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Watercolor tattoos, like the one above, have recently become a more popular way of decorating your body.

New and familiar trends take ink to a whole new level

Michael Puglia, Reporter November 20, 2013

Choosing a tattoo used to be simple. First pick out the design, picture or quote that you wanted. Then, you choose either a simple black and white layout, or a vibrant, colorful piece of art. Fast forward...

Graduate student Bryan LaBarron become an internet sensation because of his obscure tattoo.

Grad student’s unique tattoo becomes Internet sensation

Brandon Schlager, Executive Editor November 20, 2013

Bryan LaBarron became an Internet sensation before he could blink. The Buffalo State graduate student had been working his afternoon shift at Ashker’s Juice Bar and Cafe on Elmwood Avenue in May when...

Alumna challenges perceptions of tattooed women with Master's thesis

Alumna challenges perceptions of tattooed women with Master’s thesis

Angelica Rodriguez, Culture Editor November 19, 2013

Imagine this for a moment: you’re a woman standing in line at a coffee place, or in a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd at a concert at the harbor downtown. It’s warm outside, so you might be wearing a top...

Helium Comedy Club, on Mississippi Street in downtown Buffalo, has become the cornerstone of the Cobblestone district and the main focus of the local comedy scene.

Helium lends big hand in revitalization of Buffalo comedy scene

Aaron Garland, Managing Editor November 13, 2013

It’s a surreal feeling for Josh Potter. He remembers, not so long ago, when he had to drive a considerable distance from his Buffalo home to tell a few jokes at a comedy club. The jaunts were over...

Buffalo State theater lecturer Timothy Joyce teaches and naps by day, but turns into a frenetic funnyman by night, drawing inspiration from his own South Buffalo upbringing to elicit laughs.

Theater instructor fills busy schedule with lectures, laughter

Colleen Young, Associate Culture Editor November 13, 2013

You can pick your professors, but you can’t pick your professors’ noses. Timothy Joyce, comedian and SUNY Buffalo State lecturer, has never blown his nose. Though he admits that fun fact may...

The GIs of Comedy -- from left, Tom Irwin, Jose Sarduy and Thom Tran -- taped their routine Nov. 2 at Rockwell Hall's Performing Arts Center for Comedy Central, enlisting the aid of students from the communication department.

Comedic Catharsis: Alumnus leads ‘troupe of troops’ in using comedy to help vets, active military

Angelica Rodriguez, Culture Editor November 13, 2013

Finding comedy in a horrific situation is hard for most people. But Buffalo State alumnus and retired Army staff sergeant Thom Tran has figured out the secret to finding the funny. Four days into his...

Friday Night Live cast keeps laughs coming on campus

Friday Night Live cast keeps laughs coming on campus

Samantha Wulff, Associate Culture Editor November 13, 2013

When Friday Night Live’s cast took its final bow of the 2012-13 year, there was not a dry eye in the house. Senior members — the mentors of the group — walked off stage one last time as part of the...

Kristen Becker, former general manager of Helium Comedy Club, helped blow up Buffalo's comedy scene -- and then she realized she much preferred being onstage to setting it.

Local comic returns to stage after bringing big names to Buffalo

Jonny Moran, Opinion Editor November 13, 2013

To say that Kristen Becker revolutionized the comedy scene in Buffalo is no overstatement. While the occasional Seinfeld or Chappelle would grace the stage at Shea’s every few years, it wasn’t until...

Crowd relates to comedian’s real-life humor

Caitlin Kupiec, Staff Writer November 13, 2013

It was freezing on Saturday night as I entered Helium Comedy Club, shivering from the rain and lack of heat. As I sat there in the intimately lit venue on Mississippi Street, decked out with black tables...

Buffalo State volunteers helped the New York-New Jersey Trails Project with building a new hiking trail alongside the Major Welsh Trail in the Appalachian Mountains, during the VSLC's Alternative Summer Break.

Volunteering in Detroit a lucky break for aspiring do-gooders

Kaitlin Russo, Reporter November 6, 2013

An eclectic group of students shuffled into Bacon Hall 204 in hopes of learning more about The Volunteer and Service Learning Center’s next Alternative Break, from Dec. 13-18. This year’s destination?...

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