By: Katherine Snyder NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - If you've ever seen movies about college students, you know that they love and value their hang-out spots. Whether it's a coffee shop, a restaurant or a large gathering place on campus, you always see groups of students in various spots to hang out and do homework. Students … Continue reading Frankie’s Donuts: an NU staple
Image: Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas 2018 Main Stage. Credits to edmsauce.com By Katherine Snyder Electronic Dance Music, known as EDM for short, has been around in the music industry for decades now. Ranging from Dubstep to House, it is a huge genre for people to explore. Over the past couple of years, many people … Continue reading Electronic Dance Music, more than just a genre
By: Katherine Snyder NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y. - Recently, the Earth House on campus - Varsity Village house three - went a little outside of the box with a controversial and bold statement. A resident of the house, Judith Hall, read the sexual assault article that myself, Katherine Snyder, had written for Issue 17 of the … Continue reading Earth house digs deeper in their views
By: Katherine Snyder NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y. - The Deaf community is an important part of our society, making improving our communications with them a pertinent topic. American Sign Language, also known as ASL, is the official language used to communicate among those who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH). Recently, Starbucks opened up their … Continue reading Shining a light on the deaf community – one coffee at a time
By: Katherine Snyder NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y. - Coming to college can be an exciting yet scary process. Meeting new people, doing new things and learning more advanced things about the world. Niagara University Beginnings is a class to help ease the transition into college. It is a required class for all incoming freshmen to take … Continue reading NUB curriculum changes and improvement
By: Katherine Snyder NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y. - Niagara University's Student Government Association is an integral part of student's life on campus. Discussing and fighting for a change of campus life, different events as well as improvements to the campus as a whole. However, not many students really know how NUSGA runs and operates their government. … Continue reading A look inside NUSGA’s operations
By: Katherine Snyder NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y.- For the past decade, sexual assault cases and reports have skyrocketed on college campuses. Among undergraduate students, 23.1 percent of females and 5.4 percent of males experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence or incapacitation. Sexual assault has become one of the most common topics these days … Continue reading Sexual assault victim seeks asylum with Title IX office
By: Katherine Snyder NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y. - October is the time of year where we bask in the beautiful fall temperatures, leaves falling from the trees and pumpkin-flavored everything. However, it is also when we recognize those who have developed breast cancer, as well as who have passed and survived. About one in eight women … Continue reading Breast Cancer awareness month – know the facts
Photo credits: Katherine Snyder By: Katherine Snyder NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y. - For the last couple of years, students have faced the problem of unsafe and unsanitary bathroom conditions in the Niagara University resident halls. After an op-ed from the Niagara Wire was published on Dec. 4, 2017, titled "Bathrooms gone haywire," which exposed the truth … Continue reading Shower curtain crisis; has it been resolved?
by: Katherine Snyder As my freshman year of college comes to an end, I have been re ecting on themany lessons I’ve learned over the past several months. College has truly been a whirlwind experience for me and I’m still getting used to how everything works. Being a college student has slowly converted me … Continue reading Valuable lessons I learned as a college freshman
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