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SUNY Buffalo State's award-winning student news outlet since 1913

The Record

SUNY Buffalo State's award-winning student news outlet since 1913

The Record

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Government shutdown and how it can affect you

Ryleigh Berenson, Staff Writer October 9, 2025

At 12 a.m. on Oct. 1, the United States government shut down. Government shutdown occurs when Congress fails to pass all legislation that funds the following fiscal year’s federal government agencies. Government...

Buffalo on a Budget: Local and Online Student Discounts

Buffalo on a Budget: Local and Online Student Discounts

Serena Spangler, Staff Writer October 7, 2025

We all know that being a college student is usually unbelievably challenging. Between balancing grades, mental health, and family and friends, the last thing a student needs is something else to worry...

Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium

Poetry at the Planetarium

RaeAnna Gott, Staff Writer October 4, 2025

Jay Phillips, a student in the Africana Studies department with a minor in fashion, held a poetry reading in the planetarium on Sept. 29th, opening the stage to students and alumni alike. Phillips organized...

BSU's Homecoming 2025 Comedy Night, featuring Preacher Lawson.

“It’s really cool to be different now”: A Conversation with Preacher Lawson

Beverly Brittain, Staff Writer October 1, 2025

On Tuesday evening, I had the opportunity to sit down with the headliner of Buffalo State’s Homecoming Comedy Night, Preacher Lawson. We discussed the impact of social media on the comedy world, touring...

A mural on the outside of a seedy nightclub that Fred Stiller runs to following being accused of a murder.

“World on a Wire”: “The Matrix” 25 years ahead of its time

AnneMarie Jordan, Staff Writer September 25, 2025

While everyone knows of the iconic series “The Matrix”, few people both in the spheres of cinema and Science Fiction know about “World on a Wire”, made in 1973, which spearheaded the concept of...

Article 1 of The Record's constitution, as amended December of 1913, published in volume 2. (Buffalo State Digital Commons)

Have you heard the news?

Graydon Muller, Staff Writer September 25, 2025

"Father Time is pointing his finger at the dial." - The Record, volume 4, issue 3. The Record, Buffalo State's student-run newspaper, has been in publication for over a century. From the first issue...

Serena Spangler

Autumn Reset: Seasonal Self Care Ideas

Serena Spangler, Staff Writer September 22, 2025

While the temperatures haven't exactly reflected it lately, the fall semester is in full swing and the first day of fall is today! If you're anything like me, you're ready to be bundled up in a cozy sweater...

Jimmy Kimmel 2024 Oscars

Are we losing late night television to censorship?

Beverly Brittain, Staff Writer September 18, 2025

“Jimmy Kimmel Live” is being pulled off the air indefinitely as of yesterday adding on to the pile of hits that the world of late night television has received over the past few months. Similar...

Charlie Kirk at a campaign rally in October 2024

Charlie Kirk, right-wing political activist, dead at 31

Ryleigh Berenson, Staff Writer September 12, 2025

Right-wing political personality, Charlie Kirk, was shot in the neck in Orem, Utah at the start of his American Comeback Tour on Sept. 10. Utah Valley University (UVU) attendees were engaging and debating...

Superman's first cartoon portrayal. (© DC Comics/Warner Bros., Max Fleischer’s 1940s Superman animated series. Used under fair use.)

Superman: Society’s mirror for almost a century

Marcus Ramos, Staff Writer September 8, 2025

Grant Morrison, prolific comic book writer, once had this to say when it comes to writing stories about Superman: “Writers often say they find it difficult to write Superman. They say he’s too...

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