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

The Record

Dale Stewart scored four touchdowns for the Bengals in their first game of the season.

Stewart leads Bengals to come-from-behind win

Jahvon Graham, Reporter September 3, 2016

The Buffalo State Bengals opened up their 2016 season with a home contest against Otterbein. They started the season off on a good foot with a nail biting 29-26 win. With it being the first game of...

Scott Roop (third from the back of the boat) is a former Vesper Cup winner and USA Rowing Hall of Famer. He began his rowing career at Buffalo State in 1974.

Former Buff State rower to coach Olympic boat

Dan Almasi, Managing Editor May 4, 2016

This summer, head coach Scott Roop and his lightweight rowing team out of Cambridge Boat Club of Cambridge, Massachusetts will represent the United States in the Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Roop,...

The old Whitworth Planetarium (pictured here). Construction for the new planetarium will begin during the fall of 2018.

Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium proves to be a big crowd pleaser

Benjamin Joe, Online Editor May 4, 2016

The Whitworth Ferguson Planetarium located in the basement of Buckham Hall is surrounded by exhibits explaining such concepts as dark matter, and also chronicles the making of the Hubble Telescope. Visitors...

Fro left to right: Buffalo State freshman Ricky Ronallo, juniors Jimmy Roberto and Joey Holmes, and senior jake Graczyk are looking to start a club hockey team by Fall '16.

Four students looking to light the lamp on Buffalo State’s first ever club on ice

Chance Morrow, Staff Writer May 4, 2016

A group of SUNY Buffalo State students are in the works of starting a club hockey team on campus. Juniors Jake Graczyk and Joey Holmes, freshman Ricky Rinallo and sophomore Jimmy Roberto have been making...

Ashely Weselak (right) met her friend Pacifique Niyonsenga in Kigali last January.

From freshman to Fulbright, Weselak finds way to Rwanda

Patrick Koster, News Editor May 4, 2016

Six years ago, SUNY Buffalo State graduate student Ashley Weselak took her first trip abroad to Ireland for 10 days as a freshman. Last year, she became the first non-drama major to partake in the Anne...

Senior Stephanie Novo has three runs and three RBIs in the last four games. She and the Bengals have won seven of their last 10 games.

Bengals battle to .500 late in season

Jahvon Graham, Reporter April 27, 2016

It’s been an uphill battle all season long for the Buffalo State softball team. After getting off to a slow start, they’ve finally reached .500 by winning seven of their last 10 ballgames. Their hitting...

Buffalo State students enjoying an outdoor concert in 1979.

Radio Waves, the Goos and Teenage Prohibition: A memoir of Buffalo State’s defining music scene in the ’80s

Dan Almasi, Managing Editor April 27, 2016

In early December of 1973, an up-and-coming Canadian rock band called Rush opened for Genesis in SUNY Buffalo State’s “New Gym.” On a Tuesday in late October of 1989, a local opener called the...

Gene Zinni coached football at the University at Buffalo and Buffalo State.

Beloved offensive line coach Gene Zinni remembered

Emily Niman, Associate News Editor April 27, 2016

The scoreboard read 36-16 as people gathered in SUNY Buffalo State’s Houston Gym to remember the life and legacy of SUNY Buffalo State offensive line coach Gene Zinni. Zinni was born May 1, 1936, and...

Buffalo State running backs Tre Jones (left) and Dale Stewart (right) were the one-two punch of the Bengals' SUNYAC leading rushing attack which compiled 2,088 rushing yards in 2015.

Seven key factors heading into 2016

Tony Callens, Associate Sports Editor April 20, 2016

Another schedule of spring practices have come and gone as the Buffalo State football team closed its 2016 spring ball docket of practices on Thursday. The Bengals are coming off a 7-4 season that saw...

Presidential candidate Donald Trump entered First Niagara Center Monday night to a crowd that Congressman Chris Collins said was "the largest indoor rally" for Trump so far.

Trump builds ‘Great Wall’ of promise for Buffalo faithful on eve of NY primary

April 20, 2016

Western New York's biggest Trump supporters took center stage on Monday, April 18 to speak out at the First Niagara Center, where supporters, on-lookers and even the occasional protester came out to see...

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