Around Town: Restaurant week and haunted events
By EMMA JANICKI | Oct. 23, 2014Restaurant Week There are massive amounts of restaurants all over Buffalo participating in this year?s Local Restaurant Week.
Restaurant Week There are massive amounts of restaurants all over Buffalo participating in this year?s Local Restaurant Week.
Yulia Gilichichiskaya, a graduate media study student from Russia, only knew about Halloween from what she had seen in movies.
Students who participate in Trick or Eat go door-to-door collect non-perishable food items for food pantries in Western New York.
A doctor approaches the corpse, scalpel in hand and removes a chunk of colored skin from the body. The skin is then frozen, put in formaldehyde and shipped to Europe.
Praise the holiday Gods ? Halloween falls on a Friday this year. There is just about no excuse for a college student not to go out, dress up and celebrate the spookiest day of the year.
Emma models her Betty Crocker costume. Chad Cooper, The Spectrum Mean Girls
The UB German Program and the Graduate Group for German and Austrian Studies showed Gegen die Wand on Oct.
Last week, UB held its first Sustainability Week with green initiatives, like a petition to ban styrofoam in The Commons, and a pop-up chalkboard in the Student Union that allowed students to create conversation about sustainability.
The UB German Program and the Graduate Group for German and Austrian Studies showed Gegen die Wand on Oct.
Grace Plaza is a sustainable, friendly environment for students to enjoy. The Plaza was constructed in honor of Norman McCombs, a UB alum, who named the plaza after his wife, Grace.
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The fluctuations in weather and the air conditioning still working to cool down some classrooms can make picking out your clothing layers in the morning a challenge. If you wear too heavy of a sweater, you?ll be perspiring while walking down the Promenade but without one, you might end up shivering during class. Chad Cooper, The Spectrum A classic cape is a great option for those days when you just don?t know what temperature you?ll be in at any given time.
The Buffalo Central Terminal used to be a bustling hub for passenger trains - today, it may be home to paranormal activity.
Students from UB?s Muslim Student Association (MSA) gather at Masjid An-Noor mosque to connect with each other and the local Muslim community.
On Monday, Oct. 6, Steven Shapin (center), the Franklin L. Ford Research Professor of the History of Science, led a discussion center through UB?s Early Modern Research Workshop and the Science Studies Research Workshop, funded by the UB Humanities Institute.
After multiple bars closed on Main Street over the past few years, UB students have had to turn to new locations to party.
Spectrum File Photo Editor?s note: This article is a satire piece and should be taken as such. Dear Anne: My meal plan comes with 19 meals every week, and that?s just too many for me!
This month, many students must submit applications for study abroad scholarships, graduate schools and internships, all of which require letters of recommendation.
Bhagawat Pyakurel, Bhutanese-born Nepali refugee, shares one car and one phone with his wife. He regularly pulls nearly 13-hour days between working, classes and driving himself and his wife to and from work. The 30-year-old sophomore math major owns Nepali Clothing and Cosmetics ? not only a small business, but a connection to his native country and means to survive in America.
Allentown is a bustling, bohemian neighborhood just north of downtown Buffalo.