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Sunday, April 28, 2024
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DARCY WINTER


OPINION

Queerness should be in broad daylight

Going to a gay bar shouldn’t be the only queer activity — what makes an activity queer at all is a bit of a nonsense classification anyways. But it’s hard to find anywhere else to go, especially in Buffalo. It’s not impossible, but there should be a wider variety of easily accessible queer spaces.


OPINION

Holiday burnout is real

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.


Editor's note: This photo has been digitally manipulated.
OPINION

Western New York’s haunted histories

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. 


Memorial for UB sophomore Linda Yalem, who was murdered on the Ellicott Creek Bike Path in 1990.
FEATURES

Last on-campus homicide occurred almost 40 years ago

After Tyler Lewis, a sophomore business major at Buffalo State University, was fatally stabbed outside of the Ellicott Complex in October, University Police released a statement saying that it had been “at least 30 years” since the last homicide on campus.  The Spectrum dug into the archives and found that the last on-campus homicide occurred almost 40 years go.


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