ALEXANDRA MOYEN

The search for 19-year-old Buffalo State student Saniyya Dennis continues more than one week after her disappearance.

Photo: Courtesy of Buffalo State College

NEWS

Community continues to search for missing Buffalo State student Saniyya Dennis

By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | May 4

The search for 19-year-old Buffalo State student Saniyya Dennis continues more than one week after her disappearance.

Jacob Barkan says he and other students were inspired to start the demonstration after feeling “fed up” with the university’s “utter disregard” for mental health breaks.

NEWS

‘It’s hard to protest burnout when you’re burnt out’

By ALEXANDRA MOYEN and NATALIE DOLLER | Apr. 8

Only seven students held signs asking UB administrators for academic relief as part of a UB Feeling Burnt Out demonstration at Flint Loop Wednesday.

OPINION

Why are non-Black people still saying the n-word?

By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Mar. 30

If you read my first column questioning the necessity of the n-word, then you already know how I feel: The word is toxic.

Some students have found "silver linings" during the COVID-19 pandemic, even through all the loss and devastation.

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UB students find silver linings in the pandemic

By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Mar. 14

In May 2020, Ben Campbell* was laid off from his job at a local car dealership. Two weeks later, he applied for another job, but was turned down after a drug test detected marijuana use.

Alyssa Palacios hopes to return to UB in the fall, but she feels that finances shouldn’t be the “determining factor” on whether or not she receives an education.

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Former Student Association president left UB due to financial difficulties, hopes to return in the fall

By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Mar. 5

Former Student Association President Alyssa Palacios said in an email to The Spectrum that she had “no choice” but to resign from her role due to financial restraints that forced her to leave UB.

Patrisse Cullors, the co-founder of the viral Twitter hashtag and movement #BlackLivesMatter and co-author of “When They Call You a Terrorist,” was UB’s 45th Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Keynote Speaker.

NEWS

‘A simple statement, a declaration:’ Patrisse Cullors discusses BLM’s fight against racial inequality

By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Feb. 15

Patrisse Cullors says those who haven’t participated in the Black Lives Matter movement wouldn’t fully understand the importance of a Black organization being nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.

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Student Association president resigns 14 days after VP election

By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Feb. 10

Alyssa Palacios has stepped down as Student Association president, according to an email sent to SA staff Wednesday by her successor Nelaje Branch.

Nalaje Branch has served as the SA Director for Student Affairs and has been a computer science teaching assistant for three years.

Photo: Nalaje Branch

NEWS

SA elects new VP days before spring semester

By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Feb. 1

On Jan. 27, the Student Association nominated and elected Nelaje Branch as the new SA vice president. This election took place on SA’s Facebook Live with 134 viewers in attendance.

Equashia Mumeen (right) says she loves the support she has received and hopes to form a demonstration alongside students and staff protesting CDS' face mask policy

Photo: Photo courtesy of Equashia Mumeen

NEWS

‘I’m not letting this go:’ C3 staff member reprimanded for Black Lives Matter mask

By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Dec. 21

Equashia Mumeen switches her Black Lives Matter mask to a plain blue surgical one before she arrives to work at Campus Dining & Shops’ C3.

FEATURES

#SupportBlackBusinesses

By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Dec. 7

During Shop Black Week, BSU Historian Sanyia Julien was working her shift at Shake Shack in Brooklyn when a girl walked into the store selling sweatsuits for $120.