Founded in 1984[1] by Eric Francis Coppolino, at first it was a fortnightly magazine with wide-ranging news, arts, literary and sports features concerning both campus and community events and issues.
[citation needed] The publication maintains a history of producing eleven issues per academic semester which are distributed throughout the greater Buffalo area as well as across campus.
[citation needed] Generation's immediate predecessor was The Current, which lost its funding and offices after illegally attempting to impeach Coppolino, then its managing editor, for publishing a satire on a conservative campus publication.
[citation needed] Generation has strict freedom of speech accommodations in its charter, which was written by Coppolino in the aftermath of The Current incident.
The publication's marked its highest circulation and readership in the late 1990's as it was distributed off campus, throughout the Buffalo area as popularity increased due to its satirical and controversial content.
Editor-in-Chief Dave Sikora along with editors Rick Kleinsmith, Evan Robb, Al "Chainsaw" Cereda and Ken Barnes were among its most published contributors during this period.