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

The Record

Letter to the editor: NYPIRG announces Sleep Out

Emily Mrozek April 13, 2016

Dear Editor, According to 2014 reports by Homeless Alliance of WNY, 1,115 people were homeless in the Erie-Niagara Region on any given night. In the same year, it was recorded that 26.6 percent of these...

Letter to the editor: Buff State’s NYPRIG announces refunds

Wes Thomas, NYPIRG rep April 6, 2016

Students on this campus voted to support a NYPIRG chapter. Like other clubs and organizations on campus, NYPIRG is funded through the mandatory student activity fee. NYPIRG offers a refund of the portion...

Female broadcasters are not getting the respect they deserve

Jacob Fyock, Contributor April 6, 2016

There are more female sportscasters emerging in the sports world, but they are not being treated the same as their male counterparts. Radio, television, and social media have exposed an attitude of how...

The zoo is not a good place for kids to appreciate animals

Chasity Alicea, Reporter April 6, 2016

As a kid in middle school, there was always that field trip to the zoo. We would look forward to that day where we could see all the exotic, wild animals. It was a fun experience. Most people think...

Self-segregation is an common choice we make

Edwin J. Viera, Columnist April 6, 2016

New York City is well noted for its subway system that operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It operates 21 subway lines and three permanent shuttles that operate in all five boroughs, maintains...

A healthy lifestyle is learned from a young age

Abdullah Rashed, Reporter April 6, 2016

The idea of eating less and exercising more does not work anymore because people are still gaining weight. Food contains huge amounts of sugar; when people eat processed or junk food, they will not...

Humankind needs a refresher concerning respect

Jillian LeBlanc, Opinion Editor April 6, 2016

We live in a world where people do not value the individual lives that devise our society. We perceive life through a lens of skewed perception, only able to see the world through our eyes, but some effort...

Cultural appropriation is seen throughout society

Daniel Flynn, Columnist April 6, 2016

Last week, I watched a video that went viral wherein an African American female at San Francisco State University interrogated a White male for wearing dreadlocks, a hairstyle associated with African ethnic...

Networks lie about being Progressive, instead they claim character development

Edwin J. Viera, Columnist March 19, 2016

This month the show “The 100,” killed off the character Alexa. She was one of the few characters on television that was gay. When the character was killed off the network claimed character development,...

The slow burn is old school, but still effective in cinema

Tony Callens, Associate Sports Editor March 9, 2016

In grade school English, we are taught different approaches to writing. You could start a narrative by jumping right into the action, which is great for a more exiting, fast-paced story. The opening...

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