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A guide to road tripping

By AMANDA SHETTLETON | Apr. 30, 2007

The open road, tunes and a group of best friends. For many students it may seem as if there's no better way to spend the summer then road tripping cross-country.Although it may seem like a low-cost way to waste the summer away, students should beware of the dangers and irritations that await those that fail to do a little pre-planning."You should make sure you really like the people you're traveling with because being in confined spaces for a long time will tell you a lot about people you don't already know," said Shannon Davis, a junior history and English major.Tam Dinh, a junior undecided major, says that a trip could turn nightmarish when traveling with individuals that don't get along.

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Alternative spring break deadline

By AMANDA SHETTLETON | Feb. 26, 2007

A few UB students will be braving the Buffalo tundra this spring break, opting for charity and community rather than fun in the sun.The Leadership Development Center is still seeking a few ambitious volunteers for this year's alternative spring break program, "Give where you live."Students volunteering in the program will give back to the Buffalo community throughout spring break.

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WBFO prepares to go on the air with HD

By ANDREA HEIMBROCK | Jan. 31, 2007

A world in which public radio doesn't exist is not a scene that WBFO, an affiliate of National Public Radio, hopes to ever see in Buffalo.According to the station's program director David Benders, WBFO's average listener is aged between 45 and 50.

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Local students consider relocating after graduation

By ANDREA SION | Apr. 14, 2006

With graduation - and the loan collectors - a hop, skip and a jump around the corner, thousands of UB students will soon be looking for their first post-graduation paycheck, preferably with a job that's comfortably above minimum wage and doesn't take your four-year degree to ask if you'd like fries with that.UB grads will be competing with graduates from area colleges and universities, so finding a job in the Buffalo area may prove difficult for many."With 17 area college campuses in the region, our universities and colleges produce more graduates than are needed in this region," said Dan Ryan, director of Career Services.As a result, many graduates may consider relocating, away from friends and family, in search of fresh career prospects.While leaving Western New York may appeal to some graduates, students must consider several factors -- primarily what kind of salary they can expect and the cost of living -- before making such a life-changing plunge.Craig Smith, a senior pharmaceutical science major from Webster, NY, said he is eager to begin his future in pharmaceutical sales immediately after graduation."I'm going to go wherever the place with the biggest difference between the cost of living and the salary is," Smith said.Although he doesn't have a specific location in mind, Smith -- like many graduates -- said he dreams of a place where it is sunny year round, with beaches and zero snow flurries.But even warmer weather may not be enough of a draw for cash-hungry graduates.

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Spring fashion

By ANDREA SION | Apr. 7, 2006

Spring officially began over a week ago, and warmer weather will soon descend upon Buffalo for good.

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Going home gets expensive

By EVAN PIERCE AND AMANDA MAC ALPINE | Dec. 9, 2005

As plane tickets are bought, cars gassed up and trains and buses boarded, students are finding that the cost of traveling home for winter break has increased significantly from last year.Fuel costs have raised the price of not only driving but also other forms of transportation.

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Acceptance for united Ireland

By AMY E. FINCH | Sep. 12, 2005

I want to thank you for finally publishing Mr. O'Day's letter. After first reading this letter two years ago, I was struck by the sensibility of O'Day's proposal, and hope that this grand idea, through being aired in The Spectrum, will receive acceptance and be acted upon in Ireland, north and south.

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Stray Cat Teaches Life Lessons

By AMIL SARFRAZ | Nov. 8, 2002

Readers that liked "Tuesdays with Morrie" will enjoy William Jordan's "A Cat Named Darwin," a touching autobiographical story about a man who learns valuable life lessons by befriending a stray cat.

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UB Grad Students Win First Place in National Engineering Contest

By AMY E. FINCH | Nov. 4, 2002

Three graduate students from UB's environmental engineering program won first place in a student design contest sponsored by the Water Environment Federation in Chicago this September.The winning team was made up of Jean Balent, Samuela Franceschini and Howard Kellick, who worked together to consult on contaminants in water for Letchworth State Park in Castile, N.Y.Alan Rabideau, associate professor of civil, structural, and environmental engineering, who served as the project's faculty advisor, said the project was a marriage between classroom and real-world experience."The university was approached by Letchworth with a study required by New York State to determine if the water collected by systems at the park for transportation to reservoirs should be classified as ground water or surface water," said Rabideau.According to Rabideau, this issue arose because despite the fact that water collected at Letchworth is groundwater, which undergoes a natural filtration process, the water is collected in shallow pools susceptible to the same bacteria and other contaminates as surface water.The team made long-term and short-term recommendations to the park, and advised them as to how the park could negotiate with New York State to implement their suggestions, said Rabideau.Letchworth originally wanted the students to check for the presence of contaminates by visiting and examining the water on a frequent basis, which would be very time consuming and labor intensive, according to Rabideau.

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Job Market Promising for Library Science Graduates

By AMIL SARFRAZ | Oct. 11, 2002

Growing demand for librarians across the United States has resulted in improved benefits and salary offerings for potential employees, as libraries try to lure younger people into the profession."In America's libraries, thousands of good jobs are going begging," said Judith S.

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"High School Texts Offer Limited View, Study Shows"

By AMIL SARFRAZ | Oct. 4, 2002

A recent study by Catherine Cornbleth, professor of learning and instruction in UB's Graduate School of Education, found that high school history textbooks are in need of revision, as high school students are questioning the validity of the history taught to them through the texts.The study, conducted before Sept.

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Making Science a Co-ed Sport

By AMY E. FINCH | Sep. 27, 2002

The lack of a strong mentoring system, coupled with communication difficulties between men and women, contribute to an inequality between the two genders in professions dealing with mathematics, computing, and science, according to Mary Bisson, professor and chairperson of the department of biological sciences.Bisson, who was the first female chair and tenured professor of her department, addressed the issue of women in sciences during her lecture, "Women and Science: What to Tell the Girls?"Despite the inequalities, women in science, in recent years, have become more visible because women now face fewer barriers than she did when she was in college, she said.

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Green Party Candidate Addresses Education Reform

By AMY E. FINCH | Sep. 20, 2002

Education reform was the major campaign issue that Stanley Aronowitz, the Green Party candidate for governor of New York State, spoke about to an audience of future educators at UB on Tuesday.According to David Vater, Jr., vice president of the Educational Leadership and Policy Graduate Student Association, the event was arranged in less than a week and attracted 19 graduate students in education programs.One of the goals of Aronowitz's campaign, and of the Green Party agenda, is to change the state of modern education by eliminating standardized testing for grade school students and increasing funding for public education by restructuring the tax system to prevent tax cuts for the rich.Aronowitz also spoke of assumptions made by people involved in the public education system that no longer have relevance, but still exist.

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