On Monday, Oct. 5, Canisius President Steve K. Stoute delivered the State of the University address to faculty and staff. President Stoute met with The Griffin Staff on Wednesday, Oct. 8, and he, along with Dr. Harold Fields, the Vice President of Student Affairs, will come to the United Students Association (USA) meeting on Oct. 16 in the Grupp Fireside Lounge. Also on Monday, Oct. 5, Canisius celebrated World Teacher’s Day as the university celebrated faculty and staff tha

By The Griffin Staff Every year, The Griffin sits down with Canisius President Steve K. Stoute to discuss student concerns and learn more about the university and its plans to continue to build the next leaders of today. This year, Stoute discussed multiple topics, including a question about the Cornell University scenario and the more local issue of Evict ICE. The Griffin does not have any opinions about the topics discussed in this article as this is a way to inform the st

Byline: Javohir Aminov, News Editor The Iran war continues as the foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said in a statement on Sunday, Oct. 4, that “no military solution can solve the war, only talks. There is no military solution nor any solutions based on new sanctions” he states. Yet, Iran will still defend their country with greater force, if America plans to pursue their path of military dominance. On Wednesday, Oct. 7, United States President Donald Trump stated that his

By Katie Dusza, Managing Editor The 2026 U.S. midterm elections are three weeks away and will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Nationally, voters will elect members of the Senate and the House of Representatives. All 435 members of the House will be up for election as well as 35 out of 100 seats in the Senate. In New York State, Governor, Attorney General and Controller are up for election, as well as state representatives. There is a notion that voting in midterms is less i

By Kira Rodriguez, Creative Corner Editor On Oct. 6, Canisius University’s professor emeritus of Creative Writing and English, Dr. Mick Cochrane, returned to campus in light of his first collection of poetry being released. Hosted by the creative writing program and Dr. Graham Stowe, a professor of English at Canisius, the event took place in the Grupp Fireside Lounge in the Richard E. Winter Student Center. Friends and family of Dr. Cochrane, as well as students, faculty an

By: Andrew Nowel and Jase May, Editor-in-Chief and Sports Editor The United Students Association (USA) held its fourth meeting of the semester on Oct. 2. The meeting officially started at 2:32 p.m. with student concerns, a time used by several members of the senate to discuss a pressing matter that had been observed around campus, the conduct of Campus Safety. Sustainability Chair Lizzie Pike was the first to call attention to this matter with the start of student concerns

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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