There’s something very good happening on Buffalo State’s campus, and it just happens to be B.A.D.D.   The college hosted its first annual Bengals Against Drunk Driving week, which will culminate with tonight’s main event at 7:30 in the Burchfield Penney Art Center.   It will include a vigil […]

Last semester, the college senate passed legislation in an effort to make Buffalo State a smoke-free campus.   This semester, that legislation has gone into soft enforcement. Steps have been taken to educate students about the dangers of smoking. Posters have been put up around campus preaching about the […]

This is probably more stereotype than fact, but it seems that for many Buffalo State is a second choice, an easy option or a last resort.   Most of my friends had initially planned to go to other schools, but life got in the way and they wound up […]

I was cruising along the 290 this afternoon, just like every other afternoon, driving home from school. I noticed the bumper sticker on the car in front of me, and it annoyed me. I mean, most bumper stickers annoy me. “You can’t be Catholic and Pro-Choice,” “Don’t Blame me, I […]

Citing religious beliefs, Catholic universities across the country are refusing to prescribe birth control medication to their students and faculty.  Even schools like Fordham University in New York City are following the trend, despite the fact that New York State law requires its schools to pay for birth control as […]

There are a lot of things that can be said about Ron Paul supporters. They are fiercely loyal, deeply passionate and highly ambitious. And this has been their year. With more support than ever, the Texas Congressman is in the middle of the most successful of his three bids for […]

A record 111.3 million viewers tuned in to watch the New York Giants defeat the New England Patriots, 21-17, on Sunday night. But the game’s biggest winner wasn’t NBC. It wasn’t Eli Manning or Tom Coughlin. Instead Weego, the beer-fetching Bud Light dog, went home luckier than a man with […]

People today have everything at their fingertips. There are few things that have to be done the “long” way because there’s almost always something to help us do the work. So I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that most humans nowadays severely lack basic people skills. I seem to come […]

If you’ve never experienced it first-hand, you may know a Buffalo winter by adjectives such as grueling, bitter or unbearable. Soon, the majority of you who don’t call Buffalo home will pack up for the holidays. Upon your return, you will almost certainly find yourself in the midst of Buffalo’s […]