I wish I would’ve joined sooner
By KIANA HODGE | May 17, 2023The Spectrum will forever hold a special place in my heart. It became a second home for me, and I met an amazing group of people who I see as family.
The Spectrum will forever hold a special place in my heart. It became a second home for me, and I met an amazing group of people who I see as family.
I wish more than anything that I joined the newspaper earlier in college, because I found my people, my family.
The Spectrum has truly broken me out of my shell. This experience is something I will hold close to my heart for the rest of my life.
Every member of this staff will always have a piece of my heart that I’m so happy to carry beyond this campus.
For the past four years, thousands of members of the UB community have been telling me how they feel about me.
Psychotropic medications are often seen as a quick fix — but there is no one-size-fits-all solution.
In a world dominated by fast fashion and the money-thirsty industry that drives it, it’s hard not to fall into the cycle: buy cheap, buy more, throw away, repeat.
It’s baffling how many UB professors’ lectures contain blank slides, plain Arial font, black text and one stock image of a textbook diagram per slide. As an educator, it’s a professor’s job to deliver engaging lectures so their students retain as much information as possible.
Fleeing out of dorm room 223, Olivia’s feet can’t keep up with her brain. Her phone slips out of her sweaty palms as she struggles to dial her roommate’s number. The date Saturday, March 5, hastily appears on her screen. As Olivia exits the building, her mind is in a daze. Vivid images of the night fill her head. The only thing forcing her back to reality is the whoosh of cold air that smacks her face. Her body is shivering. The sole fabric covering it, a sheer white lace dress. She questions the promises made the night before.
Everyone has the right to f—k, to get f—ked, and to abstain from f—king at their and their partner’s consensual discretion. But not all f—king is created equally.
The media has been telling me — and all of us — that to be sexy and beautiful we need to live up to the looks of a select few.
Pole dancing is physically and mentally challenging, but nothing feels better than stretching my limits and mastering this form of art
I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen a woman posting a picture of herself kissing a friend on the lips during a night out — and many of them have boyfriends.
Society is hypocritical because it claims to advocate for women's body positivity, for us to be confident and comfortable in our skin. But as soon as we are, we are negatively labeled.
With more research, I hope we will come to understand that “the devil’s lettuce” is a misnomer. There are many positive benefits to smoking. I just wish we’d stop generalizing marijuana users as a group and focus on individuals and their habits instead.
For years, I had to answer to a name that wasn’t my own. I avoided raising my hand in class for fear of being deadnamed or misgendered. I changed for gym class in the nurse’s supply closet, just to avoid a gendered space. At home, there was no escape.
If the rationale behind the SA's new third-party affiliation ban really was to “protect the SA,” was this really the best way to do so?
Let’s take a look back at just a few of the speeches that have aged like milk.
If you want to improve your general demeanor, you should take at least one communication course — no matter what field of study you’re in.