After 20 years of dwindling membership due to a lack of chess enthusiasts at UB, the UB Chess Club made a comeback in 2010.
The Fall World Bazaar was held on Nov. 13 in the student union, celebrating and educating students about the different cultures at UB.
Spectrum File Photo The following article is satire and should be taken as such.
Ten years ago, going out to see a movie with a group of friends on a weekend night was like a ritual. But that ritual seems to be changing and exchanged for nights huddled around laptop screens. Then, it wasn?t uncommon for moviegoers to stuff purses and pockets with candy from dollar stores or fight over how much butter and salt they poured over a massive bucket of popcorn.
Caption Jingpeng Xu?s father forced him to learn how to play chess and he hated it. But as the freshman chemistry major began to learn the game, he was captured by the allure of the complex strategies of chess. Xu is now a member of the UB Chess Club, a club that didn?t exist for about 20 years due to a shortage of chess enthusiasts. UB had a chess club in the 1990s, but when membership dwindled the club was terminated due to lack of interest.
Alana Barricks, senior political science major, doubles as president of UB College Republicans and as a graffiti artist.
The Organization of Arab Students (OAS) hung up 2,000 paper white cranes in the Student Union on Monday as a part of their Syrian Awareness Week.
Tavaine Whyte remembers the sound of bullets whizzing past his window late at night. Whyte, a freshman African American studies major, grew up next to the housing projects in Brooklyn.
The Spectrum staff members made their choices for fun things to do in Buffalo this weekend ? what will you do? For the partier: Put on those furry boots, colorful tutus and sequin eye makeup because EDM DJ RL Grime is performing Saturday, Nov.
Students in Ulrike Carlino-Macdonald?s Gentle Hatha Yoga class stretch, breathe and focus their way to relaxation and health every Wednesday at 5 p.m.
As Lady Gaga so expertly puts it, ?I?m the spirit of my hair / it?s all the glory that I bare.? Hair plays a crucial part in many people?s individuality. These six UB students embody this belief with the some of the best hairstyles The Spectrum could find around campus. Angelica Chaudry, sophomore psychology major Chaudry spent six-and-a-half hours giving herself blue and black Marley twists. ?I knew everyone was going to do purple or red, and blue is my favorite color so I went with it,? she said. Jessica Calderon, sophomore communication major and Lisa Deabreu, junior art major Calderon and Deabrew both show the bigger the better when it comes to curly hair.
A professor with a strong sense of personal style doesn?t necessarily make a class better, but it also doesn?t hurt, according to some UB students.
Chevon Rutty sports a "dapper" look that helps him stand out on campus. Chad Cooper, The Spectrum Although Buffalo has finally forced dreary fall weather upon us, some students on campus are still displaying their personal style.
Caption Cletus here, fashion connoisseur and thrift specialist from the blog Styled by Cletus. Last week, The Spectrum put out a call on Facebook for any UB students who wanted to nominate themselves or nominate a friend for a style makeover. Sunday, I had the pleasure of taking two lucky winners, selected from numerous responses, thrifting to makeover their wardrobe. We filmed the whole experience and you can check it out on ubspectrum.com. Caleb Vaughn, a senior business management major, and Krithika Rana, a graduate mechanical engineering major, were selected as the winners of The Spectrum?s style makeover contest.
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