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The Spectrum

The Spectrum is the "official student publication" of the University at Buffalo. It began publication in 1950 (taking over from The Bee) and continues to be published today.

Student newspapers at UB

In 1947 just after World War II, a small group of students broke off from The Bee in order to publish a more conscious-minded student newspaper. Claiming that The Bee did nothing to report on what was happening outside of the University, the new newspaper called The Argus set out with a wider perspective commenting on national and international events. The two student publications, both funded by the University, were at odds and often resulted to slinging insults back and forth. As a result of the conflict the two were told in 1950 to merge forming one student newspaper with "the journalistic quality of The Argus with the efficient business staff of The Bee."

The new publication, named The Spectrum, was granted a $1000 budget. It ran weekly until 1966 when it began publishing editions twice weekly. In January 1969 they received computer equipment and began publishing three times a week. Read the online current edition of The Spectrum

-- information from dimension a supplement to The Spectrum vol 20, no 11 September 28, 1970