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Nick Czekaj points to the route he will be taking starting in May when he bikes across the country and helps to build homes.

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UB student plans to travel across the country and raise awareness on affordable housing

By EVAN GRISLEY | Apr. 24, 2016

Nick Czekaj has to bike 500 miles, run two miles a day and hit the gym whenever he gets a chance before he sets off to bike from North Carolina to San Diego. From middle of May to the end of July, Czekaj, a junior political science, international relations and French major, will ride his bike across the country to benefit affordable housing through the Bike & Build organization.

Rachel’s Mediterranean in The Commons has tried to step away from Styrofoam by adding recyclable plates and looking into paper products.

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UB students and faculty urge The Commons to stop using Styrofoam

By KENNETH KASHIF THOMAS | Apr. 21, 2016

UB students, faculty and staff have come together to reduce their collective footprint, this time by urging The Commons to stop using Styrofoam.

Survivor, teammate, committee member and honored guest Pricilla Snider displays the Relay for Life t-shirt from 1997.

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UB Relay for Life raises over $37,000 for cancer

By TORI ROSEMAN | Apr. 17, 2016

Relay for Life is a national fundraising event by the American Cancer Society to raise money to fight cancer, increase cancer awareness and celebrate cancer survivors.

Aric Gaughan speaks about the effects of coffee in a speech at the UB Toastmasters meeting last week.

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A voice above the crowd: UB Toastmasters helps to teach public speaking

By TORI ROSEMAN | Apr. 17, 2016

UB Toastmasters is a group for both students and community members to learn more about public speaking, with meetings once a month and events such as an open house with the School of Management.

Many students have experienced being broke and not knowing where or how they are going to get their next meal. The Spectrum interviewed UB students to find out just exactly what students do when they only have random assortments of food in their fridges and how they make a meal out of it.

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Le struggle meal

By KENNETH KASHIF THOMAS | Apr. 12, 2016

As the year winds down, dining dollars and meal swipe reserves become depleted and students are forced to make a meal happen with minimal to no funds. That being said, college students are no strangers to struggle meals – it’s almost a rite of passage for a college student.

The beer brewing industry in Buffalo has been on the rise in the past few years. In 2000, Flying Bison Brewing Company was the only local brewery in Buffalo. Now, there are dozens.

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Buffalo beer industry has experienced uptick in recent years

By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Apr. 11, 2016

Tim Herzog has always felt that beer could save Buffalo. Herzog is the president and founder of Flying Bison Brewing Company, which has operated locally for 16 years.

Chipotle’s e-coli breakout over the last few months has been widely publicized. The bacterial scare has heavily impacted Chipotle’s day-to-day operation, from both a business and consumer standpoint.

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Is Chipotle safe to eat?: UB students discuss whether or not they still eat Chipotle after E. coli breakout

By MAX KALNITZ | Apr. 11, 2016

Chipotle and Moe’s are the most popular places Buffaloians go to for a quick sit-down Mexican meal, apart from the fast-food options, Mighty Taco and Taco Bell.

The Blue Bull Tavern, located at 1300 Sweet Home Road, brings a mixture of UB students, parents and children to the place that specializes in gourmet food and craft beer.

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Blue Bull Tavern prides itself as an upscale sports bar walking distance from UB North Campus

By Edward Goldschmid | Apr. 10, 2016

Located at 1300 Sweet Home Road, in the same complex as the Buffalo Exchange Luxury Apartments and directly across from UB’s North Campus, the Blue Bull Tavern is a sports bar meant for Buffalonians and out-of-towners who want a true Buffalo experience.

Local food trucks, like The Whole Hog, and breweries congregated at LaSalle parking lot and inside of Alumni Arena to give UB students an opportunity to taste some of Buffalo’s well known delicacies at Buffalo Untapped on Sunday.

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Buffalo taps in: Buffalo Untapped adds wine, more food trucks in second year

By TORI ROSEMAN | Apr. 10, 2016

Buffalo Untapped gave students the chance to sample the various Buffalo beer, wine and food truck vendors that were set up in the Lake LaSalle Lot and Alumni Arena’s Triple Gym Sunday afternoon.

A workshop aimed to give people the tools to help others who have been victims of sexual assault is held in the Student Union on Tuesday.

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UB discusses how to help sexual assault survivors

By Tomas Olivier | Apr. 6, 2016

After the very detailed and very explicit video ends, Aaron Maracle talked about how the experience of the hypothetical male police officer is very similar to the experience of any woman who may have been a survivor of sexual assault. Maracle, an assistant violence prevention specialist with Wellness Education Services, said that Health Education Wellness Services has been putting on programs like this for close to 10 years now.

Noam Pines, a professor in Jewish thought, leads the symposium on German novelist Franz Kafka.

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UB holds symposium on Franz Kafka’s work

By JOHN JACOBS | Apr. 6, 2016

On Monday, the Department of Jewish Thought and UB Humanities Institute held a symposium entitled The Law in the Work of Franz Kafka in Clemens Hall from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Kafka was a German novelist who lived from the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s.

The building that once housed Honey's will become Anchor Bar's newest location this summer. The restaurant is located right off North Campus on the corner of Maple and Sweet Home Roads.

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Anchor Bar, home of the original Buffalo chicken wing, to open new location near UB

By TORI ROSEMAN | Apr. 5, 2016

A new location will be opening in late June at the corner of Maple and Sweet Home Roads in Amherst, which was most recently a Honey’s and is less than a mile from North Campus. With seating for 250 people, this will be the largest Anchor Bar location to date.

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Some of the best gen eds to take at UB with new requirements set for incoming class

By JOHN JACOBS | Apr. 4, 2016

Picking classes might seem simple but clicking that enroll button on the wrong class can result in a semester’s worth of regret. With the new changes to UB’s general education requirements, it might seem even harder to decide what to take next year. Here are some general education classes to fill some of those new requirements.

Local Restaurant Week takes place from April 11-17 is one of many events around Buffalo this month.

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Around town: April edition

By JOHN JACOBS | Apr. 1, 2016

If you’re looking for something to do to distract from gawking over the fact that the sun has started to exist again but you have to be stuck in the library, here’s a small portion of what’s going on in Buffalo this month.

UB Gospel Choir members perform during Friday's open mic night in the South Lake Village Community Center.

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UB Gospel Choir holds 'chill' open mic night

By Dalton Acosta | Mar. 29, 2016

There was a lot to take in Friday night at the UB Gospel Choir’s Open Mic Night, held at the community building in South Lake Village. Choir executive board members and new participants alike performed for an audience after choir board members walked in to Hezekiah Walker’s “Hold Out,” which marked their entrance and initiated the event.

The Salvation Army, located a few miles off North Campus, is one option for students looking for cheap furniture.

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Frugal furniture shopping: The benefits of buying cheap furniture

By Tomas Olivier | Mar. 29, 2016

Falguni Bharadwha, a first-year computer science masters student, walked into her new home on South Campus last semester with her housemates and was met with a completely empty space. It was then they knew that they had to turn that house into a home. “We literally had to buy everything,” Bharadwha said. “We ordered a lot of stuff online from Amazon. We got the closet on Amazon [and] my study table is from IKEA. My cousins live around Ohio so they bought it and sent it to me.”

New electronic locks were installed on doors in the University Village at Sweethome over spring break.

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UB students have mixed reactions to Sweethome’s new electronic locks

By JOHN JACOBS | Mar. 29, 2016

Students living in the University Village at Sweethome returned home from Spring Break to find more than just week-old food in the refrigerator and a pile of homework to catch up on. The University Village at Sweethome, an apartment complex down the road from North Campus, installed electronic deadbolt locks at the main door of every building and individual apartment during spring break, an upgrade from the standard deadbolt. Sweethome officials wouldn’t comment on the price of the new locks or whether or not they make the buildings safer, but did explain why the locks were changed to begin with. “We upgraded the locks because they used to be just normal keys and the electronic lock system is more convenient,” said Alex Rukaj, a community assistant for University Village at Sweethome.

(From left to right) Jake Dixon, Chris Komin and George Gombert will be leaving for Berlin, Germany on April 12 to travel across the continent to Paris, France, only using cans of Red Bull as currency.

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UB students have made it in the Red Bull ‘Can You Make It’ Challenge

By EVAN GRISLEY | Mar. 28, 2016

Chris Komin, Jake Dixon, George Gombert and Bryan Murphy are going on “the adventure of a lifetime,” traveling through various cities in Europe on a quest to have the best adventure they can. The catch: they can only use Red Bull as their currency.

Meredith Morrell, a graduate student, presents the Networking for Introverts program on the third floor of the Student Union Tuesday.

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UB holds 'Networking for introverts'

By TORI ROSEMAN | Mar. 23, 2016

Networking is a necessary evil for many students looking to pursue a career as soon as they graduate. The small talk and the shameless self-promotion can be awkward for some, and Career Services' Networking for Introverts presentation is one method for students who need extra assistance. Morrell, a graduate student, presented the Networking for Introverts program Tuesday in the Student Union to help others network.

Kristie Norton (pictured) has been performing with The Royal Pitches, UB’s all-female a cappella group, since her freshman year. Since auditioning during the spring semester of her first year at UB, Norton has continued her passion of music through performing with the group.

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Royal Pitches member Kristie Norton brings her unique voice to UB

By James MacDavid | Mar. 22, 2016

Norton, a junior communication and sociology major, has been performing with The Royal Pitches, UB’s female a cappella group, since her freshman year. After auditioning during the spring semester of her first year at UB, Norton has continued her passion of music through performing with the group.