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August 24, 2007

Buffalo, the college town

We may not be Boston, but this time of year thousands of college students flock to Buffalo to attend one of our local colleges or universities. And for at least nine months of the year, Buffalo is a thriving college town.

Many of these students come from downstate; others from around the country, Canada and beyond. And though they quickly learn about life on campus, they know little about Buffalo, other than jokes about snowfall.

To help orient them to their new "hometown," The News has published a guide called Buffalo 101, which is being distributed on campuses, in book stores and coffee shops around the area.

The guide was written, designed and photographed by the Editorial Department's summer interns. This year's group was a talented bunch that knew instinctively what information college students new to Buffalo would want to know.

To read their reports, go to this link.

Posted at 03:02 PM in Community |

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The guide is of little use to someone going to school in Niagara County. Its 20 minutes from downtown Buffalo but the editorial dept. thinks its in another state. How 'bout including dining and entertainment options in Niagara County as well?

Posted by: Michalli | August 30, 2007 at 09:01 PM

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Susan LoTempio is the Readership Editor at The News, and as such, is well versed in what readers like and dislike about their hometown newspaper.

The native of Niagara Falls started her career at the Niagara Gazette, and worked at newspapers in California. She was assistant managing editor/features at The News, and created the NeXt section for teen readers.

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