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Last week in Senate: Student concerns and headshots
By Andrew Nowel and Jase May, Editor-In-Chief and Sports Editor Last week, the United Students Association (USA) spent the first 30 minutes of their weekly meeting discussing student concerns as well as executive reports. The rest of the meeting was held in the Quad as every member got their professional headshot. Kicking off at 2:30 p.m., USA began their third meeting of the semester. Multiple concerns were brought up to start the meeting as Sustainability Chair Lizzie Pike
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Cornell University faces backlash following lawsuit over neglected rape allegations
By: Katie Dusza, Managing Editor Cornell University is under fire following the reopening of an investigation regarding a 2024 sexual assault incident at the Phi Chi fraternity house, and the university’s handling of it. The victim, referred to as Jane Doe, said she was sexually assaulted by seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity. The reopening of this case has sparked nationwide conversation about sexual assault and the institutional handling of it on college campuses. Jan
Katie Dusza
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Celebrating 30 years of higher education at Canisius
By Andrew Nowel, Editor-In-Chief The Higher Education Leadership and Administration (HELA) program will celebrate 30 years this Friday as a way to commemorate the hard work and dedication the program has maintained throughout its time at Canisius. With alumni returning to their old stomping grounds years later and current students ready to learn about the higher education profession, there will be a lot to celebrate on Friday. Student success happens in a wide variety of ways
Andrew Nowel
3 days ago
ICE protests ramp up in Buffalo!
Byline: Javohir Aminov, News Editor On Sep. 25 at 4:30 p.m., anti-ICE protestors, part of the “Evict ICE” campaign, and Canisius University students banded together in front of the Montante Cultural Center during the Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in an effort to hold the Montante family accountable for profiting from ICE and allowing them to take residency in downtown Buffalo. In light of all this, Canisius University stated that they are aware of the campaign's effo
Javohir Aminov
3 days ago
U.K. airbase faces security threat
Byline: Cooper Hillman, Assistant News Editor This past Sunday, Sept. 27, five men were arrested due to mounting suspicion of intent to commit acts of terrorism near a United Kingdom airbase that is used by the U.S. military. The British counterterrorism police were called at around 1 a.m. on Sunday morning and received reports of three suspicious vehicles moving towards the RAF Fairford, a military base utilized by the U.S. Air Force in order to deploy some of their largest
Cooper Hillman
3 days ago
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A biology professor, Katie Costanzo, shares seven habits with Time magazine that will help pollinators survive during the winter. She hopes that people would not throw away their dead leaves and wood in the trash because it has insects that benefit the environment. This was proven to be true when she and her students collected trash bags of leaves and found over 25 families of insects in eight bags, including bees, beetles and lacewings. A turtle with two heads is under the
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Trump bans select news outlets from reporting on White House grounds
Byline: Katie Dusza, Managing Editor News outlets CNN, MS NOW and Politico are suing the Trump Administration following President Donald Trump’s decision to ban them from White House grounds, calling it a First Amendment violation. Trump declared this ban last Friday after expressing his frustration with negative stories about him. The joint complaint was issued to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The statement highlights concerns about press freedom and
Katie Dusza
Sep 25
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A 74–year–old Delaware man has been charged with manslaughter after fatally shooting a woman, thinking she was a deer. 39–year–old Santos Maria Chilel Soto was walking through a field with her two kids when Walter Moorhead shot at her from a ground blind. His charges included manslaughter, reckless endangerment and using a firearm during the crime. Four arrested in Orchard Park, N.Y. after selling counterfeit Buffalo Bills merch. According to WGRZ, the items consisted of 135
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Sep 25
Canisius Sports Hall of Fame welcomes 60th induction class
By: Cooper Hillman, Assistant News Editor The Canisius Sports Hall of Fame is celebrating its 60th induction class on Friday, Sep. 25, with eight new members being commemorated. Since 1963, this tradition has been a part of the athletics program as a way to honor great athletes or even non-athletes who have made exceptional contributions to the athletics department. There are many individuals included in this vast list, with 223 members including this year's new nominees. Am
Cooper Hillman
Sep 25


Last week in Senate: Welcoming a full USA
By Andrew Nowel and Katie Dusza, Editor-In-Chief and Managing Editor With the school year now in full swing, the United Students Association (USA) held its first Senate meeting with all of its members, new and returning. Beginning at 2:35 p.m., USA welcomed new senators and liaisons and began the process of what a true Senate meeting looks like. President Leyla Akil began the meeting with general concerns by letting everyone know about a spam email going around that is asking
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Sep 25


Leyla Akil: The focus is the student
By Andrew Nowel, Editor-In-Chief The United Students Association (USA) is the student government group at Canisius, but do you really know who they are and what they do? If you don’t think your voice is heard at Canisius, rest assured because the USA, with Leyla Akil at the helm, strives every day to make sure the students are the focus at Canisius. Akil, the president of USA, is looking to keep the organization student–focused as she begins a journey that started as a freshm
Andrew Nowel
Sep 25
The ecological cost of AI data centers
Byline: Javohir Aminov, News Editor Data centers are often talked about in today's climate, with wide controversy on its effects on politics, AI and the overall community. Data centers are facilities that use large amounts of energy to deliver, build and run applications and services like AI or websites. These centers also store photos and videos on storage drives and have cooling and air conditioning built in to prevent overheating and allow these operations to work efficien
Javohir Aminov
Sep 25
Supreme court rejects Trump’s regulations on mail ballots
By: Javohir Aminov, News Editor The Supreme Court Justices have rejected Trump’s restrictions on mail ballots. During the 2020 election against Joe Biden, President Donald Trump blamed mail ballots for his loss stating that “Mail boxes will be robbed, ballots will be forged and even illegally printed out and fraudulently signed,” according to an X post on May 26, 2020. As of 2026, he pushed the order to get rid of mail ballots as a whole. However, the Justices in a majority
Javohir Aminov
Sep 18
EPA eliminates restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants
By Katie Dusza, Managing Editor The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declared that it will erase limits on pollution from power plants that is created by the burning of coal and gas. This completes the Trump administration’s efforts to erase the most significant environmental protections put in place by the Biden and Obama administrations. This effort poses a threat to protections that future administrations wish to put in place regarding greenhouse gas emissions from p
Katie Dusza
Sep 18


Reading Rivalry: A new playing field
By: Cooper Hillman, Assistant News Editor Canisius and Niagara have been rivals for many years, dating back to the 1900s when the two schools faced each other in the first “Battle of the Bridge” basketball game. Since then, the universities have faced off in many other sports ranging from hockey to volleyball to cross country and track. But now, a new competition is taking the iconic rivalry in a new direction that is less based on physically active sports, and more on academ
Cooper Hillman
Sep 18
Last week in Senate: Introductions and questions answered
By: By Andrew Nowel and Katie Dusza, Editor-In-Chief and Managing Editor The first meeting of the United Students Association (USA) of the 2026-2027 academic year was called to order at 2:31 p.m. last Friday, Sep. 11. The meeting did not have the full USA present as liaisons were still in the process of being picked by the executive board. Advisor Jason Francey was also not present at the meeting. Beginning with general student concerns, Sustainability Chair Lizzie Pike rai
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Sep 18
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More than 100 people gathered at the San Francisco ocean to scream at it. Danielle Egan, who hosted this event, claimed that there were various reasons to scream, like rent, AI and unspecified anger. After the event, a competition was put into play, where screams were judged by the volume. Olivia Gugliemotto, who won with 121.9 decibels, was driven by being away from her family, current genocide and capitalism. Two teens were pronounced dead in California after suffering majo
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Sep 18
Golden Griffin Broadcast Network goes behind paywall
By Andrew Nowel, Editor-In-Chief The Golden Griffin Broadcast Network began a new pay–per–view model last Saturday during the men's soccer game against St. John Fisher. The network has been free to fans, streaming Canisius sports for parents, families and fans for eight of the 15 Division I sports at Canisius during the entire 11 years of its existence until now. Viewers of the network are able to purchase access to individual games, a six dollar–a–month deal, or a monthly pa
Andrew Nowel
Sep 18
Hurricane Lowell rages through Hawai'i
By: Javohir Aminov, News Editor A Category 2 hurricane approached Hawaii on Labor Day, Monday night. Now approaching the Kaua’i and Ni’ihau islands, O’ahu was also in danger. The winds of Lowell are expected to reach 70 miles coming from the eye of the storm, according to CBS News. Hurricane Lowell also brought rainfall to some of the islands like Kaua’i, O’ahu, Maui and The Big Island, causing dangerous conditions like floods and mudslides. The highest amount of rainfall wa
Javohir Aminov
Sep 11


The Blue and Gold Brigade: A new direction
By: Cooper Hillman, Assistant News Editor The Canisius University Blue and Gold Brigade was founded in 2015 and has been going strong ever since. First founded by Bryan Sibbitts, the group has been through many changes, surviving the COVID years and beyond and making it to their 10–year anniversary last year. After this milestone for the group, Sibbits, as well as other alumni, who had aided the group since the early years, announced that they would be stepping down from thei
Cooper Hillman
Sep 11
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