Two years ago, in the middle of January, Mikey Bargovsky went missing. His family searched for him, shouting his name through the streets of their neighborhood in Staten Island.
The Karpeles Manuscript Library, a repurposed church, housed a world of literature one might not expect to find in Buffalo.
When skilled break-dancers perform, it's hard to determine what's most impressive: their quick legs, their uncanny sense of balance or the look of pure confidence sprawled across their faces as they playfully provoke the opposing team. UB hosted "Buffalo Breakdown" on Saturday, at which break-dancing crews from all over New York came to demonstrate their skills and catch up with other crews.
As a 4-year-old, Karen* was sold to men in her community for sexual exploits. She was a human trafficking victim until she was 16 years old. Saturday, people from the Buffalo community piled into the Newman Center to hear Karen story.
If you're looking for something new to read, then this is the perfect weekend to bee-bop into the City of Buffalo and check out local authors and bookstores. The Small Press Book Fair, held at Karpeles Manuscript Library Porter Hall on Porter Ave.
The melting snow, the upcoming rain and tulip bouquets filling flower stands all point to spring - that means fewer clothing layers and more colors.
Even as temperatures remain cool in Buffalo, some students can't get enough of the cold, as frozen yogurt vendors are opening around the area. Recently, Yotality opened at The Exchange, an apartment complex across from North Campus.
The act was over, the audience was sitting silently and there was a moment of breathing. Just breathing.
Aniruh Ojha says wintertime blues plague him. An international business student from New Delhi, India, he has struggled through Buffalo's long snowy season, and the cold weather has negatively impacted his mood. Buffalo's long winters can bring a host of seasonal problems.
What do guidance counselors, behavioral scientists, health insurance specialists, sociologists and consumer safety officers have in common? Health and Human Services. There are currently 500 students enrolled in the Health and Human Services major, according to Susan Pearles, assistant director of the program.
What began as a conversation about "top freedom" and the stigma of not wearing bras morphed into discussions of breastfeeding, nude dancing and prostitution, as students attending a discussion hosted by UB's Society of Feminists grappled with their opinions on society's treatment of breasts. Claire Modica, the president of UB's Society of Feminists and a neuroscience graduate student, moderated the dialogue, which took place Wednesday in the Student Union. "When I see a woman standing nude, there's almost no sexual nature at all," Modica said.
The clock reads 11 p.m., and your bed is really comfortable. It's 15 degrees outside, and your comforter seems to be the only warm place.
Living in the University Heights could mean inhabiting homes with broken front doors, cracks in the walls, creaking floors and an overall disheveled feel. But that's not to say that a bit of feng shui and decorating can't make some of the most unkempt houses more "homey." Some UB students have figured out how make their South Campus homes feel less like broken-down sheds and more like home. When Carly Schreiber, a senior communication major, first saw the Tyler Street home she'd be living in during her sophomore and junior year, there were holes punched through the living room walls, a broken ceiling light fixture hanging in the middle of her soon-to-be kitchen and dirt covering the floors and walls. Toilets were broken and the house seemed unlivable, she said.
Jillian Redash has wanted to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology's State University of New York (FIT) since she was in middle school.
A green Starbucks apron, a bright red bow, game tickets and photographs of smiling people - these can transform a barren dorm room into a home. The Ellicott Complex on North Campus - which many students affectionately refer to as "lego-land" - contains six quadrangles: Richmond, Fargo, Porter, Red Jacket, Wilkeson and Spaulding.
Mary Noack, a sophomore exercise science major, doesn't believe she has the competitive drive to become a famous singer.
A little-known group of scholars is working in Clemens Hall to put on Western New York's first-ever undergraduate conference for the humanities. The
A little-known group of scholars is working in Clemens Hall to put on Western New York's first-ever undergraduate conference for the humanities. The UB English Club, a non-Student Association group, is encouraging undergrads to submit papers on the broad topic, "On Violence and Representation." Though many students at UB dread writing papers for classes, this conference asks students to freely research, write and present papers or creative works on the topic, which spans across many disciplines.
Alicia Knauf has always felt surrounded by the supernatural - even before she was born. When Knauf's mother was pregnant, she visited a psychic, who told her the child she was carrying was a "gift from the angels." Knauf's mother always told her there was a bright white light coming from her room at night, which symbolized the "Lady in White" visiting. When Knauf, a sophomore biomedical sciences major, saw the advertisement for UB Paranormal Activity Research Association (PARA) at a club fair her freshman year, she took it as a sign and eagerly joined the group. UB PARA is a club geared toward the education and investigation of paranormal and supernatural activities.
How should young people prepare for death? How should college students, in the words of Jean de la Fontaine, a French author of fables, "consider the end?" Any student who attended an Ash Wednesday mass knows the Christian answer: to prepare for death, one must appreciate life. The Flag Room in the Student Union was packed with worshipping students and community members as Father Pat presided over the Newman Center's Ash Wednesday service last week.
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