As one of the few locally owned bookstores in Buffalo, Talking Leaves offers a wide array of books from best-sellers to international works.
A tour group for Explore Buffalo stands looking up at one of the grain elevators that dots Buffalo?s skyline.
?You vote with your dollar,? said Shivani Kamodia, a UB alum. Individuals eating locally grown and organic produce say they not only help the local economy thrive, but also help protect the environment from poor agricultural practices.
When I lived on campus at SUNY Geneseo and SUNY Binghamton one of my favorite weekend activities was walking around campus at 1 or 2 a.m.
Kevin Mathias holds his first place trophy from event number one of the Western New York Poker Challenge.
Other than not having class for a couple of months, the best part about summer is the events that make summer, summer.
Cecilia Brown was 18 years old when she discovered she was pregnant. Brown, then a freshman in college with little money, made a decision that she would grow to regret for the rest of her life: She got an abortion. It happened Nov.
Cecilia Brown was 18 years old when she discovered she was pregnant. Brown, then a freshman in college with little money, made a decision that she would grow to regret for the rest of her life: She got an abortion. It happened Nov.
Cecilia Brown was 18 years old when she discovered she was pregnant. Brown, then a freshman in college with little money, made a decision that she would grow to regret for the rest of her life: She got an abortion. It happened Nov.
Pop culture dominates our society, a society composed of isms - materialism, capitalism, classism. With such complex ideas clouding mainstream thought, where does happiness fit in? Today, the hyper-consumer mentality has created a culture that brands happiness as a commodity - something that can be bought or attained rather than something innate or subjective. Perhaps a better question to ask is: What is happiness? Each person's definition of the term has a major impact on how that individual lives - why that person wakes up every morning, what he or she seeks, hopes and dreams. Recently, Pharrell Williams' hit song, "Happy," has topped Billboard charts, becoming hugely popular worldwide for not only its infectious vibes and bubbly lyrics but also for its message.
Regardless of his or her dream vocation, most every student is driven by passion and ambition. But some students are different.
Jordyn Lowe* remembers the moment she began to despise her body. She was in the shower, reaching back for shampoo when she saw excess skin rolling over her hip. FAT. She pinched it, then moved on to her thighs, stomach and arms. She was 5-foot-4 and weighed 121 pounds, but she said she felt like "Shamu." Tears dripping from her face onto the shower floor, Lowe vowed she would never let herself get "big" again. *** Left.
Thirty million Americans suffer from an eating disorder but only one in 10 will receive proper treatment, according to Glamour Magazine. Sixty UB students were treated for eating disorders this year at UB's Student Health and Wellness Center.
Tal Kissos, a senior media study major, is willing to work in a mailroom in Los Angeles for 10 years if that's what it takes to make it big in the film business. Kissos is ready to walk in May's commencement ceremony.
Halfway through a Cardio Kickboxing and Toning session in Alumni 75, everyone looks tired - everyone but one woman. With a voice that overwhelms the blaring music in the room, she continues her reps and sings along with the music, seemingly unfazed by the high-intensity workout. This is Ute Inselmann. Inselmann, a Ph.D.
Unemployment after college remains a fear in the eyes of many soon-to-be graduates, as students begin to face the pressures of the dreaded process of finding a job. Undoubtedly, joblessness and underemployment is an unfortunate reality for many new graduates.
Video games. Shakespeare plays. Factory farms. Episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. What do they all have in common? Violence. Students from UB and Buffalo State College participated in Western New York's first-ever undergraduate conference on the humanities, "On Violence and Representation" Saturday.
Kathryn Bond Stockton, a professor at the University at Utah, is not a "lesbian," nor is she a "homo." But, as Stockton explains, she has been "creating lesbians" since she was a child.
"I felt like I needed him to be a part of me every second of every day." Victoria Iacchetta's grandfather lay lifeless on the shore of Baby Beach in Aruba. Iacchetta was home in Rochester.
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