By Ryan Patota, Sports Reporter Canisius rowing hit the water at the NYS Collegiate Championships in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. this past weekend, qualifying for several petit-final races. To begin the day of racing, the varsity eight boat and the second varsity eight shell both finished in third to qualify for the petit-final. Canisius found more success throughout the day as the varsity four finished in second with a time of 8:45.66 to earn an appearance in the grand final.

By Colin Richey, Sports Editor The Canisius track team has one meet left on the schedule before the 2026 Outdoor Track MAAC Championships, traveling to Pittsford, N.Y. on Saturday for the Cardinal Classic. The Griffs are coming off a successful campaign at the UB Alumni Invitational, led by senior Joe Pivarunas and freshman Jaxyn Mahoney. Pivarunas finished first in his 3,000 meter steeplechase with a time of 9:32.02 while freshman Jack Stanford and sophomore Mason Allee-Cas

By Paige Apps, Sports Reporter The Canisius Golden Griffins women's lacrosse team will open postseason play with confidence and familiarity; they prepare to host the Quinnipiac Bobcats in the first round of the 2026 MAAC Women's Lacrosse Championships at the Demske Sports Complex on April 26. Canisius enters the tournament as the No. 3 seed after putting together an impressive regular season, finishing 12–4 overall and 6–2 in conference play. The Griffs established themselve

By Jase May, Sports Reporter The Canisius Golden Griffins lost a close matchup in their final game of the season to the Marist Red Foxes by a final score of 15–13. The team stayed competitive against the Red Foxes, tying the game 11–11 in the third quarter, but couldn’t match Marist’s three-goal fourth quarter. Faceoff specialist Micah Hanson continued his historic season with 24 faceoff wins, a single-game program record. The record breaks the previous mark of 22, set by Mi

By Andrew Nowel, Sports Layout Editor A 2–4 recent stretch has pushed the Griffs to the edge as Canisius sits on the brink of elimination even with multiple series remaining in the season. With the Manhattan Jaspers on deck, every pitch becomes important as April showers turn to May flowers. Losing two of three to the Niagara Purple Eagles in Lewiston, N.Y. then at home to the Quinnipiac Bobcats has dropped the Griffs to an 8–10 record in MAAC play. Sitting at 10th in the con

By Cassandra Ercoli, Sports Reporter It was a homecoming affair for Edinboro Head Coach Dan Gierlak who faced his son on the Demske Sports Complex when the Division II Fighting Scots split the midweek series against the Canisius Golden Griffins. “It was bittersweet. I love doing it. It’s great to see him come along and accomplish what he has accomplished and going to accomplish,” said Gierlak in a postgame interview when talking about facing his son, Joe Gierlak. After serv

Hi Creative Corner! I hope you all are welcoming spring in a flourishing way! This week, I threw on my most springy outfit to celebrate the beautiful weather we are having. My top, cardigan and jeans are all from Old Navy, and I particularly love the embroidered roses on the jeans. Pink and green are my favorite colors, and I love to not only see them around on the blooming flowers, but also together in this outfit.

There have been eons worth of temperature fluctuations throughout the Earth’s history. It has experienced ice ages, vast droughts and everything in between. You would think that now would be no different, but the Earth’s temperature is rapidly increasing at a rate that can cause irreversible damage if nothing is done about it. I myself am a pretty avid supporter of environmental sustainability efforts and the reversal of climate change, so when the weather went from almost 70

By Lily McMenemy, Assistant Opinion Editor I have a confession to make: senior Griffin staff, if you’re reading this, please don’t be mad. As opinion layout editor, I put up the Mission 100 Days articles each week and I am ashamed to say I have not read any of them. It is not because I do not care – in fact, it is quite the opposite. I skip the last episode of every TV show, because I hate when things end. For the past year, the seniors on this staff have represented an esse

By Hannah Wiley, Managing Editor and Katie Dusza, News Editor This past Tuesday, April 21, the Contemporary Writers Series brought poet and photographer Marcus Jackson to campus. A group of English and creative writing students had the opportunity to attend a dinner beforehand and ask questions about his third book being published this June. Jackson has been at The Ohio State University since 2015 and currently works as an associate professor and director of the creative writ

By Javohir Aminov, Assistant News Editor On April 23, 2026, Dr. Robert Zorba Paster came to Canisius University in order to talk to pre-medical undergraduate students and others about his upbringing of his work in the medical field in order to educate people on how to flourish in life. Dr. Zorba Paster is an American physician, clinical professor and was the producer of a radio show called “Zorba Paster on Your Health,” where he discussed personal health problems from his vie

By Katie Dusza, News Editor FBI director Kash Patel sued “The Atlantic” for $250 million, alleging defamation after they published an article describing him as a heavy drinker. He claimed that the article was a “malicious hit piece.” “The Atlantic” responded by saying they would stand their ground in this, “meritless lawsuit.” Author Sarah Fitzpatrick from “The Atlantic” claimed that Patel is deeply afraid of losing his job and that, “he has good reasons to think so- includ

By Mikayla Boyd, Editor-in-Chief On April 20, Canisius University announced that the school was creating a new partnership focused on a streamlined entry into Boston College’s Master of Health Administration (MHA) program. According to the university, “Canisius students across disciplines can begin working toward the MHA during their senior year through Boston College’s Woods College of Advancing Studies. They may transfer up to six Canisius graduate credits that apply to the

By Mikayla Boyd, Editor-in-Chief On Wednesday, April 22, Dr. Andrea Alvarez, part of the curatorial team at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, visited Canisius University to discuss her newest (and first) major curation, an exhibit entitled "Let Us Gather in a Flourishing Way." This exhibit features the work of 58 Latinx artists and is on view from now until Sept. 6, 2026 and the talk was sponsored by both the Borders and Migrations Initiative and ArtsCanisius. Alvarez gave attendee

By: Andrew Nowel, Sports Layout Editor From walking the campus just over 25 years ago as a student to the moment Dr. Jill Dombrowski stepped back onto campus as a full-time professor, the memories immediately came flowing back from the former Griff. As she steps into a pivotal role for the university and the criminal justice department, the motto of Canisius ‘once a Griff always a Griff’ showcases itself as Dr. Dombrowski represents an alumni network that stretches far beyond

By: Hannah Wiley, Managing Editor If you’ve ever walked through the tunnels from Dugan to Frisch, you’ve probably walked by a mural made by class of 2024 and MBA class of 2025 graduate, Meg Campbell. If you’ve walked down the hall since March, however, you would’ve seen that a new mural is being added right next to Campbell’s by freshman Lexi McFadden! McFadden is majoring in animal behavior, ecology and conservation (ABEC) with a minor in creative writing and has had the ide

By: Kaitlyn Belile, Features Editor and Hannah Wiley, Managing Editor With our final (regular) edition of the year, I want to introduce everyone to one of our advisors, Dr. Snyder! If you know anyone on The Griffin staff, you know how much we love our Dr. Snydey! She came to Canisius in August of 2023 and joined The Griffin last year by accompanying us on the California trip after our former advisor left. Dr. Snyder attended St. Vincent College in Latrobe, PA for undergrad w

By: Hannah Wiley, Managing Editor and Kaitlin O’Meara, Copy Editor The Griffin’s favorite duo went to the event of the semester (CrescenDONT’s spring concert) this past weekend and similar to last semester we can’t wait to share our thoughts. If you happened to miss it – or left halfway through – we figured we’d provide a recap for you…because you missed out! For those of you who are somehow unaware, CrescenDONT’s is Canisius University’s a cappella group, and they put on a c

By: Madison Howard, Assistant Features Editor Canisius University hosted its final Canisius Conversation of the year on Thursday, April 23, bringing together students, faculty and staff for a discussion centered on dialogue and peacebuilding in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Held in the Library Learning Center, the event featured guest speakers from the PeaceWorks Foundation who shared personal experiences and insight into conflict resolution. Organized by Spencer Liechty,

By: Mikayla Boyd, Editor-in-Chief Each Monday, the doors of Loyola Hall open to receive visitors through Campus Ministry’s Tea Time event series. For the first time, I dropped into a tea time, along with Assistant Opinion Editor Lily McMenemy, to have a small conversation with folks about life, Canisius and community. The tea times are hosted by Campus Ministry, and they have brought a revitalizing energy to the department. Caroline King, who began serving as assistant direct