UB has confirmed it will welcome President Barack Obama next Thursday, Aug. 22, to kick off his two-day tour of upstate New York and Pennsylvania next week.
A UB graduate and a current student died Tuesday when their 1995 Jeep Wrangler crashed with a tractor trailer at the intersection of Route 36 and North Road in Wheatland, N.Y.
My name is Felicia Hunt. I'm a senior at UB majoring in communication with the journalism certificate.
When you think of good design, newspapers aren't exactly your first thought. It was a medium that I never even thought of bringing design to, but every paper needs it. In my opinion, newspapers need good design more than ever because in this tech-centric society we live in, newspapers are falling by the wayside and need to be visually interesting to keep up. After having a foundation in design throughout high school and my first few years of college, I never considered joining a newspaper to do design work.
As a junior communication major, I spent nearly three full years attending class, studying and hanging out with friends a majority of the time - with an extra focus on the latter.
Many little kids get told bedtime stories to help them fall asleep at night. As far back as I can remember, I took it upon myself to be the person telling stories to my younger siblings. With my wild little girl imagination, I began coming up with stories about my daily life growing up on Long Island in the stereotypically suburban town of Commack, N.Y.
"Who am I"? That's probably one of the most difficult questions to answer. I find myself being several things: a student, an artist, avid Netflix watcher, etc. But recently, I have enjoyed my new title: writer. For years, I have enjoyed writing poetry and short stories but rarely showed anyone my work.
On Tuesday, authorities recovered a body in the Lower Niagara River, where they were searching for 23-year-old UB MBA candidate and teaching assistant Narang "David" Kim.
I'm a senior English major, and I'm very grateful to be at UB thanks to the wild journey I've endured after joining The Spectrum two years ago.
When I imagined my life at UB as a high school senior, I imagined I would grow the most on some sort of athletics field or in a science lab. As a computer engineering major who played three sports in high school, those seemed like the logical choices.
At the beginning of 2012, I walked into The Spectrum office to ask if they needed a graphic designer.
If I said I always wanted to be a journalist, I'd be lying. I walked into UB with my mind made up; engineering was my future.
I hate being faced with the challenge of writing a biography - mostly because there's just so much to say and I don't know how much information is too much information to share.
If I could live in a mythical world, I would choose not Westeros nor Middle Earth, but Ravnica, where I would fight crime with my army of elves. In the real world, though, I settle for my iPhone recorder, MacBook and blotter reports from University Police.
I'm proud to say that I will be entering my final semester at UB in the fall of 2013. Technically, my concentration in the art program is photography, but if I've learned anything over the past four years of being in college, or in 22 years of life, it is to be flexible and make yourself available for new opportunities (which is how I got into doing editorial cartoons at The Spectrum). After changing my school, then my major more than once in my undergraduate career, a willingness to adapt to new environments is a skill that I think everyone should practice.
This synopsis of myself as a member of The Spectrum staff was penned as Earl Scruggs' supreme version of "I Saw The Light" roared from my small cassette player into the early morning of summer near my home on the shores of Chadwick Bay. Two years ago, I left this very same scene and shipped off to UB for the first time.
Through all the lectures, late nights and deadlines, if I've learned anything at UB, it's that it pays to be good people and hard work can fix just about any problem. I have changed quite a bit throughout college, as I imagine most people do, and because I started at The Spectrum as a second-semester freshman, much of my collegiate journey has been documented on this website and in the pages of this publication, which I have grown to love immensely.
I'm a junior English major and Chai tea junkie. I'm horrible at high-fives and I hail from one of Buffalo's many quaint suburbs. As I excitedly pass the halfway point of college, there is one thing I've learned: Do what you love and everything else will fall into place.
Solutions by The State News
