On a crisp fall afternoon, I sat in the car with my father while my mom ran into the post office to mail a letter. It was a bright, sunny day and while I looked out the window, a flash of light caught my eye.
As recent disclosures have shed light on the second major scandal from the Student Association's executive board in two years, this is a time when students should be paying attention. On Saturday afternoon, The Spectrum interviewed SA President Nick Johns regarding allegations that have prompted a petition for his impeachment. "I believe I should be given a reprieve," he said.
You may remember the most inflammatory event on campus last year: When Students for Life collaborated with the Genocide Awareness Project to bring an anti-abortion photomural exhibit that displayed graphic images of aborted fetuses. The exhibit galvanized the student body.
Even though President Obama messed up his name last month during his visit to Buffalo, The Spectrum has decided to endorse the reelection of Byron Brown for mayor. The race is distinguished as the first mayoral election in Buffalo history to not feature a white, non-Hispanic candidate.
There is something to be said about 'moral victories' and 'winning a game after a certain point,' but enough already. It's time for the Bulls to put together a 60-minute performance against the nation's top competition. Enough taking positives out of defeat.
Last week, while walking into his house on Northrup Place in the University Heights neighborhood, a UB senior (who prefers to remain anonymous) was robbed at gunpoint.
Not since the Vietnam War has the prospect of U.S. engagement in a foreign conflict engendered more collective skepticism and less public support.
It doesn't take the most avid college sports fan to realize that rarely do coaches with a 9-27 overall record in three seasons receive a contract extension.
The academic year at UB began in an exalted fashion last week, when President Barack Obama addressed a crowd of 7,200 people in Alumni Arena, as he announced his federal initiative to combat the rising cost of higher education in America. It has long been the tradition of magazines and various publications to annually release updated rankings of colleges and universities throughout the United States; it has also been the tradition of middle- and upper-class families to use these rankings as data to navigate through the grinding process of college selection. President Obama introduced a plan for his administration to evaluate schools with a new measuring rubric - average tuition, enrollment of lower-income students and effectiveness at helping students graduate with less debt.
If you didn't see what could have been the best reunion in pop culture history Sunday night at the MTV Video Music Awards, you didn't miss much. *NSYNC reunited for 110 seconds during Justin Timberlake's acceptance performance for the Michael Jackson
On a sand volleyball court, I sprang into action and dove for the ball. A fellow teammate also dove. He got there first. Instead of my forearms connecting with the ball, his elbow connected with my skull.
All institutions are symbiotic; the people who run the institution rely on those who use the institution and those who use the institution rely on those who run it.
If you didn't see what could have been the best reunion in pop culture history Sunday night at the MTV Video Music Awards, you didn't miss much. *NSYNC reunited for 110 seconds during Justin Timberlake's acceptance performance for the Michael Jackson
If you're a '90s kid, there's a very strong possibility you worshipped one boy band and only one boy band.
Film: Jobs Release Date: Aug. 16 Studio: Open Road Films Grade: C
Just why, exactly, did President Barack Obama begin his two-day bus tour in Buffalo? It wasn't very clear when he offered his first two reasons at the start of his speech in Alumni Arena Thursday.
I was just rolling cookie dough and placing the balls on the tray, but everyone couldn't stop laughing and no one would tell me why.
Last fall was the first time I didn't wear a uniform to school. Instead, I wore a rumpled T-shirt and jeans as I headed to class, passing by countless students who were all dressed differently.
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