The Underground is back! Did you miss us? Oh you did? We didn’t miss you. Bah humbug. This note is directed to Canisius facilities: the pool is in the Koessler Athletic Center, and if you want to fill it using the power of nature through rain, please redirect leaks from the fourth floor of Old Main down the street to the KAC. Like, that there was rain pouring down the walls and onto our classmates’ heads is just jarring. I guess we forgot our suits? That was not on our class

By: Ashley Kurz, Managing Editor Next week is going to be my fifth Halloween at Canisius, and although I am not planning on celebrating on campus, I’ve had enough experience to share. Halloween costumes have meant something different to me each year; for example, in my freshman year I had no money to spend. This actually ended up leading to one of my favorite costumes to date: a yearbook. I had a stained pair of white jeans I could no longer wear, a cheap tank top from Aerie,

By: Hannah Wiley, Features Editor In the Sept. 26 edition of The Griffin , we covered the suspension of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel and the backlash that followed regarding concern over the limitation of free speech. On a smaller scale, last Wednesday, Oct. 15, Indiana University’s newspaper advisor, Jim Rodenbush, was fired following a refusal to censor the newspaper’s publication during homecoming week. Rodenbush was also the director of student media at the university.  Th

By: Hannah Wiley, Features Editor, and Kaitlin O'Meara, Copy Editor This past Wednesday, Oct. 22, the Canisius University IMPACT Center hosted the Celebration of Faculty Scholarship (CFS), to celebrate the work and research that Canisius faculty do outside of the classroom.  The event consisted of two parts: a lightning presentation hour, where there were six 10-minute presentations on research; and a traditional poster presentation hour, where faculty were posted throughout

By: Lexi Kiblin, Contributor The IMPACT Center hosted the annual Celebration of Faculty Scholarship on Oct. 22, held in the Science Hall from 4-6 p.m. The event began with a warm welcome from Dr. Jonathan Rodgers, followed by remarks from Dr. Bridget Niland, Vice President for Academic Affairs. Niland encouraged attendees to remain curious, especially during challenging times, noting that each faculty member’s unique research inspires students to pursue their own passions and

By: Katie Dusza, Asst. News Editor Saturday Oct. 18, thousands of protesters took to Niagara Square to participate in one of more than 2,700 ‘No Kings Day’ protests across the country, over 100 taking place in New York State. These protests come just nine months into Donald Trump’s second presidential term. Critics of the Trump administration see many of their policies as a threat to the Constitution.  Across the country, over seven million Americans participated in ‘No Kings

By: Mikayla Boyd, Editor-In-Chief, and Ashley Kurz, Managing Editor Senate was held on Friday, Oct. 10, beginning at 2:34 p.m. This meeting was held on the last day before fall break and was filled with well-wishes from the E-board encouraging everyone to rest and relax. During executive reports, President DeGlopper mentioned that USA has a table for the Haunted RHA event on Friday, Oct. 24 from 5-7:30 p.m., and a table at the Stress Less event on Nov. 5 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. V

This past weekend, hundreds of people took part in the “emergency naked bike ride” protest in Portland, Ore. The protest served as a response to President Trump’s plan to send National Guard troops to Portland. While the World Naked Bike Ride is an annual event that is used to demonstrate cyclist safety, body positivity, and freedom from fossil fuel dependence, this demonstration was labeled as an “emergency” to show their protest regarding ICE. People were seen in complete n

By: Ashley Kurz, Managing Editor This Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, the University of Rochester will be hosting a faculty governance summit. The summit is for the entirety of New York State higher education governance, its first governance-specific event. There will be multiple AAUP leaders in attendance, according to Canisius’ own Dr. Tanya Loughead, who will be the keynote speaker at the summit. The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) union was established in 19

By Mo Hill, Creative Corner Editor Creativity is one of the core parts of being human; we all have it to some degree. Creativity has led to thousands of inventions, artwork and various other things. Ranging from music to paintings to the laptop that this is being written on, creativity has had an effect on all of it. However, our creativity coincides heavily with our identities. Our various life experiences and upbringings have had an impact on everyone’s identity, no matter

By Mikalya Boyd, Editor In Chief This weekend on SELD’s annual Leadership Retreat, I was the team leader for a bunch called the Periwinkles – lovingly known as ‘the Winkles.’ We all learned a lot about each other and our identities through our StrengthsQuest results, our adventures and our conversations together. While our team won the catapult challenge (and should’ve won the photo scavenger challenge), we really won when it came to our bonding experience and how special the

By Anonymous Anonymous is sitting staring at the blank document, wondering what to write. That blinking cursor pisses them off. Because last time they wrote something profound. Something that meant something. And now they have to top that. Because progress isn't linear, but their talent has to be. Because if they are not great, they’ll be forgotten. Anonymous sits with their head in the clouds, dreaming about mattering to someone. Because Kafka would’ve disappeared if he didn

By Kaitlyn Belile, Assistant Features Editor The Canisius hockey team split their series at Colgate, thanks to forward Walter Zacher’s dominant four-point weekend. The Griffs earned a 4–2 victory on Friday night, following three straight third-period goals in a span of 6:24. Junior Rhys Chiddenton’s goal from below the goal line tied the game 2–2, with freshman Carter Anderson finding the back of the net off a rebound three minutes later to take the lead. Senior Oliver Tarr f

By Andrew Nowel, Sports Layout Editor Women’s soccer returns to the Demske Sports Complex on Saturday to host the Saint Peter's Peacocks in their final home game of the season. The class of 2026 will be celebrated as Mia Iacona, Lizzy Harkness, Skylar Cornell and Emily Brewer take the field for the final time at the Demske. With celebrations in mind, the Griffs are still fighting for a trip to the postseason. Head Coach Ryan Louis has seen this group of seniors grow from the

By Cassandra Ercoli, Sports Reporter On Monday, Canisius vice president and director of athletics Bill Maher announced the hiring of Nick Wilson as the Golden Griffins’ next cross country and track head coach. Wilson, a veteran collegiate coach with 12 years of experience, replaces former head coach Tyler Scheving, who announced his departure in August. Wilson previously served as the assistant coach at Georgia State and will take the lead starting next week.  “I am excited t

By: Andrew Nowel, Sports Layout Editor Alec Wheeler began his job as the assistant director of facilities for Canisius athletics last November and immediately found out what the job entailed. His first day on the job was during Kids Day at a women’s basketball game, where many young fans from all over Buffalo came to cheer on the Griffs. After a short time, Wheeler was hooked and began to work tirelessly to make everything flow at the Koessler Athletic Center (KAC), the Demsk

By: Kaitlin O’Meara, Copy Editor This past Tuesday Oct. 21, the Canisius Contemporary Writer Series brought Ira Sukrungruang to Canisius to speak with English and creative writing students before a reading with the larger community. As a Thai-American writer, he talked extensively about identity and how it influences his writing, and gave advice to young writers on how to sustain a literary life.  Sukrungruang got his B.A. in English from Southern Illinois University Carbonda

Hannah Wiley, Features Editor. On Saturday, Oct. 18, the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams faced the University of Rochester and Siena University in their second meet of the season. The men pulled out their first win of the season with a final score of 168-125 against the University of Rochester. The men secured every top spot, with senior Sam Vidal taking first for points and performance. He also placed first in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:49.97 and fir

By: Hannah Wiley, Features Editor This past summer, senior English and Spanish double major Kaitlin O’Meara had an internship in the education department of Journey’s End Refugee Services. O’Meara got the internship through the Canisius English Department and the Thomas Connelly Community Engagement Fellowship.  She worked with Canisius alum and former opinion editor of The Griffin Newspaper , Grace Brown, who had been working there as the department case manager for two year

By: Kaitlyn Boxley, Contributor Anyone who has taken a studio arts course recently has shared the embarrassing experience of trudging to the basement of Science Hall, limbs stocked to the brim with the bits and pieces of their projects, possibly tripping over themselves because they cannot see over their materials. All of this, only to need to squeeze them between what could be miscellaneous objects for Sculpture I or actual equipment for the physics labs.  Now, students need