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NEWS

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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Band Preview: Kittie

By AMBER MEYER | Apr. 10, 2002

Though they describe themselves as happy, jovial people, the heavy metal trio Kittie plays their music hard enough, loud enough and mean enough to be compared to a bunch of men playing with power saws.The heavy metal trio roars into Buffalo tonight to play at the Showplace Theater.

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The Day My Life Changed

By AMBER MEYER | Mar. 13, 2002

Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2001, is a day I am likely never to forget. That is the day of my first life-changing experience - the day my stepfather died.

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UB Researcher Develops Volcano Risk Map

By AMIN SIAD | Sep. 24, 2001

Thanks to a team of researchers from UB and the National University of Mexico, authorities in regions at-risk of volcano eruptions now have a way of detecting the direction of lava flow - and possibly mitigating harm from previously unpredictable eruptions.The risk map developed by Michael Sheridan, UB professor and volcanologist, will enable scientists to predict which populated areas will be affected in the event of an eruption, as well as providing alternative routes and locations for evacuation.The Popocatepetl volcano is located in a populous vicinity of Mexico containing approximately 30 million people, only 60 kilometers from Mexico City, and has been active since December 1994."There is a better than 50 percent confidence that if the next big eruption is similar in size to the eruption of 800 AD - the last big event - this map will portray the areas likely to be affected," said Sheridan.If successful, the risk map will help alleviate the pressure on Mexican authorities by making emergency evacuation safer and more effective."Civil Protection Authorities use hazard/risk maps to formulate plans for emergency response and evacuation.

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"Linda Yalem Race Draws Runners, Volunteers to UB"

By AMIN SIAD | Sep. 24, 2001

The 11th annual Linda Yalem Memorial Race, held in honor of a UB student raped and murdered on the Ellicott bike path, took place Sunday at 10 a.m., beginning and ending at Alumni Arena.The race began with a moment of silence for the victims of the recent terrorist attacks, deaths equally as senseless as Yalem's."I think it is important to remember things like this happen and to keep them from happening again and to always remember Linda.