By Mo Hill, Opinion Editor With the murder of Renee Good on Jan. 7 and the murder of Alex Pretti on Jan. 24 at the hands of the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) subdivision, it is clear that the Department of Homeland Security has overstepped its boundaries and has begun impeding on the rights of United States citizens. What began as a campaign against immigration by President Trump has now become an uncontrolled attempt at suppressi

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By Mikayla Boyd, Editor-In-Chief and Hannah Wiley, Managing Editor On Friday, Jan. 23, the United Student Association (USA) met for their first meeting of the spring semester. The agenda opened up with general student concerns, which included the missing button on the Science Hall side of Jefferson that allows students to signal crossing the street and the water fountain in the Palisano Pavillion being red, meaning the filter needs to be changed. The senate then moved to exec

By: Maggie Tifft, Assistant Sports Editor With half of the regular season completed, the women’s basketball team searches for their next win on the road in critical first time matchups against Marist and Siena. With the lone conference win against Niagara back on Jan. 14, the Lady Griffs have continued to struggle coming up with wins. With opponents coming out hot in the third quarter, the Griffs need to find an answer to avoid scoring droughts. Luckily for them, junior Shari

By: Hannah Wiley, Managing Editor  Men’s and women’s swimming and diving finished out their regular season with a double loss against the Le Moyne Dolphins on Jan. 24 with the men falling 204-92 and the women falling 166-134.  The Griffs lost in the Battle of the Bridge meet against Niagara on Jan. 17 with a score of 210-52 for the men and 205-57 for the women. The women were able to pull out their first win of the season against Rider University on Jan. 10 with a score of 17

By: Andrew Nowel, Sports Layout Editor As the Canisius community welcomes 2026 and the baseball team gets ready to thaw the field for their spring season, redshirt junior Thomas Zwirecki hit the Buffalo spotlight over winter break by catching a star pitcher in Major League Baseball. Paul Skenes, the Pittsburgh Pirates ace, was in town meeting up with Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen. Skenes needed to do a winter workout involving a bullpen session – which is how a pitcher

By Cassandra Ercoli, Sports Reporter In his final indoor track and field season, senior Brody Jones led a podium sweep for the Griffs in the one-mile run with a time of 4:15.80 at this past weekend’s SPIRE Midwest Open in Geneva, Ohio.  The men’s team replicated another strong showing in the 800m event which saw freshman Jaxyn Mahoney take second place followed by Jones in fourth and freshman Jack Nesbit in fifth. Mahoney’s time of 1:56.00 was just half a second shy of first

By: Kaitlyn Belile, Features Editor The Griffs hockey team is on a hot streak as of late. Canisius has now won five straight games, after a weekend sweep at Mercyhurst. This weekend, the Griffs will take on their rivals, the Niagara Purple Eagles.  Head Coach Trevor Large said, “Their coachability has been extremely high through this winning streak.” Captain Oliver Tarr agrees with that sentiment, saying, “we take their game plan and I think we’re an adaptable team.”  The Gri

By Colin Richey, Sports Editor, and Peter Neville, Assistant Sports Editor One of the best sports projects on social media is Bryce Whitlow’s Hall of Pretty Good account on Instagram, focusing on highlighting players with good MLB careers that will likely never be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. One of Whitlow’s most recent nominees that was officially inducted was Canisius alumni John Axford. Axford, who played one season at Canisius in 2006 a

By: Sophie Asher, Multimedia Coordinator Greetings to all my “Dancing With the Stars” lovers. I hope the post-show depression is not hitting you too hard (if you’re experiencing withdrawals, go watch this week’s “Dancing with the Holidays” special on next-day Hulu).  The three-hour finale episode was long, yet action-packed. I even hosted a “Dancing With The Stars” finale watch party at my house the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. I decked out my basement, made a bunch of themed

By A bu Jallow, Contributor This Saturday, Dec. 7, the Canisius community will come together for the inaugural Teddy Bear Toss, hosted during the men’s hockey game at the LECOM Harborcenter. The event will invite students, alumni and supporters to toss new, unused stuffed animals onto the ice after the Griffs score their first goal. Every teddy bear donated, each with its tag still on, will directly benefit the children at Oishei Children’s Hospital, bringing comfort and joy

By: Hannah Wiley, Features Editor and Kaitlin O’Meara, Copy Editor Since the release of the film “Wicked” in November 2024, the franchise has skyrocketed to a new level of popularity. So, when Shea’s announced that the touring musical would be coming to Buffalo from Nov. 12-30, we knew we had to go.  The two of us had both seen “Wicked” on stage before – Hannah on Broadway as a kid, and Kaitlin in 2017 during a previous tour – so we were both very excited to see it again. Whe

By: Ashley Kurz, Managing Editor  As the semester comes to a close and there are so many holiday festivities it is easy for students to finish their finals and head home without thinking twice about what they’re leaving behind. Even though some students just come for school and spend a very short time here in Buffalo, there are so many opportunities to get into the community. I would like to take this opportunity to share places in Buffalo to volunteer if they choose to stay

By: Kaitlyn Belile, Assistant Features Editor  One of my absolute favorite events of the year, specifically the holidays, is coming back around! The Santa event at the school my mom works for happens every first Saturday of December, and I get the opportunity to work at it every year. My mom is the principal at The Summit Center, a school for children with disabilities.  Every year, Santa comes to visit Summit so that these children can meet Santa without the added stimulatio

By Andrew Nowel, Sports Layout Editor With the men’s basketball team gearing up for MAAC play, which begins this weekend in New Jersey, the new players of the Griffs bring a renewed energy to the court. After finishing 3-28 last season, Canisius will enter conference play with four wins – and they are ready to prove the preseason polls wrong. Junior Bryan Ndjonga leads the team with 100 points, but it’s not his work on the court that has helped the Griffs this season – it’s t

By: Ashley Kurz, Managing Editor The point of ‘Mission 100 Days’ is for The Griffin  staff to reflect on their last 100 days at Canisius. I happened to get an extra 100 days though, to finish my undergraduate credits. I had to stay an extra semester because I couldn’t complete everything in time, but I walked the stage and shook hands with President Stoute. I took pictures and celebrated my friends’ accomplishments. They were done and ready to get started with the next chapte

By: Andrew Nowel, Sports Layout Editor As Christmas approaches and snow is in the air, Griffmas brings jolly and cheer to all who are near. Griffmas is an annual tradition that includes song, community and family. Before Canisius takes a break for the winter, the Canisius tradition of Griffmas ends the long semester in a festive way. Hundreds of students lined the halls of Dugan, waiting for a cup of hot chocolate while talking to their friends. Outside of Dugan, the tree sit

By: Kaitlyn Belile, Assistant Features Editor The Griffs hockey team fell against Air Force on Friday afternoon 6–3, but came back the next day with a shootout win after ending the game with a score of 3–3. Senior Killian Kiecker-Olson was able to capitalize on his opportunities, scoring his second, third and fourth goals for this season.  Friday afternoon, the three goals scored by the Griffs were courtesy of Cole Miller, Hunter Price and Kiecker-Olson. The next day, the thr

One of my favorite things to do during the semester is talk to random people. It’s honestly the highlight of my semester sometimes. Recently, on a Thursday night while I was in The Griffin  office, I decided to stroll around the hallways for a bit, trying to get my legs moving after a long day of classes and hard seats. I came across this room I had never seen before – the CrescenDON’Ts club room, some kind of musical haven. Inside was this guy who kind of resembled a young H