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Sociology and the City
By ANDREA SAADAN | Feb. 18, 2014Carolyn Miller, a junior sociology major, grew up in Rochester but has always longed to move further from home.
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UB's Black Student Union celebrates Black History Month
By ANDREA SAADAN | Feb. 9, 2014UB's Black Student Union (BSU) has big plans for Black History Month, including birthday celebrations for Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, two pioneers for black equality. BSU has several events lined up, such as a leadership conference for local high school students, its annual health fair with local health organizations, community service events that will be held every other weekend and a Valentine's Day candy-gram and raffle, according to Christina Dunn, an activities coordinator for the club and a sophomore sociology and communication major. To conclude the month's festivities, the club will continue its tradition of hosting Black Explosion. "It's a fashion and cultural show where we take any theme or idea that we want and run wild with it," said President Greg Bellonton, a senior psychology major.
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Creating recycling habits
By AMANDA LOW | Feb. 2, 2014From now until March 29, UB students could find themselves rewarded for simple acts of recycling. UB is once again participating in RecycleMania - a national competition held each spring that compares the amount of waste reduction between universities.
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UB to host fifth-annual Winterfest
By AMANDA LOW | Jan. 30, 2014When Carolyn Cormier was younger, she would spend some winters skating on a makeshift ice rink in a nearby field.
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The rush for sisterhood
By ANDREA SAADAN | Jan. 30, 2014Chelsea Sullivan, a junior English major, did not enjoy being around girls in high school. She had always preferred the company of a small, male group of friends. Now, Sullivan has a sisterhood. She is an active member of Delta Phi Epsilon (DPE) and is currently the vice president of special events for the Inter-Greek Council (IGC). She has been steadily involved for the past two years. DPE is one of the six sororities that form the Panhellenic Council under IGC.
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Campus responds to public urination complaints
By AMANDA LOW | Nov. 12, 2013Students have portable toilets on South Campus, but many feel the addition is not a solution to a bigger problem. After hearing community members' complaints about students urinating on South Campus property, UB placed Porta Potties near the Main Street bus stop.
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Shooting for the same goal
By ANDREA SAADAN | Nov. 10, 2013Alpha Epsilon Delta (AED) was almost shut down in 2010. The pre-health honor society, which was still SA-affiliated, had only three nationally inducted members and was only started to "crawl back up" that year, said AED President Shanelle Raugh, a biochemistry and psychology double major. Now, the club consists of dozens of members who help each other prepare for professional health schools after graduation.
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College Republicans promote millenials' take on party's beliefs
By ANDREA SAADAN | Nov. 5, 2013Minahil Khan, a sophomore communication and political science major, was 8 years old when her parents won the lottery for a green card to come to America.
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UB takes back the night
By ANDREA SAADAN | Oct. 27, 2013Katya Palsi was 15 years old when she took 15 shots of alcohol with three of her schoolmates. She stumbled and fell as she tried to walk across the living room they were in.
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UB takes back the night
By ANDREA SAADAN | Oct. 27, 2013Katya Palsi was 15 years old when she took 15 shots of alcohol with three of her schoolmates. She stumbled and fell as she tried to walk across the living room they were in.
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Laugh Out Lyle
By AMANDA LOW | Oct. 17, 2013A picture of Po from Kung-Fu Panda sits on Student Association Vice President Lyle Selsky's office door.
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A fresh start
By AMANDA LOW | Sep. 10, 2013An organized Korean presence has been missing on campus since the Korean Student Association (KSA) was disbanded last semester.
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Growing sustainability
By AMANDA LOW | Sep. 5, 2013Four students are embracing UB's push to be more sustainable. And, according to them, it all starts with a garden. In June, Jonathan Gibbons, Kristen Janson, Margaret Murray and Dylan Steed attended the
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Three days of debate
By ANDREA SAADAN | Apr. 28, 2013Collin Anderson got to be the president of Cyprus for a weekend, attending European Union (EU) meetings and playing an important role in passing policies within the government. Anderson, along with eight other members of UB's Model EU Club, attended the 2013 SUNY Model EU held at the SUNY Global Center in New York City from April 11-13.
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Hope for Boston
By ANDREA SAADAN | Apr. 28, 2013In about a month's time, Buffalo's annual marathon will take place. Thomas Scott, a senior political science major, said it's scary to think what happened during the Boston Marathon could happen anywhere. On Patriots' Day this year, two bombs exploded during the annual Boston Marathon near the finish line.
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Don't stay silent
By ANDREA SAADAN | Apr. 21, 2013Every two minutes, someone in America is sexually assaulted, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Baby steps for UB Child Care Center
By ANDREA SAADAN | Apr. 16, 2013In a hidden corner of UB North Campus, just beside South Lake Village, is a small building. It isn't a place meant for UB students.
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Not a gold digger
By ANDREA SAADAN | Apr. 16, 2013Don't call Douglas Perrelli a modern-day Indiana Jones. As an archaeologist himself, Perrelli sees the fictional character as nothing but a "fake" and a "borderline unethical artifact looter." Perrelli is the director and principal investigator of the Archaeological Survey within the Department of Anthropology at UB.
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"More philanthropy, less party"
By ANDREA SAADAN | Apr. 7, 2013Many college students get a kick out of partying, drinking and going out. Michael Zhang, a UB alum, along with his fraternity, Lambda Phi Epsilon (LPE), doesn't. Zhang, who is still an active member of his fraternity despite no longer being a student at UB, said his involvement with LPE allows him to enjoy activities besides partying and drinking.
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Sweating the issues
By ANDREA SAADAN | Feb. 28, 2013Racism, sexism, homophobia, low wages, random firing of employees, sexual harassment, physical and verbal abuse, forced overtime, child labor - these are the conditions in sweatshops around the world. UB students are trying to change them. After two years of not meeting, UB Students Against Sweatshops (UBSAS) got together to discuss these conditions and what the club can do to change them.
