By AEN It’s only been a week, and I’m already complaining. Are we surprised? No, but I think my complaint is a valid one. After a recent fire alarm, many upset Village Townhouse residents are looking for answers. Fire alarms are designed to go off if there is smoke, indicating a fire in a building. As much as technology has its faults, three different days the alarm going off in a span of five days has frustrated the masses. The final straw wasn’t the third alarm that went of

Mo Hill, Assistant Opinion Editor It is no secret that President Trump loves extravagance and being at the forefront of global attention, but there is something particularly interesting about his naming conventions. Whether it’s the “Gulf of America”, the “Trump Kennedy Center” or now “Lake America”, Trump has made a name (no pun intended) for himself by renaming everything he can after America or again, after himself. It's an interesting way to attempt to exert power and to

Adam Kozman, Opinion Editor It is common knowledge that people nowadays are spending more time on electronics than ever, and that everyone’s attention span is lowering. It's obvious and already talked about endlessly, but I would say talking about the time that is being taken away, which could be spent elsewhere, is more important. The time that people 20 years ago had available to them because they never had endless information and entertainment in their pocket as an option.

What do you mean fire drills at 10 p.m. aren’t normal? That’s how we did it back in my day. The previous statement was said by a former Underground goer, who now roams this land as a ghost, known by the name Pepaw Williams. Quite frankly I believe that we should have ALL of our FIRE DRILLS at 2:30 a.m. for the security of AMERICA, sincerely the Underground. Did it take 11 days to finish moving and organizing EIC Nowel’s room? Yes, but in his defense… wait no, he has no defens

Lily McMenemy, Assistant Opinion Editor This summer has been a mouthwatering showcase of new films for cinephiles, the most successful of which being “Spider-man: Brand New Day”. The movie earned $2.3 billion globally – beating out yet another Christopher Nolan blockbuster, “The Odyssey”, which earned $1.5 billion. Both films generated legendary buzz and incredible reception, and left cinemagoers well-fed this season. “Spider-man: Brand New Day”, however, marks the start of

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 Mikayla Boyd, Editor-in-Chief Throughout my entire scholastic career, my biggest challenge has been a blank page, but filling those pages have also been my biggest achievements. I’ve dedicated so much time and energy into filling each blank page I’ve ever come across – whether that’s The Griffin’s ten pages weekly, my 39-page honors thesis, every class paper I’ve written, my law school personal statement – the list could go on. Yet this is the page I’ve been dreading to fi

Hello cough cough honeys, Sorry for my hiatus last week. I know you all missed reading your favorite section of this newspaper. I was extremely sick (and still am as I write this), so I took a cura personalis week and decided I wouldn’t be writing. If you have heard someone coughing extremely loudly or someone who might sound like they won’t live throughout the week, it has probably been me. To make up for my absence, I have decided not to do a single question this week…but

By Hannah Wiley, Managing Editor In November of 2021 – four months before I turned 18 and seven months before I graduated high school – I saved a sound from “Nothing New” by Taylor Swift featuring Phoebe Bridgers that said, “how can a person know everything at 18 and nothing at 22.” At the time I thought it would be crazy to use that sound on my 22nd birthday (I didn’t), but I also thought I would never relate to that line. Why would I? I was 17 and I knew exactly what I want

By Mo Hill, Opinion Editor On Friday March 27, Canisius unveiled the new Golisano Center for Student Success. The center is located on the second floor of the library and bears a striking aesthetic difference compared to the rest of Canisius – and I think that’s a good thing. Canisius has one thing that it struggles with the most, and that’s modernization. Schools like Buffalo State University and the University at Buffalo have modernized campuses that provide plenty of uniqu

There is a myth that there can be neutral positions. There is no true neutrality. How can both arguments truly be equal and weigh the same when one position literally calls for the banning or removal of the other position? There are no neutral positions when it comes to civil or human rights. You can’t Switzerland your way through a conversation of human rights without silently colluding with the oppressing force. It is the responsibility of every moral agent to call things t

By Sophia K. Asher, Multimedia Director For most of my life, I felt like a caterpillar, with a butterfly inside me waiting to emerge. I’ve always been a little different, with a brain that works in its own way. Because of that, I’d often shut down. I never quite knew how to act, and, for lack of a better word, I could come across as awkward or off-putting. But within that “different” brain lived a vibrant girl – funny, loud and unapologetically herself. “I wish they could see

By: Elizabeth Shingler, Layout Director Shingles here, and in an official capacity, for once. The sun is setting on my time at Canisius, and it’s time to settle in for campfire stories. Before I fully get into it, I feel like I should slightly explain Shingles. Yes, it is I who is Shingles. It is weird writing that down. How do I express that I said that out loud? Or I said it how Miley Cyrus took off her wig to the crowd in the “Hannah Montana” movie? To me and some people,

By: Mo Hill, Opinion Editor On Feb. 28, 2026, the United States and Israel began a coordinated bombing campaign of the Islamic Republic of Iran, a nation that has historically had high tensions with the countries it is now defending against. Since then tensions throughout the world have risen, and according to the Department of War there have been 13 U.S. service members killed and over 200 injured as of March 16. This comes after President Trump campaigned on a “No New Wars”

Is the new blockbuster film “Project Hail Mary” overrated? In its opening weekend, “Project Hail Mary” amassed over $80 million in the U.S. alone, and over $60 million internationally, making it the second highest grossing non-franchise-film opening this decade. It sits behind “Oppenheimer,” which made $82 million. On top of that, it earned a 95% on Rotten Tomatoes and 8.5 on IMDb and is being praised all over social media. Even on Letterboxd, it has an average review rating

By: Lily McMenemy As a resident assistant (RA), I’m required to do room checks. Maybe it’s because I like to see the beauty in things, but when I walk in I see a lot, and not just the contraband you failed to hide. A picture plays in my head. I don’t just see objects, but I see the memories attached to them, from the moments I share with my own roommates. I watch it in front of me like a scene from a 90s sitcom: peeking through peepholes and meals shared with everyone. Figure

By: Andrew Nowel, Sports Layout Editor With an energy just like Christmas morning, I raced to my closet this morning bright and early to put on my Bryan Reynolds jersey. Reynolds, the left fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, is a player that I have followed for many years, and as a massive Pirates fan myself, I excitedly step out into the cool Buffalo air with one thought on my mind: today is Opening Day. For those of you who don’t like baseball because it’s “too slow” as Luk

Hola Honeys, We vibin'? We chillin'? We studyin? How do we doiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin? What’s that? You’re exhausted from the spring semester (that has barely even been spring because of the weather), and you want to read MY column to distract you from the reality that you have exams soon, or a thesis, or maybe even that you graduate soon? I know that last one would cause some people to want my head on a pike if I even mention that word, so I will also choose to live in ignorance o

Despite the controversial nature of capital punishment, its use across the country – federally and in the 27 states it is still legal in – has sharply risen, with 2025 marking the most prisoners executed in the United States since 2009. On average, every year four death row inmates are completely exonerated for their accused crimes, with 202 people having been exonerated since 1972, when capital punishment was briefly suspended in the U.S. Cases like the execution of Marcellu