The hollow in Hollywood.

  To some I believe a bus schedule may just be a list with a random assortment of dates, times and locations. To those who suffer from ailments that prevent them from being able to drive, a bus schedule can be the only thing providing them any sense of independence at all. Many colleges do a great job advertising how efficient and useful their school’s transportation is, but when a student goes to that institution and is forced to deal with the failures and preventable inadequacies associated with that universities transportation, issues arise.     When I look through the Bus schedule presented by UB, there is no time where any student should wait for more than 20 minutes for a bus, even during the most scarce weekend hours. This information gives me the confidence to travel into the harsh winter climates using UBs transportation with the confidence I can rely on the accuracy of the schedule posted. As a senior at UB, I can vividly remember several times where a weekend e...

  https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/25/opinion/the-golden-bachelor-aging.html In a world full of war, crime and corruption it is sometimes a bit refreshing to read an opinion piece about a non life threatening topic. I was very impressed at how much real world relevance was tied into this piece given it was written about a tabloid style reality tv show. When you paint a world full of idealism and unrealistic beauty standards, you have to deal with the repercussions that can have, often we think of this as an issue for younger groups of people, but the golden bachelor is a sign that is all changing. The writer of the piece even says this show is a perfect metaphor for the “Americas denial of aging and death”. There are certain realities that exist when you grow older, including many challenges you need to face both mentally and physically. If the golden bachelor wished to accurately portray a show full of baby boomers, for the sake of accuracy it would make sense to include both the p...

  According to reports from DAWN in 2022, Alcohol and Marijuana still account for two of the three substances that lead to the most emergency room visits. Of those who go to the ED from drug use, over 21% of visits involve the use of more than one substance. The most common reported substances for poly drug use were Alcohol and Marijuana, compromising nearly 50% of all cases when poly drug use involved Alcohol. Studies done into the motivations behind poly drug use indicate social factors can have significant impact on why people choose to take multiple substances at the same time, especially when it comes to the combination of alcohol and marijuana. While many users indicate using these substances in combination to alter or increase the effects of the initial substance used, it is uncommon for people to state they rely on this method of drug use when they are alone. Factors related to conformity are even more influential toward encouraging the concurrent use of alcohol and marijua...

  Are we a bit too harsh on the media ?   Aside from politicians, there are few groups of employed workers in America who are associated with more negativity than journalists. Trust between society and the media is as thin as it has been in recent history, due to this lack of trust and negative perception it can often be lost in the shuffle that many within the field of journalism still fill critical, even potentially helpful societal roles. Not everyone who works within the field is correlated to issues of polarization and bias, the journalists who showed up for the panel today were good reminders on why it’s so difficult to make generalizations in the field of jounralism. It is crucial to remember the field of journalism has several components that are all relevant in order to maintain functioning media in the country. All three speakers today work within the field of journalism, yet they hold three very different positions, making it nearly impossible to make judgements abo...