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Kim Charleson (right) and Matt Kondziela (left) are two UB students and members of UB Love Your Melon. Love Your Melon is a nonprofit organization that donates beanies to children cancer patients across the country.

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New UB foundation Love Your Melon gives hats to children with cancer

By MARISSA FIELDING | May 3, 2015

Love Your Melon is a non-profit organization started by students in an entrepreneurial class at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. For each Love Your Melon beanie someone buys, the foundation gives one to a child battling cancer. UB student Kim Charleson knew right away she wanted to become an ambassador when she saw UB was not on the list of colleges joining the foundation, so she started a chapter at UB.

Canalside is a great summer pastime for Buffalonians. You can visit the Buffalo Naval Park, watch the sun go down over the water or enjoy Thursday Canalside concerts, which are free and run from June 4-Aug. 20.

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Summer in the 716

By GABRIELA JULIA | May 3, 2015

Since Buffalo isn’t known for its beaches, there are a bunch of other ways to spend your 80-degree days. Here is a list of some of the most popular Buffalo summer events that’ll have your calendar packed until schools starts back up in the fall.

John Fischer speaks to students at PS 45 International School in Buffalo. UB Career Resource Center and three fraternities in the UB School of Management have put together fundraising events to raise money for school supplies to give to the students of PS 45.

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Student business frats raise money to help a Buffalo public school

By SOPHIA MCKEONE | Apr. 30, 2015

Delta Sigma Pi, Alpha Kappa Psi and Pi Sigma Epsilon put on a poetry SLAM on March 13 to raise money for a yearly career exploration program at Buffalo Public School PS 45: “College and Career: It is not just a dream. It’s a plan!”

African American studies 425 class held an art show in the Student Union on Monday entitled “Art for Justice.” The art displayed in the showcase brought awareness to the protests taking place around the country.

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Art for justice: African American studies class honors Black lives lost

By JAMES BATTLE | Apr. 28, 2015

On Monday Professor Toni Pressley-Sanon’s African American studies 425 class: “Liberation Struggles”held an art showcase entitled: “Art for Justice.”

Ivana Bosek, a senior contemporary marketing major, was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease when she was 16. She’s taking her story and traveling across the country to get footage for her documentary The Crohn’s Moans.

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"The Crohn’s Moans"

By GABRIELA JULIA | Apr. 28, 2015

Ivana Bosek, a 22-year-old senior contemporary marketing major from Rochester, New York, is still fighting Crohn’s, but now with a camera crew and a new vision. She plans to travel across the country while producing a documentary called TheCrohn’s Moans after graduation.

Members of the ROTC club showed their support for Walk a Mile in Her Shoes by donning heels and walking about a mile around downtown Buffalo.

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Walk a Mile in Her Shoes offers UB a new perspective

By TORI ROSEMAN | Apr. 27, 2015

When Aaron Maracle participated in the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes fundraising event for the first time nine years ago, it took place on campus and only covered about half a mile. It started in the Flag room in the Student Union, moved toward Capen, around the promenade and back the same way.

V-Day at UB performs its annual The Vagina Monologues in the Student Union Theater to promote awareness and to raise funds for an end to violence against women.

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The Vagina Monologues brings empowerment, unity and vaginal confidence to UB

By BOBBY MCINTOSH | Apr. 26, 2015

The award-winning play The Vagina Monologues came to UB this weekend in the Student Union Theater, presented by V-Day at UB 2015, with proceeds benefitting the national V-Day campaign that aims to end violence against women.

UB Relay for Life was held Friday in Alumni Arena. Over 84 teams and 1,486 participants raised $52,930.15 for cancer research. Throughout the 12-hour event, participants walked around the track and visited tables with decorations, candy and games set up throughout Alumni.

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The Game of Life: UB Relay for Life raises over $50,000

By SAMANTHA BRENNER | Apr. 26, 2015

UB Relay For Life celebrated its 10th year at its 12-hour event on Friday. The event, created by the American Cancer Society, raises money to fight cancer and aims to increase cancer awareness and celebrate cancer survivors. It is an overnight fundraising walk as teams “camp out” overnight and members walk around the track.

Abby LaPlaca, a senior Spanish major, dances at Filipino American Student Association’s 20th Anniversary Gala 2015. LaPlaca is a lover of international cultures and languages and is excited to be spending eight months teaching in Panama next year on a Fulbright Scholarship.

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UB's Abby LaPlaca wins Fulbright Scholarship

By SOPHIA MCKEONE | Apr. 26, 2015

Abby LaPlaca, a senior Spanish major, has a passion for improving education across all cultures and languages – she calls it her “purpose in life.”

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Buffalo Bucket List, No. 10: Party on UB South Campus

By Daniel McKeon | Apr. 23, 2015

It’s the coming of age for college students – you’re still a high school student until you do it. You just can’t quite say that you’re “so college” until you ride the “drunk bus” and party on South Campus.

Both international students and students from across the United States receive different versions of sexual education in high school. Jane Fischer, director of Sub Board I Inc. Health Education at UB, thinks sex ed should continue beyond high school.

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UB students discuss sex education throughout the world and the United States

By Daniel McKeon | Apr. 23, 2015

Sex education is taught with mixed methods, goals and outcomes throughout the country and the world. UB students from around the United States and the globe discuss the sexual education they received and what could be improved.

The new CBORD ID system installed in Wilkeson and Fargo Quads requires students to reserve machines before using them. The system is meant to make doing laundry simpler, but many students feel it has only complicated the process.

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UB Students unhappy with new dorm laundry system

By DANI GUGLIELMO | Apr. 23, 2015

Some students feel the new laundry process has been over complicated and is now less convenient.

(L-R) Juniors Stephanie Kong, Sharon Lin and Kristina Monakhova – all women engineering majors – received the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship. Only a handful of UB women have won this scholarship since its inception in 1986.

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Three female UB science students win competitive Barry Goldwater Scholarship

By SOPHIA MCKEONE | Apr. 21, 2015

Juniors Stephanie Kong, Sharon Lin and Kristina Monakhova – all women – won the Barry Goldwater Scholarship this year.

Students volunteering or performing community service serve as escorts for Sub Board I Inc.’s safety walks program. Escorts carry walkie-talkies and flashlights and wear brightly colored vests to ensure the most safe experience for students leaving Lockwood Library - UB’s 24-hour library - late at night.

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Sub Board I Inc. program offers safety walks for UB students

By MARISSA FIELDING | Apr. 21, 2015

UB students studying late at the library can be accompanied on their late-night walks home and to their cars by volunteers through Sub Board I (SBI) Inc.’s safety walk station.

Chris Bragdon, Student Engagement Coordinator & International Student Adviser, is working on Global 360, a new housing program that will allow domestic and international students to live together and foster a more global perspective.

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UB residential program Global 360 connects roommates without borders

By MARISSA FIELDING | Apr. 21, 2015

Starting in the fall, UB’s new housing program Global 360 will allow international and domestic students to choose to be paired as roommates to foster intercultural relationships.

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PhotoZyne Biotechnologies, Inc. wins Panasci entrepreneurship competition

By DANI GUGLIELMO | Apr. 16, 2015

On April 15, five teams competed at UB’s Center for the Arts for the first-place title at the Panasci competition, created by the UB School of Management and the UB Office of Science. This competition is funded with a $1 million endowment from the late Henry A. Panasci Jr.

The Archery club is one of the temporary Student Association clubs. Members are currently completing the requirements to become a permanent club, but have encountered many problems along the way.

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'Clubs going up' in UB's SA

By MARISSA FIELDING | Apr. 14, 2015

In order to become temporary, a club needs at least 10 student signatures, a constitution and an adviser or coach. Sports clubs must register with an NCAA league to compete. To become a permanent club, student groups must host two club meetings, two club events, participate in two community service events, two SA events and complete two fundraising events. Clubs must also wait two semesters before applying for permanency.

Polish SA celebrated Święconka, or “the blessing of the Easter baskets,” on April 12. The club also celebrates Dyngus Day and Wigilia to bring the Polish culture to campus.

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The Polish SA makes Polish connections at UB

By MARISSA FIELDING | Apr. 14, 2015

Święconka (shve-yen-SOHN-ka), Dyngus Day and Wigilia may be unfamiliar to those who aren’t of Polish decent, but the Polish SA is making sure all of its members live out those traditions as fully as possible.

Carly Kreitzberg (front), a senior communication and psychology major, and James Roy (back), a senior communication major, serve snow cones and cotton candy to students as part of the "Type is Right" event aims to get more students to become organ donors.

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Your type is right

By SOPHIA MCKEONE | Apr. 14, 2015

Last Wednesday, Swierski and her advanced public relations class, COM 453, held an event aimed at helping current and future patients waiting for organ donations. Since 2009, UNYTS has sponsored an event hosted by Swierski’s class to raise awareness about the need for organ and blood donors.

The Muslim Women’s Council’s “Cover a Mile in Her Scarf” event on Feb. 20 helped break down stereotypes against Muslims. The new MWC event “Ask a Muslim Woman” allowed non-Muslims to ask questions about Islam to further break down those stereotypes.

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UB students 'Ask a Muslim Woman'

By DANI GUGLIELMO | Apr. 12, 2015

On Friday, The Muslim Women’s Council held “Ask a Muslim Woman” in order to inform students about the Muslim culture and religion. This gave students an opportunity to understand Muslim beliefs and ask them questions.