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Crowds gather at Shakespeare Hill every summer to enjoy the second most attended free outdoor Shakespeare event in America. Hamlet, from 2013

Nature meets culture at Shakespeare in Delaware Park

Angelica Rodriguez, Culture Editor March 19, 2014

There is a hill nestled in the northwest corner of Delaware Park, near Hoyt Lake, that attracts a crowd on nearly any given summer evening from June to August. This mass of people isn’t loud; it hasn’t...

Anthony Chase has been involved in the theater community for more than 20 years, both as a performer and as a drama critic.

Anthony Chase knows Buffalo theatre

Colleen Young, Associate Culture Editor March 19, 2014

Are you going to the theater tonight? Ask Anthony Chase to save you a seat. Chase, assistant dean of the school of arts and humanities at SUNY Buffalo State, spends about 300 nights a year in the theater....

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee played the first two weekends of March, under the direction of Jennifer Toohey, at Warren Enters Theater in Upton Hall.

Spelling bee brings back alumni, offers audience interaction

Caitlin Kupiec, Staff Writer March 19, 2014

The kids of Casting Hall Productions are reliving puberty all over again, taking their acting skills back to the days of braces and awkwardness. Over the past two weekends in early March, the Buffalo...

Screening brings awareness of cultural gender barriers to students

Caitlin Kupiec, Staff Writer March 11, 2014

It’s hard to believe that at one point in American history, women weren’t allowed to vote and were expected to do the bulk of their work from a kitchen. Times are changing, but some cultures around...

Associate Communication professor Tom McCray sitting at an old soundboard mixing studio.

Buffalo radio has a voice and it is McCray’s

Colleen Young, Associate Culture Editor March 11, 2014

There’s a booming voice heard all across the region. Associate communication professor Tom McCray, better known to Buffalonians as the morning radio personality “Tom Donahue” on Timeless WECK...

“Lies” soundtrack a “House” of fun, intrigue and emotion

Angelica Rodriguez, Culture Editor March 11, 2014

The Showtime dark comedy “House of Lies,” centering on a cutthroat management consultant (Don Cheadle) at a top firm, has been touted by some as a masterpiece and panned by many as “over-the-top”...

Senior history major Daniel Flynn, left, with Fr. Czeslaw Krysa

Student’s research connects him with Polish community

Najee Walker, Reporter March 11, 2014

SUNY Buffalo State, much like other colleges in the United States, encourages its students to make a lasting impression while attending class here. One student has done just that – using an alcoholic...

Campus coffee locations provide variety

Michael Puglia, Reporter March 11, 2014

Wake up, throw some clothes on and grab a cup of the steaming elixir that will get you through another rough morning.  Sounds like an average morning for a college student – and in fact, a study conducted...

Zoe Thayer, left, shows her boyfriend Dylan Maychoss, right, what the consequences if spending more time with his playstation than her might be. Some women agree that gaming has taken up far too much of their significant others time.

Consoles over cuddles: gaming and your relationship with your boyfriend

Caitlin Kupiec, Staff Writer March 5, 2014

From her home in the sunny San Fernando Valley, C.A., a very annoyed Jessie Yodsukar would sit with her girlfriend and vent about the “other woman” in her boyfriend’s life. He would spend numerous...

C.R.A.G.G., the campus gaming and anime club, hosts Game Nights frequently in Ketchum Hall and is gearing up for their biggest event of the year, a convention labeled CRAGGNAROK

CRAGG offers games, cosplay and anime to Buffalo State students

Colleen Young, Associate Culture Editor March 5, 2014

It’s all fun and games until they graduate. The Campus Role-Playing Anime Gaming Group (CRAGG) is a gaming organization that takes part in playing games, including card games, video games, board games,...

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