The hollow in Hollywood.

Despite the many allures, college campuses can be a stressful place, especially around midterm season. Examining the fall semester schedule though, you realize midterms largely coincide with an event that many students look forward to all year long, Halloween! Halloween is one of the few concepts capable of momentarily distracting a large population of students from their stresses, allowing them to relish the moment and enjoy their outlet. Walking into the Hadley village apartment complex lounge in UB last week was like walking into a war zone, there was constant distress and infighting and an overall unpleasant experience. Walking into the very same lounge right after the start of the Hadley village Halloween party, it was clear there was a noticeable difference in the atmosphere.  “Blood” filled the walls, corpses littered the floors, lights flashed as if about to burst, and cackles flooded the room, yet all you could hear was the sound of glee and comfort. Sasha, a UB senior dre...

  The most relevant news story running through the hearts of the American people is still most likely Taylor swift and Travis Kelce related. With the recent actions in Israel though, and the ongoing conflict that will and has already accompanied these actions, the media has shifted part of its focus onto that particular crisis. There are few topics in international politics that are more divisive than those related to Israeli and Palestinian conflicts, not only is there a deep history rooted in war and hate, but religion finds its way into the debate as well.     Ben Goggin is a veteran writer from NBC, he was recently tasked with writing an article on the recent retaliation by Israeli forces after the unforeseen attack of Israeli land. Goggin’s does a fantastic job of telling both sides of the story and sticking to a more objective lens on an issue that people seem to love to pick sides on. He also mentions NBC did not have reporters present in Gaza, so all reports can n...

  Personally, I always love when BBC or British outlets write about American football. Football was and probably still is my favorite sport since I was a kid, but it has always been a very national sport, when I’ve traveled it is very rare people care about the sport outside of the US or maybe Canada. In recent years the BBC has started to publish more stories on the nfl as the nfl has increased their game load in London, meaning not even going across the pond would allow you to escape from the Taylor swift, Travis Kelce bonanza. BBC and this author did a great job of including different perspectives on the story, the celebrity perspective, the effect on the nfl perspective and even the fan girl perspective. They also did a great job tying other notable celebrities into the story to draw readers in and understand jus how captivated America is by the given story. They do a great job of explaining to people that the nfl is very open to this relationship and is welcoming swift to thei...

      Some say sports are merely games with little to no bearing on the public's day to day life. Those same people have likely never been to a Bills tailgate on gameday ! Nyc is the city of dreams, LA is the city of angels and Buffalo is the city of the Buffalo Bills. For a city to have an identity there often has to be some sort of shared traits or commonalities exhibited within the city, for a Buffalonian the Bills are not merely a sports team, the Bills are a defining characteristic of their community as well as a uniting force. That is why, without fail, every single time the Bills play in buffalo the stadium is not only jam packed, but the atmosphere before the game is electric, full of excitement, love, joy and maybe even a few broken tables. To add to the base excitement that accompanies Bills home games, the undefeated, rival, Miami Dolphins were coming to town. The Dolphins were the only team in the AFC entering week four undefeated and the Bills fans understoo...