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Memorial for UB sophomore Linda Yalem, who was murdered on the Ellicott Creek Bike Path in 1990.
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Last on-campus homicide occurred almost 40 years ago

After Tyler Lewis, a sophomore business major at Buffalo State University, was fatally stabbed outside of the Ellicott Complex in October, University Police released a statement saying that it had been “at least 30 years” since the last homicide on campus.  The Spectrum dug into the archives and found that the last on-campus homicide occurred almost 40 years go.


Nikole Hannah-Jones spoke to Spectrum reporters in the Center for the Arts Wednesday.
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Nikole Hannah-Jones discusses inequality and affecting change

Nikole Hannah-Jones served as UB’s 46th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Keynote Speaker Wednesday at the Center for the Arts. Her 50-minute Q&A session touched on the value of representation in education, the importance of affecting positive change and the idea that progress toward racial equality isn’t guaranteed.



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