By Hannah Wiley, Managing Editor The first meeting of the United Students Association (USA) following spring break was gaveled in on March 13 at 2:33 p.m. The meeting started with new business, which was a motion to begin having a conversation with Canisius athletics about USA starting to fund club sports. In lieu of President DeGlopper’s absence due to being away for a conference, Advisor Francey said the university is seeking approval from the senate to open this discussio

By Katie Dusza 1,700 driver’s licenses belonging to transgender people have been revoked in Kansas. This occurred in lieu of several recently placed restrictions on the legal recognition of trans people in the United States. In addition to Kansas being one of five states to prohibit changing the gender marker on a trans person's licenses, Kansas is the first to pass a law that retroactively cancels licenses that have already been changed. This law also invalidated birth certi

By Javohir Aminov, Asst. News Editor The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is facing a temporary shutdown, leading to unpaid labor for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This has led to staff shortages, flight delays and strained agency resources that caused vacations to be delayed. The shutdown began in February after a spending bill was blocked because of Democrats wantin

By Mikayla Boyd, Editor-in-Chief On Thursday, March 19, and Saturday, March 21, the 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament first and second-round games are being hosted at KeyBank Center in downtown Buffalo. The eight teams competing, along with their division seed, are No. 11 South Florida, No. 6 Louisville, No. 14 North Dakota State, No. 3 Michigan State, No. 16 UMBC/Howard, No. 1 Michigan, No. 9 Saint Louis and No. 8 Georgia. According to GoGriffs, “The 2026 NCAA Division I

By Katie Dusza One of the most popular St. Patrick’s Day events in the city is the parade hosted by United Irish American Association’s (UIAA). This year’s parade took place on Saturday March 15, 2026 at 2 p.m. According to their website, the UIAA’s goal is, “to conduct a great family friendly, religious, patriotic, and civic event in Buffalo that honors Saint Patrick and displays the Irish contributions to our community and country.” The Parade (as it is referred to by the U

By Hannah Wiley, Managing Editor The Women and Gender studies program announced their 2026 Lorch Award winners and one of the recipients includes The Griffin ’s very own layout director, Liz Shingler. The awards, officially named the Dr. I. Joan Lorch Award for Women & Gender Studies, are given to a student and campus and community individuals who have made “a significant contribution to women and who exemplifies the pursuit of liberation and justice regarding sex, gender,

By Asst. News Editor, Javohir Aminov An innocent man was sentenced to death in Alabama over a killing he did not commit. However, after the government's interference with the matter, he was spared. Charles Sonny Burton, 75, was sentenced to death for a murder that occurred in a store in 1991, although he wasn’t present at the building. It is a fact that Burton and five other men robbed the store on Aug. 16, but he left the premises when his accomplices shot a customer. The v

By Katie Dusza, News Editor March 13 marks the fourteenth day of the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran. On Feb. 28, the U.S. and Israel launched an attack on Iran. According to President Donald Trump, the operation was intended to encourage Iranians to overthrow their government, destroy Iran’s missiles and naval forces and eliminate an “imminent threat.” The strike killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, as well as other senior regime figures. In response, Iran

By Adam Kozman, Asst. Copy Editor Bilkis Begum, a local Buffalo woman, was attacked in an armed robbery on her way to the mosque on Walden Ave. This past Tuesday, March 10 around 3:30 a.m., Begum was walking when she was confronted by another person with a handgun. The person hit her multiple times and threw her to the ground. The armed person ran off with her purse leaving Begum. Her child, Alzabir Shekh, said his “ mother was headed to a mosque to pray when she was attack

By Katie Dusza, News Editor On March 7, the largest Lunar New Year Celebration outside of Asia occurred in San Francisco at the Chinese New Year Festival and Parade. This took place during The Griffin ’s trip to San Francisco. The Lunar New Year begins on the first new moon of the first month of the lunar calendar and ends two weeks later with the full moon. The exact date of the Lunar New Year changes each year according to the lunar and solar calendars, ensuring that it ca

By Katie Dusza, News Editor Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, King Charles III’s brother, was arrested Thursday, Feb. 19 on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, was taken into custody by the Thames Valley Police after reviewing allegations of him having a sexual encounter with a woman trafficked to the United Kingdom by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, while holding the position of the U.K.’s trade envoy. In Octob

By Katie Dusza, News Editor The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump’s controversially harsh tariffs are unconstitutional last Friday, Feb. 20. These tariffs were imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Within hours following the announcement, the Trump administration imposed new global tariffs. The act pushed import tax rates up to 50% for key trading partners like Brazil and India. The tax rates went up to 145% for China. As

By Mikayla Boyd and Hannah Wiley, Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor Due to the President’s Day holiday on Feb. 16 and 17, The Griffin is reporting on both the Feb. 13 and Feb. 20 meetings of the United Student Association in this week’s edition. On Feb. 13 , the senate hosted guest speaker Spencer Liechty, Vice President of Mission Integration after gaveling in at 2:36 p.m. In his role, Liechty supervises Campus Ministry and Chapel, but also ensures that the university’s m

By Javohir Aminov, Asst. News Editor In the early morning of Feb. 22, 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin broke into President Trump’s private luxury club, Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach. Fla. Then around 1:30 a.m., Martin was shot dead by the Secret Service when he aimed his shotgun at them. Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, who was on duty that morning along with two other agents, stated that Martin was carrying a firearm and a fuel canister upon the residence, but when they ordered him to dis

by Madison Howard In commemoration of the May 14, 2022 mass shooting at the Tops Friendly Markets on Jefferson Ave., Canisius University hosted Canisius Conversation: Dismantling Food Insecurity and Restoring Food Access on Thursday, Feb. 26 in the Library Learning Center at Bouwhuis Library. Organized by Spencer Liechty, the event brought together students, faculty and community members to examine the relationship between structural racism and food access in Buffalo, particu

By Ethan Jaffri, Asst. News Editor Nancy Guthrie, mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, was abducted from her home north of Tucson, Ariz. on Feb. 1. She was last seen on the night of Jan. 31 after being dropped off to her house by family members. DNA tests showed evidence of Guthrie’s blood on her front porch, according to Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos. On Feb. 10, FBI Director Kash Patel released footage from Guthrie’s front doorbell camera. The video shows a man

By Javohir Aminov, Asst. News Editor Canisius is partnering up with Western Atlantic University School of Medicine (WAUSM) to give students a chance to earn their Doctor of Medicine (MD) within six years instead of the traditional eight years. The BS/MD Accelerated Pathway to MD (APMD) offers students the opportunity to follow a path of being physicians, medical researchers or surgeons while shortening the rigorous pathway from four years in medical school to three years. S

By Gianna Fuentes, Contributor On Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order to end birthright citizenship, making it so that a child born in the United States must have at least one parent with citizenship or permanent residency to be a citizen. This act contradicted the current practice of jus soli, which has been practiced in the U.S. since the ratification of the 14th Amendment in 1868. Jus soli is the legal practice that being born in the land

By Katie Dusza, News Editor Members of the Alpha Kappa Psi chapter here at Canisius traveled to Chicago last weekend for AKPsi’s Elevate conference, where they participated in workshops, seminars and peer networking. Elevate is one of a few premier national events hosted by AKPsi in order to expose members to professional excellence, which is a virtue of AKPsi, a professional business fraternity. One of the most notable speakers according to AKPsi’s Vice President of Financ

By Hannah Wiley, Managing Editor and Peter Neville, Asst. Sports Editor Dr. Delaware Arif’s journalism classes had the chance to hear from Ambassador Earl R. Miller in class on Feb. 2. Ambassador Miller took an unconventional route after studying journalism in college and showed students that there are post-graduate options other than the news field. Ambassador Miller attended the University of Michigan and after graduation, joined the Marine Corps for three years of active