Features
When a college ID comes in handy
By KATIE ALLEN | Sep. 26, 2010Saving money has never been easier. Area businesses are fully embracing this city's college population by offering a wide range of discounts and deals to students.
A world of green
By Lusana Anika Masur and Evan Klingensmith | Sep. 24, 2010Painting the campus palette green, the Greener Shade of Blue and You Day was held this Tuesday in the Student Union.
Safeguard your home
By JENNIFER HARB | Sep. 24, 2010Unfortunately, break-ins and thefts commonly occur in student housing, particularly on the streets surrounding South Campus.
Let the fall begin
By Katherine Quinn | Sep. 24, 2010Fall Fest may have passed, but the true entertainment of fall hasn't begun.
Becoming smoke-free
By Jeff Pelzek | Sep. 22, 2010UB Wellness Education Services, in affiliation with the UBreathe Free Committee and the Student Affairs Division, will present Ty Patterson, the director of the Center of Excellence for Tobacco-Free Campus Policy this Thursday from 3 p.m.
Undergraduate Research Fair
By KATIE ALLEN | Sep. 22, 2010This Friday the Undergraduate Academies are hosting an Undergraduate Research Fair in 12 Capen Hall from 1 p.m.
A political discussion
By Amanda Jonas | Sep. 20, 2010Thursday night, Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, and Mary Matalin, Republican political strategist and CNN contributor, graced Alumni Arena's stage for UB's first Distinguished Speaker Series event of the 2010-11 school year. Huffington, who graduated from Cambridge University with an M.A.
This day in history: 1975
By Jeff Pelzek | Sep. 20, 2010Though almost 40 years old, and crisping at its edges in the annals of The Spectrum archives, the photograph from the "Amherst Campus" drawing board could plausibly mirror a tea-stained UB 2020 printout. In the Sept.
It isn't your jeans...
By Steve Neilans | Sep. 15, 2010Most freshmen come to college in order to gain knowledge. Others come to gain friends and lifelong relationships.
Why so serious?
By Jeff Pelzek | Sep. 15, 2010On Sept. 27, 2008, two Sunni Arab police officers arrested three Iraqi secret service members because they failed to show verifiable documents confirming their identification.