Terrell "Pom-Poms" Owens is playing in the Indoor Football League next season. Jeremy "Nobody Knew My Name Three Weeks Ago" Lin couldn't be more popular.
The music industry was brought to a halt on Feb. 11, the eve of the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, when R&B pioneer and legend Whitney Houston was found dead in her Beverly Hills hotel room. When the news initially broke via TMZ, social networking sites exploded with allegations.
Human rights are being violated in Syria, celebrities are dying of drug overdoses daily, and even here at UB there were suspicions of President Tripathi violating SUNY policy. Throughout all of these events, there is one topic that seems to continuously get more publicity and reaction than all of the above, and I have had the luxury of writing about this notorious matter for the past semester and a half ? sex. Yes, our society is more likely to click a hyperlink with the word "sex" in it than with the title "Obama," yet people continue to criticize sex columnists.
Love ? (n) an intense feeling of deep affection; a deep romantic or sexual attachment to someone; affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests. Love: the strongest four-letter word in the English language.
Fellow males, your sex lives are in grave danger. The activity has fallen victim to some serious concerns over the past two decades, distresses that make intercourse less fun and more of a responsibility.
Your voice means nothing in the American government. Well, your voice might mean something but there are a few flaming laser hoops you have to jump through in order to be on par with the big dogs.
There are 32 minutes until your exam and that feeling comes over you. You now face a monumental decision that may affect the rest of your life.
Dear UB Men's Basketball, Roses are red; violets are blue. We only go to basketball games so we can stare at you. We don't mean to sound creepy, but it's not just your record that keeps us coming to cheer you on game after game.
Unless you are blind, deaf, and dumb you probably noticed that yesterday was the day that most every single person in western civilization loathes: Valentine's Day. The holiday started off as a Catholic feast for Saint Valentine.
It's official: I am all in on Lin. The only story worth watching in the NBA this year has been the play of New York Knicks point guard, Jeremy Lin.
Today's top story is an interview between Spectrum Editor in Chief Matthew Parrino and UB President Satish K.
For many students, coming to college for the first time is an adventure. It's the first time we're away from our parents for a long period of time, and the first time we're tasked with taking care of ourselves. Living on our own isn't exactly cheap, however.
The number of categories for the 54th Grammy Awards has seen a dramatic drop from years past. Where there were once 109, now there are only 78.
Living in America and other western nations has infinite privilege that many people of the world would never know.
There are over 29,000 students on this campus, and judging by the student turnout at Saturday's basketball game, only 1,400 of them care that they go here. It was True Blue and the athletic department's attempt to break the student attendance record once again.
It seems as though the current news landscape has shunned away traditional forms of broadcasting information, instead presenting news soaked in punditry and sensationalism in an attempt to entertain.
So you're at a bar. You see a cutie across the way, and it hits you. You want her, you want to sweet talk her, you want to make her laugh, and maybe you want to make-out with her ? or something a little more X-rated. But whoa there!
At the beginning of fall semester, we reported that UB had changed its financial aid policy in such a way that blatantly screwed us over.
America's schools have been on a downward slide as of late. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation, our education system fell to an "Average" ranking, with our reading scores being the 14th best in the world. With news like that, everyone knows the importance of pitching in and ensuring our schools get the attention they need, and non-profit groups like Read Across America (RAA) take on an enhanced significance. So when someone comes along to help fight for the cause and get kids motivated about reading, why turn them down? Well, a couple of stories centered on adult film star Sasha Grey have cropped up in the past month where it seemed like RAA was turning away support because of Grey's background. Of course, as is common in the rumor-mill-style 24/7 Internet news death cycle, some of the finer details got lost in translation.
My English teacher back in high school was manic, to say the least. The man was notorious among students for his aggressive attitude and his numerous cynical rants about things like existentialism, nihilism, and what bad scholars we were. I don't remember any of the concepts he taught in that advanced placement class, but I did pick up two things from the class.
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