Spectrum File Photo I learned a lot in my first two years of college: theories of communication, the acting methods of Stanislavski, and that time management is an extremely important tool to utilize. Somewhere during the semesters, I also familiarized myself with the art of packing. The numerous trips between home and school taught me how to better handle my over packing issues.
I didn't like it here at first. In fact, I tried to leave. Before I even finished a semester at UB, I applied to transfer to the Coast Guard Academy. I remember walking around campus thinking, This is the hardest thing I have ever done. I don't know if I was homesick or depressed, but I certainly wasn't happy.
This may be the last time anything I write receives more than 10 views. The pressure to produce intelligent yet creative content is so far above the ground that I've decided to do something The Spectrum usually does not allow me to do because it's just so unoriginal. For my final piece, I will provide you with a list of clichés I believe are mandatory to live by. Never judge a book by its cover. You'll never truly know that "weird" girl in your chemistry class if you don't give her a chance to show you she's not simply a label you branded her with in your head.
"What does The Spectrum mean to you?" If you had asked me two years ago, I probably would have told you it was just a way to pass time while I try to figure out what I am doing with my life. If you asked me a year ago, I probably would have said it was a résumé builder that would give me a little experience in a field I was kind of interested in. But, now, with no papers left and my undergraduate career over, it means so much more. I have already come to terms with the fact that there is no way I can even come close to verbalizing how much this place means to me. Yes, I know the irony of a journalist at a loss of words is absurd, but that isn't a testament to the skills I've learned here.
I thought I was ready to come to UB after graduating from community college. I thought that by going to a school that was six hours away from home, I would be happy.
The school year is coming to a close, graduates are making their way to the stage and summer days are approaching.
There's a street corner that sits 100 yards from my home in Henrietta, N.Y. Every day, from my elementary years to my last day of high school, I walked or sprinted those 100 yards to catch my bus.
At the end of the 2012 fall semester, I decided to leave The Spectrum. I wanted to try new things and branch out.
Have you ever wanted to just leave? I mean, seriously just pack your suitcases and uproot your life?
You can become one of the most recognized college journalists in the world while working at The Spectrum.
A friend recently interviewed me for one of his classes. "So, how did you wind up in your position and what do you like about The Spectrum?" he asked. I chuckled quietly, thinking, Do you have a few hours? This is my final column, and I spent some time debating which direction to take it.
Money can assuage the material problems we encounter in day-to-day life, like paying rent, filling our car up with gas or buying groceries for the week, but it most certainly cannot help with our relationships or become something meaningful we devote our lives to. But I don't think I'm telling you anything you didn't already know. I've had a hunch that America at large no longer sees wealth as integral to happiness for a while now. Rather, I think our perceived sense of happiness is becoming increasingly determined by our lives constructed on social media sites. Generations just after World War II experienced the beginning of mass consumerism as the economy expanded and technology progressed.
Outbreaks of diseases that were formerly all but eradicated in the United States are making national headlines.
The mainstream media has had a nearly two-week run with the Donald Sterling story, stocking public ire and lambasting the beleaguered billionaire. The Los Angeles Clippers owner became embroiled in controversy recently after TMZ released overtly racist comments recorded by his (presumably now ex-) girlfriend.
Finals week is typically a time of heavy coffee consumption and late-night library sessions, but Adderall use is rapidly becoming a more recognized aspect of the most stressful week of the semester. Use of 'good grade pills' is surging across the nation's top universities.
The death penalty is slowly dying - not because of legal challenges or moral opposition to the practice, per se, but because the tools of the trade are increasingly unavailable. The latest in a string of contentious executions came this week when the state of Oklahoma carried out the death penalty on convicted rapist and murderer Clayton Lockett. A striking trend of using new drugs to execute prisoners has overshadowed executions throughout the year.
A 22-year-old from Williamsville lies face down, subdued and handcuffed on the sidewalk. A Buffalo police officer stands over the man and repeatedly kicks and slaps him.
If you were on campus between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday or Tuesday, then you probably saw the graphic photos of aborted children, lynched slaves and Jews in concentration camps outside the Student Union.
I am responding to The Spectrum's April 23 article titled "Let's talk about geese babies." When I first saw the headline, I was pleased, thinking it was an article meant to: inform people that geese are protected by federal law, create understanding that this is a time when geese are especially protective of their young and state what people can do to avoid aggression. Though one may glean some of that from the article, I was disappointed and surprised by all the harsh negativity which accompanied it; people describing the geese as "malicious," "a nuisance" and "vicious." I'd like to respond to some of the negativity with a different point of view, which I think many likely share with me. I work in the Ellicott Complex and consider myself lucky to be in an environment that has so much nature around it.
Who do you want to be when you grow up? When I was 4, I wanted to be a Disney princess. I didn't really mind which one; any of them would have satisfied my na??ve little mind. Then when I was 9, I wanted to be Mary-Kate Olsen (or Ashley, I'm still not entirely sure). At 13 it was Shakira, and at 15 it was Miley Cyrus. Did you see anything wrong in that first question?
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