Generation Magazine

By Kathryn Przybyla and Dino Husejnovic
I’m a freshman this year and came to UB knowing nobody. I’m a math major and lack the necessary social skills to make friends without being weird. You guys have any advice?
KP: Meeting new people can be tough, especially if you are coming here on your own. Try joining a couple clubs in the things …

By Steve Neilans

“I’m going to take my talents to South Beach and join the Miami Heat.”
With that simple sentence, Lebron James went from the god of Cleveland to the greatest Benedict Arnold since Johnny Damon. With that sentence, I switched to Kobe.
“There is no way Lebron is going to hold a press conference just to announce that he’s leaving us. He definitely …

By Keeley Sheehan

The UB Climate Action Plan is a skeptic’s dream. The simply stated goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2030 comes with a 107-page document attached, riding along in the back of the bumpy UB 2020 bandwagon.
While it’d be a challenge to find a university made up entirely of actively engaged students, there’s usually at least a core willing …

A reflection by Eric Fortier

It is a wet and dreary Monday morning in March. I’m walking out of the basement of Alumni Arena—where my first class is—starting my journey across this immense campus to my next class in NSC.
The hope of spring—coupled with the string of mild, sunny days we’ve had in the past week—has inclined many to dust off …

When the Spring Fest lineup was announced earlier this year, many students stopped and scratched their heads. “Who is Lady Danville?” they asked. We wanted to know, too. So we sat down for a couple of interviews with them before the show and discovered that Michael Garner, Daniel Chang and Matthew Frankel are some really cool dudes.
Tell us how you …

By Josh Q. Newman
We just left the Generation office. Our goal: to find interesting things and write about them. Weird things go down when most students are slumbering in their dorms or sheltered away at home. It was an attempt at investigative/in-depth/gonzo journalism. Whatever you want to call it. I felt like Hunter S. Thompson when he ventured into the …

By Kathryn Przybyla
It’s a pretty early day. There are a few students sitting along the small tables lined up perfectly in the Center for the Arts Atrium. Soft music plays from a laptop in the corner. The natural light from the ceiling is starting to brighten up the long, lean room, filled with artists.
Anyone can spot a dance major. They’re …

By Jordan Brown
Along with a few thousand other students, August 31, 2009 was a huge moment in my life. It was my first day of college. I was entering the realm of higher education—a place where only those privileged with acceptance letters and significant motivation will go. I wasn’t sure what to expect. How would I balance the rigorous coursework …

By Danielle S. Morgera
Reducing carbon emissions is an immediate global concern in our lifetime. In light of our dawning environmental responsibilities, biofuels are gaining great popularity. In an effort to wean Americans off the use of crude oil, coal and other fossil fuels, the use of products such as ethanol, propanol and butanol is quickly emerging.
Whoa.
How much do you know …

By Jason Davis
By now, it’s hard to turn on the radio without hearing the song “Nothin On You” by this guy, B.o.B. But who exactly is this dude B.o.B.? Who is Bobby Ray? Where did he come from? And what is he all about?
Born Bobby Ray Simmons, the Atlanta native is much more than a rapper/singer. He is a musician …

Why do I smell?

KP: May I suggest a shower? Or introduce you to the magic that is deodorant? I’m sure your problem is an easy fix. Just be glad we don’t go to school in Cambridge, Mass. According to a CNN report last week, MIT currently reeks of the unpleasant “smell of success.” Student leaders began handing out …

By Keeley Sheehan
The nation has been embroiled in a seemingly endless power struggle over the health care reform bill that President Barack Obama recently signed into law. Lawmakers argued for hours, months, years over how (and if) to handle health care reform. But while representatives yielded minutes and seconds to their fellow party members on the floor of the House …