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

The Record

When it comes to risqué costumes, women can't win

When it comes to risqué costumes, women can’t win

Angelica Rodriguez, Culture Editor October 30, 2013

Ah, Halloween. That time of year when a girl can dress like a total slut and no one can judge her for it, right? Except … everyone still does. Every year, the hot topic (other than who can make...

Colleen Young, Associate Culture Editor

Actress apologizes for scandalous costume choice

Colleen Young, Associate Culture Editor October 30, 2013

Frightening haunted houses and stale candies aren’t the only things upsetting people this Halloween season. Actress Julianne Hough, 25, caused quite the stir this week when she dressed up in blackface...

Halloween doesn't have to be an unhealthy holiday

Halloween doesn’t have to be an unhealthy holiday

Lazarus E. Lynch, Contributing Writer October 30, 2013

Trick or Treat, smell my feet. Give me something good to eat! The time has come. The Halloween excitement is sweeping across the country. The Brundage Family from the Town of Tonawanda, for example, continued...

Controversial NY SAFE Act is a step in the right direction

Controversial NY SAFE Act is a step in the right direction

Autumn Evans, Staff Writer October 30, 2013

Driving to and from Buffalo State every day, I’ve noticed a sudden increase in anti-SAFE Act propaganda. I saw a few stickers and signs around right after the law was passed, but in recent weeks these...

Intergenerational relationships one of life’s greatest treasures

Kaitlin Russo, Reporter October 30, 2013

Famed cultural anthropologist and author Margaret Meade once said, “Somehow, we have to get older people back close to growing children if we are to restore a sense of community, a knowledge of the past,...

Many Buffalo State students apathetic to global affairs

Alycia Yeager, Reporter October 30, 2013

Day in and out, I witness college students dismissing what is going on in the world around them, instead focusing purely on themselves and their small, materialistic universes. When I came to college...

Union Bash racially themed

October 30, 2013

To the Editor: Early this semester, the Student Life Office convened to decide on a theme for the first union bash of the year. In a time when the entire region of the Middle East is misrepresented...

Strong measures must be taken in response to overpopulation

Strong measures must be taken in response to overpopulation

Samantha Wulff, Associate Culture Editor October 23, 2013

Let's send people to Mars. Specifically, let's send them up on a no-return mission and build a colony on the Red Planet. Yes, this is actually supposed to happen. The Mars One colony mission aims...

Communication necessary between cyclists, motorists

Kaitlin Russo, Reporter October 23, 2013

From the sight of more bikes zipping from building to building and always-packed bike racks next to the Union, it is evident that bike ridership is popular on campus. The larger cycling presence on...

Unrealistic expectations of women lead to body image issues

Unrealistic expectations of women lead to body image issues

Charity Wimmer, Reporter October 23, 2013

Last year, I watched my best friend become dismayed after her boyfriend left her. She fell apart when he told her that she was not “toned enough” to be with him and he liked his girls “fit.” My...

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