I am thoroughly embarrassed by the way the Bills Mafia behaved at last month’s playoff game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
After a month of working part-time as a barista, I was once again out of a job.
Holidays are a time for honoring something important to you, and I understand the urge to make it perfect. You come to college with traditions of all shapes and sizes from home that make it feel like the holiday season. And if you’re anything like me, you want to be able to bring that holiday cheer with you even when it simply isn’t feasible.
The dark context of Rife’s joke isn’t the issue. It all comes down to the "comedian" making the joke and the group he made the butt of the joke.
If you’re anything like me, you have a character from a TV show that makes you feel seen. When you watch it, you feel a sense of comfort, feel included in something much bigger than your own life and most importantly — you see yourself. The following is a list of the TV characters that I see myself in the most...
The air is getting colder, the days are getting shorter and Mariah Carey has defrosted, which can only mean one thing: the holiday season has arrived. Although many follow the unwritten rule to wait until after Thanksgiving to start celebrating the holidays, I prefer to bring in the festive cheer early.
We are in a place where politics has turned into a debate about whether or not someone should have rights and be protected from discrimination. I am a bisexual, biracial woman. If I meet someone whose political ideology leads them to not see the harm of LGBTQ+ discrimination, then that simply does not work.
I still experience the feelings and memories that I associated with these songs in middle school, but now I can more deeply relate to the lyrical content of these tracks.
Western New York is surprisingly filled with a rich history of doom and gloom. So, grab a blanket, turn off the lights, light those candles Campus Living doesn’t know about and get ready for some local macabre moments in Western New York.
Every year more than 1 billion pounds of pumpkins are grown only to end up rotting in landfills after Halloween festivities are over.
Every time you let a judgment hurt the way you embody a trait, you’re losing a bit of that trait that makes you who you are.
Once a revolutionary technology that paved the way for smartphone invention, the iPhone has lost its innovative edge, swapping ingenuity and quality for mass production and profit.
We are not all afforded the opportunity to embrace our identity as a child. Having your roots explored and explained to you is a privilege I never had. The language my father uses to communicate, the food that means home to him — I’m missing these layers.
Compromising the well-being and privacy of public figures to feel less alone as a queer person is never the answer.
"I’m not arguing that I know what the solution to this problem is, all I’m saying is that the Undergraduate Student Association at UB is fundamentally broken."
For our part, The Spectrum will keep following YAF’s suit against the SA and figure out what the SA is doing with the Fall Fest budget. Students have a right to know.
"After being in Buffalo on exchange from England for six weeks, I’ve come across many culture shocks and confusions."
"The vice-president of student life should be one that sees the vital importance of these values and not one that tolerates it because the law compels him to."
Social media will continue to pervade every aspect of modern life, reaching both personal and professional spheres. So why not use it for good?
There’s a myriad of battles, influential figures and cultural touchstones that line this city’s streets and museums. Maybe Buffalo can be your Roman Empire, too.
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