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Headshot of Laura Marris. | Courtsey of Buffalo Photographer Pat Cray.
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Interview with an author

For Laura Marris, a visiting assistant professor and author here at UB, helping to guide students and future writers to their futures is a well nurtured passion.


Brock Clarke's short story reading.
ARTS

A Master Class on Superior Wit

Last Friday in the Center For the Arts Gallery, Brock Clarke, author of the short story collection “Special Election,” appeared as a special guest. This event started off at 5:00 p.m. with free pizza, a salon conversation with the author and  the two professors who were hosting the event. 


Marina Noack
OPINION

Season of mood disorders

Seasonal depression, otherwise known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), is a mood disorder that comes around as a result of the seasons changing. Typically, it takes hold in late fall and can last through the winter. 


The Nightmare Before Christmas. Photo: The Walt Disney Company | Wikimedia Commons
OPINION

Movies to help get you in the Halloween spirit

There are no two things that go better together than movies and Halloween, some of the greatest genre defining movies to have come into the modern canon have gone on to make huge footprints in pop culture memory.


Organization of Arab Students take on Halloween in style Photo: Courtesy of Emily Brodsky
FEATURES

A very spooky 7alaween

This past Tuesday in Baldy 101, the Organization of Arab Students (OAS) held their first annual 7alaween, a new take on Halloween that combines traditional Arab dances with Halloween celebrations. 


Christmas decorations Photo: Courtesy of Martin Michlmayr on Wikimedia Commons
OPINION

Christmas decorations need to wait until after Halloween

Holidays are some of the most special and magical times of the year. Everyone has a favorite for one reason or another and everyone has a special way to celebrate. One of the most common and important ways of getting into the holiday spirit is decorating. 


Fitz Books and Waffles
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The power of the human heart

This past Wednesday, Sept. 24, Fitz Books and Waffles was host to a poetry reading night featuring bilingual poets sharing poems in both English and their native language. 


What makes for the best concert?
OPINION

What makes for the best concert?

Everyone remembers their favorite concert, the one that stood out amongst the rest. That core memory that solidified in your mind, “this is the best concert ever!” What determines that? What makes that one so much better than the rest?


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Fitz on Main St.

Tucked away down Main Street is Fitz Books, a local bookstore still chugging away. The store is settled in an old building with its address splayed out in old type script.  


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