OPINION
Let’s talk about social anxiety
By JACOB WOJTOWICZ | Dec. 3My New Years resolution is to stop obsessing about how others perceive me.
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FEATURES
Food insecurity on campus: the UB Veggie Van aims to contest
By JACOB WOJTOWICZ | Nov. 26The Veggie Van is essentially a mobile farmers market, with the goal of providing adequate, healthy and nutritious food. In a 2023 survey conducted by the UB Veggie Van, an estimated 50% to 60% of UB students reported some form of food insecurity.
OPINION
Has Hollywood gone too woke?
By JACOB WOJTOWICZ | Nov. 26Hollywood has fallen victim to the parasitism of Wall Street.
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UB students’ share their creepiest real-life stories
By JACOB WOJTOWICZ | Oct. 29All across campus, students have reported some of their most disturbing real-life stories.
NEWS
A conversation with James Stavridis
By JACOB WOJTOWICZ and AVA MARSALA | Oct. 2216th Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis oversaw The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) operations in Afghanistan, Libya, Syria and the Balkans, including a 2011 intervention in Libya that helped end Moammar Gadhafi’s dictatorial and violent regime.
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Why are college students always tired?
By JACOB WOJTOWICZ | Oct. 15Located in the Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital by South Campus, the Center for Sleep Disorders Research is UB’s official institute for studying all things related to sleep.
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Is psychoanalysis still relevant?
By JACOB WOJTOWICZ | Oct. 1UB’s Center for the Study of Psychoanalysis and Culture, founded in 1968 by a group of Shakespearean scholars, continues to remain active until this day.
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To synch or not to synch, that is the question
By SAM MAGASEYEV , JACOB WOJTOWICZ , NADIA BRACH and ABIGAIL INMAN | Sep. 24During the pandemic, many students were exposed to a “new” kind of coursework that has existed at colleges for years: classes where all instruction is conducted virtually, rather than in a physical classroom.
OPINION
Let’s dump the term ‘trauma dumping’
By JACOB WOJTOWICZ | Sep. 17Over the past few years, a disappointing term has entered Gen Z’s public lexicon: “trauma dumping,” — the act of oversharing extremely personal and traumatic experiences with others.
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The “alt” kids of UB
By JACOB WOJTOWICZ | Sep. 10Who are the kids who identify as emo, goth, or alt and what do they all have in common? I interviewed six UB students who identify either as emo, goth or are generally interested in alternative fashion.
