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Janice Cochran, a nutritionist and dietician for UB Wellness Center, speaks to students during National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. UB's Wellness Education Services and Counseling Services encouraged students to get more involved and accept their body image.

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UB Wellness Team starts a body-love revolution for National Eating Disorders Awareness Week

By SOPHIA MCKEONE | Mar. 1, 2015

Last week was National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, and the theme was “Start a Revolution, Love Your Body.” UB’s Wellness Team, which includes the Wellness Education Center, Counseling Services and Health Services, put on the Wellness Activity Day to raise awareness about and provide support to people struggling with eating disorders.

You can wind down the weekend with hula hooping at Ultra Hoop, sitting ringside to Golden Gloves Boxing at The Tralf Music Hall or tango-ing the night away at The Gypsy Parlor.

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Around Town: what to do in Buffalo this weekend - Beaver Island State Park, hula hooping and Golden Gloves Boxing

By EMMA JANICKI | Feb. 26, 2015

This weekend Buffalo is home to a wide range of outings, from birding to boxing to hula hooping on Elmwood. Instead of resorting to typical weekend activities like a dinner and a movie, step outside of the box and maybe you’ll find a new hobby.

Students in Christina Milletti’s English 480 Creative Writing Capstone Seminar are completing the Creative Writing Certificate, offered to undergraduate students that teaches them about different modes of creative writing.

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UB's Creative Writing Certificate: writing in the present

By SAMANTHA BRENNER | Feb. 26, 2015

The Creative Writing Certificate, offered to undergraduate students by the English department, teaches students different modes of creative writing.

UB’s Black Student Union and the Intercultural Diversity Center are holding events and discussions throughout the month of February to celebrate black culture. From left to right, BSU’s e-board: Jalyssa Gordon, Christina Dunn, Deidree Golbourne and Sean Galette.

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UB's Black Student Union celebrates Black History Month

By SAMANTHA BRENNER | Feb. 24, 2015

UB’s Black Student Union (BSU) and the Intercultural Diversity Center have hosted events throughout the month of February in celebration of Black History Month.

During a discussion session after the daylong “Cover a Mile in Her Scarf” event, Muslim and non-Muslim students talked about perceptions on wearing a hijab on Feb. 20. Non-Muslim students spent the day wearing a hijab, discovering what daily life is like for hijabis (Muslim women who choose to wear a hijab).

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UB's Muslim Women's Council's 'Cover a Mile in Her Scarf' event encourages people to step into the lives of others

By DANI GUGLIELMO | Feb. 24, 2015

On Feb. 20, the UB Muslim Women’s Council organized “Cover a Mile in Her Scarf,” a daylong event followed by a discussion with the Council and the event’s participants.

Turkish SA president Suzan Akpinar reads Shawn Zadeh's fortune.

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UB's Turkish SA is destined for 'good fortune'

By MARISSA FIELDING | Feb. 22, 2015

At the Turkish Student Association's first event of the semester, students had their fortunes read in coffee grounds.

Ashley Scott (right) is a student mentor who is helping Jesse Moses (left) with her transition from a community college to UB. The two were paired for the Transfer Peer Mentor Program, also known as Transfer Tuesdays.

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UB’s Transfer Tuesdays program helps students adjust to new school

By MARISSA FIELDING | Feb. 19, 2015

Jesse Moses, a junior international studies major, had to learn how to adjust to a campus of almost 30,000 students after leaving a school with half as many. The Transfer Peer Mentor Program, also known as “Transfer Tuesdays,” helped Moses adjust to the nerve-wracking first few days of figuring out the large campus and creating new friendships.

Check out the Ladies First Big Band on Sunday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. at The Colored Musicians Club at 145 Broadway in downtown Buffalo.

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Around Town

By EMMA JANICKI | Feb. 19, 2015

Despite below freezing temperatures and wind chills hitting negative 20 degrees, Buffalo is alive and well this weekend.

Students came out in negative four degrees for UB’s annual Winterfest on Saturday. Broomball, ice-skating, snacks and balloon art were available to students and their friends. Elaine Lam, The Spectrum

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UB's annual Winterfest heats up North Campus with outdoor events

By MARISSA FIELDING | Feb. 17, 2015

Students came out in negative four degrees for UB?s annual Winterfest on Saturday. Broomball, ice-skating, snacks and balloon art were available to students and their friends.

UB student Jon Jeziorowski works out with fitness trainer Scott Quinn. The two are training for the Mr./Ms. Buffalo bodybuilding competition in March.

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UB student competing in the Mr./Ms. Buffalo bodybuilding competition

By MARISSA FIELDING | Feb. 17, 2015

When Jon Jeziorowski entered the Steel Mill Gym in Lackawanna weighing 202 pounds, he felt out of place.

Kristin Waldby, a junior sociology and communication major, has raised $1,050 for the American Lung Association's Fight for Air Climb. She is participating in memory of her mother who passed away from lung cancer a year ago.
Emily Li, The Spectrum

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American Lung Association's Fight for Air Climb raises money for lung disease research

By SOPHIA MCKEONE | Feb. 17, 2015

Kristin Waldby, a junior sociology and communication major, has raised $1,050 for the American Lung Association's Fight for Air Climb.

Native Berliners say “Berlin street style” isn’t one thing, but an eclectic mix of disparate pieces.
From left to right, photos 1-2, 4, 6 and 9 are courtesy of Flikr user Kathrin-Thuy OTTO. Photos 3 and 7 are courtesy of Flikr user Fashion Insider. Photo 5 is courtesy of Flikr user Sprinter Jockey. Photo 8 is courtesy of Flikr user Eva Rinaldi.

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Be Berlin: Street style markets the city to tourists but may hold some truths

By EMMA JANICKI | Feb. 15, 2015

Native Berliners say ?Berlin street style? isn?t one thing, but an eclectic mix of disparate pieces. From left to right, photos 1-2, 4, 6 and 9 are courtesy of Flikr user Kathrin-Thuy OTTO.

Mustafa's kepabs are a Turkish import that regularly draws lines of 50 or more people to the stall in Berlin's Kreuzberg district. 
Courtesy of Flickr user Robyn Lee

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Mustafa's kebaps become Berlin staple

By Corrine Cardinale | Feb. 15, 2015

Mustafa's kepabs are a Turkish import that regularly draws lines of 50 or more people to the stall in Berlin's Kreuzberg district.

Neil Cameron, a tour guide in Berlin,
appreciates the history and contradictions of the city
which has been reinvented six times in 140 years.
Here, he leads the University at Buffalo Foreign Reporting in Berlin
study abroad group on a tour of the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe.
Courtesy of Jody Biehl

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"As tourism grows in Berlin, history buffs become tour guides "

By MARLEE TUSKES | Feb. 15, 2015

Neil Cameron, a tour guide in Berlin, appreciates the history and contradictions of the city which has been

The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens has two new exhibits you and your lover can explore on Valentine’s Day – Orchids and Lumagination. Courtesy of Flickr user Miles Bintz

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Around Town: Last minute Valentine's Day dates

By EMMA JANICKI | Feb. 12, 2015

The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens has two new exhibits you and your lover can explore on Valentine?s Day ?

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#Buffalove

By RACHEL KRAMER | Feb. 12, 2015

Some people come to college hoping to walk away with more than an education and a diploma. They hope to find their soul mate. The popular notion of finding ?the one? in college has been around since before my grandmother went to school ? she went to University of Michigan where she met my grandfather. Twenty eight percent of married couples meet each other in college, according to a data collection study done by Facebook. UB is no exception. Just in time for Valentine?s Day, here are some couples who met at UB and are still together, hoping to live happily ever after. Renee Lansley and Joseph Szustakowski, together for 21 years UB undergraduate class of 1996 and 1995, respectively How they met: On the day Renee moved in, Joe showed up at her Roosevelt dorm room looking for his cousin, her roommate.

BDSM, a kinky form of rough sex involving a dominant and a submissive, is growing in popularity and gaining acceptance in main-stream media with the release of Fifty Shades of Grey. Some students, however, still struggle to accept their own kinks or fetishes. Yusong Shi, The Spectrum

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Fifty Shades of Fetishes

By RACHEL KRAMER | Feb. 11, 2015

BDSM, a kinky form of rough sex involving a dominant and a submissive, is growing in popularity and gaining

LBGTA members play a game of musical chairs to break the ice for new members before their sexual and romantic language meeting. 
Angela Barca, The Spectrum

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LGBTA uses Jeopardy game to talk about sex and romance

By TORI ROSEMAN | Feb. 11, 2015

LBGTA members play a game of musical chairs to break the ice for new members before their sexual and romantic language meeting.

Lorna Loster opened her shop on Jan. 23 after deciding she wanted to be her own boss. The shop promotes a safe environment for those who are skeptical about the sex industry. Kainan Guo, The Spectrum

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Four Beauties opens near UB South Campus

By Jordan Grossman | Feb. 11, 2015

Lorna Loster opened her shop on Jan. 23 after deciding she wanted to be her own boss. The shop promotes a safe environment for those who are skeptical about the sex industry.

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Four Beauties opens near UB South Campus

By Jordan Grossman | Feb. 11, 2015

Lorna Loster opened her shop on Jan. 23 after deciding she wanted to be her own boss. The shop promotes a safe environment for those who are skeptical about the sex industry.