Tanveen Vohra

17th April 2019

Condoleezza Rice discusses representation among faculty, Julian Assange and foreign relations in exclusive Spectrum Q&A

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice served as America’s highest-ranking diplomat under President George W. Bush’s administration, was the senior director of Soviet and East European Affairs in the National Security Council at the end of the...

The Spectrum • 11th February 2019

Queen of UB: Veronica Lace

It’s a Friday night. The underground dressing rooms at Club Marcella thump to the beat of pop songs playing above. UB graduate student Shawn Jenner sits in front of a mirror with a full face of makeup. He puts on a large bubblegum-pink wig. He stands...

9th May 2019

Ramadan 2019: Muslim students prepare to fast during finals week

Starting this week, Muslim students at UB, along with Muslim people all over the world, will be fasting from sunlight to sunset to observe Ramadan. Muslims observe Ramadan each year during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar to commemorate Allah...

9th August 2019

Previous Love: UB band makes it big in Buffalo

Moody lyrics, angsty rhythms and transcendent vocals engulf the members of Previous Love as they practice in a soundproof basement in their own world. Gary Sheedy, a senior English major, Steven Browne, a senior accounting major and John Perdue, a...

The Spectrum • 12th November 2018

Drag in the day

Angel Yutig, a junior health and human services major, said she never thought she’d see the day someone would deepthroat a dildo in the middle of the Student Union. But that all changed on Friday afternoon when the Student Association and UB Lesbian...

15th May 2019

Sub-Board I holds rally against UB's fiscal agent decision

Roughly 40 UB community members flooded the fifth floor of Capen Hall on Tuesday morning. They occupied chairs, couches and the floor while yelling “No Way FSA,” and “Save SBI.” The group, which held a protest in Founders Plaza before making its way...

9th May 2019

May Day rally: Students and faculty protest wages for International Workers’ Day

Roughly 50 protesters marched to UB President Satish Tripathi’s office on Wednesday afternoon, leaving a coffin and a petition on the front desk. The protesters, led by the Graduate Students Employees Union, marched to the fifth floor of Capen Hall...

9th August 2019

Queen of UB: Daphne York

Matthew Groth pouts into a vanity mirror in his bedroom, admiring his jawline and fixing his already-perfect hair. A 10-foot rack stands next to him, housing over 15 wigs and enough fake jewelry and form-fitting outfits to satisfy a production of...

9th May 2019

UB reviewing Kapoor Hall name following John Kapoor’s guilty verdict

UB leadership is discussing renaming Kapoor Hall after a federal court in Boston found John Kapoor, alum and founder of Insys Therapeutics, guilty of a racketeering conspiracy on Wednesday. The court found Kapoor and four other top executives guilty...

12th April 2019

Maurice the Man: The trials and triumphs of being Pistachio’s lead cook

Maurice Reeves juggles four separate pans of pasta on a stove as a line of 50 college students stretches out behind his counter at Pistachio’s. He has marinara in one pan, alfredo in the next, marinara and alfredo in another and the last has marinara...

The Spectrum • 17th February 2019

Chains and whips excite audience at Fetish Night

A crack of a whip ran through the air as dominatrix Sade von Masoch spanked her “hellcats.” The crowd counted up to 40; the number of spanks for Masoch’s birthday. Last Saturday night, Buffalo’s Mohawk Place held its bi-annual Fetish Night event. The...

9th August 2019

African Student Association celebrates 50th anniversary

The African Student Association held its first annual Tamsha Afrika -- an arts, dance and music festival -- on Sunday night in the Student Union, celebrating 50 years since ASA was established in 1968. The event featured Nigerian artist Teni the...

The Spectrum • 18th February 2019

UB students can’t smoke marijuana on campus, even if Cuomo legalizes it

New York State is closer than ever to legalizing recreational marijuana, but that doesn’t mean UB students would be able to spark a joint on campus any time soon. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing to legalize the substance by the state budget deadline of...

15th April 2019

UB student in stable condition after alleged Sigma Pi hazing incident

UB freshman Sebastian Serafin-Bazan was in stable condition Sunday evening after an alleged hazing incident at Sigma Pi fraternity in University Heights sent him to the hospital in cardiac arrest early Friday morning. Neighbors reported seeing...

9th May 2019

UB President Satish Tripathi discusses Greek life, campus protests and Kapoor Hall renaming

Satish Tripathi has been UB president for eight years and said he’ll continue to serve the role as long as he feels like he can “make a difference.” Or –– as he joked –– as long as he doesn’t get fired. Tripathi met with Spectrum editors on Monday...

13th April 2019

UB officials confirm student involved in alleged hazing incident is alive in hospital

The 18-year-old UB student, Sebastian Serafin-Bazan, who is the victim of an alleged hazing incident, is alive and currently hospitalized at Buffalo General Medical Center, according to UB spokesperson John DellaContrada. DellaContrada said he could...

17th April 2019

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks at UB

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said it is time for America to fight the “four horsemen of the apocalypse:” populism, nativism, protectionism and nationalism. Rice, who served as America’s highest-ranking diplomat, spoke to a crowd of over...

8th April 2019

Qasim Rashid discusses current politics, run for Virginia Senate in Spectrum Q&A

Human rights attorney and advocate Qasim Rashid has helped change and shape the narrative around the Muslim American experience for over a decade. Rashid, who is now running for a seat in the Virginia Senate for the 28th district, sat down for a Q&A...

7th April 2019

Q&A with National Science Foundation Director Dr. France Córdova

Dr. France Córdova is the 14th director of the National Science Foundation. She was the youngest person and the first woman who was chief scientist for NASA and has had an illustrious career in academia, including being chancellor emeritus of...

7th April 2019

National Science Foundation Director France A. Córdova speaks at UB

Córdova, who is the current chief of the National Science Foundation and former chief scientist of NASA, spoke to a packed audience of roughly 200 people in the Buffalo Room. Córdova discussed current innovations within NSF, the importance of...