Buffalo State president Aaron Podolefsky came on as president of Buffalo State last year, and immediately began to deal with budget cuts, a new smoking ban and the college’s first-ever Year of the Arts. He sat down with the Record to talk about his first year at the college and […]
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Turnovers costly as Bengals fall to Montclair St, 53-24
One week after a record-breaking performance, the Buffalo State Bengals fell back to earth a bit, losing Saturday to Montclair State by a score of 53-24. The Bengals found themselves down 37-10 after a mistake-filled first half, digging themselves a hole that they were never able to get out of. […]
Bengals drop two games
Buffalo State lost conference games to Brockport and Geneseo this weekend to begin conference play 0-2. The Bengals lost Friday in Brockport by the score of 2-0 and Saturday afternoon at Geneseo by the score of 3-0. “Individual mistakes and mental errors cost us these games,” head coach Rudy Pompert […]
2011 Hall of Fame inductees
The goals won’t come easy. That’s what former women’s soccer standout Gina Santora (known by her maiden name, Monaco, during her playing career) had been told upon her arrival to the Buffalo State campus as a freshman determined to crack the Bengals’ starting roster. One-hundred seventy-five points (76 G, 99 […]
Bengals off to fast start
The Buffalo State volleyball team hosted the first round of SUNYAC Pool Play over the weekend, winning all four of their games in what is the team’s best start in school history. Despite the great start in conference play, the Bengals season has not been perfect, with the team going […]
Don’t fall into a credit hole
Dear Mr./Miss College Student, Congratulations! You have been pre-approved for our new cash back credit card! Although you’re probably already up to your eyeballs in debt, we’d like to offer you the opportunity to dive even further into the red. With our new cash back program, you earn .001 […]
What “simpler time?”
It seems everybody always wants to go back to “the good ol’ days.” Even people my age, who are too young to even HAVE good ol’ days, occasionally express their desire to go back to a simpler time, to an age of innocence. Sadly, these good ol’ days do not […]
Sabres almost ready for season
New Sabres owner Terry Pegula rode into Buffalo like a white knight, promising sweeping changes to the organization. He’s improved the roster by acquiring players like Christian Ehrhoff, Robyn Regehr and Ville Leino. Pegula’s changed the perception that the Sabres won’t spend to bring a Stanley Cup to Western New […]
Facebook irks users
Facebook is set to make changes to its design — again. As a result, its many users are stirring up a riot, claiming that Facebook does not need to be changed, and that they no longer want to use it. I don’t see what the big deal is. Facebook has […]
Cutting Medicaid should not be an option
With the looming debt crisis, G.O.P. debates and the commencement of election season, we’ve been hearing a lot about cutting taxes and slashing so-called entitlement programs like Medicaid. I wonder: When this rhetoric gets thrown around, do people ever connect an actual human being to the programs they’d like to […]