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Learning to let go

By KEREN BARUCH | May 1, 2014

Jordyn Lowe* remembers the moment she began to despise her body. She was in the shower, reaching back for shampoo when she saw excess skin rolling over her hip. FAT. She pinched it, then moved on to her thighs, stomach and arms. She was 5-foot-4 and weighed 121 pounds, but she said she felt like "Shamu." Tears dripping from her face onto the shower floor, Lowe vowed she would never let herself get "big" again. *** Left.

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UB alum stresses importance of seeking treatment for eating disorders

By KEREN BARUCH | May 1, 2014

Thirty million Americans suffer from an eating disorder but only one in 10 will receive proper treatment, according to Glamour Magazine. Sixty UB students were treated for eating disorders this year at UB's Student Health and Wellness Center.

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"UB seniors share goals, dreams and plans upon graduation "

By KEREN BARUCH | Apr. 29, 2014

Tal Kissos, a senior media study major, is willing to work in a mailroom in Los Angeles for 10 years if that's what it takes to make it big in the film business. Kissos is ready to walk in May's commencement ceremony.

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"Kickboxing, choir and French literature "

By CLAUDIA ORNIS | Apr. 29, 2014

Halfway through a Cardio Kickboxing and Toning session in Alumni 75, everyone looks tired - everyone but one woman. With a voice that overwhelms the blaring music in the room, she continues her reps and sings along with the music, seemingly unfazed by the high-intensity workout. This is Ute Inselmann. Inselmann, a Ph.D.

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The art of the job hunt

By KEREN BARUCH | Apr. 29, 2014

Unemployment after college remains a fear in the eyes of many soon-to-be graduates, as students begin to face the pressures of the dreaded process of finding a job. Undoubtedly, joblessness and underemployment is an unfortunate reality for many new graduates.

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UB hosts WNY's first-ever undergraduate conference on the humanities

By ANNE MULROONEY | Apr. 27, 2014

Video games. Shakespeare plays. Factory farms. Episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. What do they all have in common? Violence. Students from UB and Buffalo State College participated in Western New York's first-ever undergraduate conference on the humanities, "On Violence and Representation" Saturday.

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What are you thinking about sex?

By CLAUDIA ORNIS | Apr. 27, 2014

Kathryn Bond Stockton, a professor at the University at Utah, is not a "lesbian," nor is she a "homo." But, as Stockton explains, she has been "creating lesbians" since she was a child.

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Life under the needle: Photo Gallery

Apr. 27, 2014

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Life under the needle

By SARA DINATALE | Apr. 26, 2014

"I felt like I needed him to be a part of me every second of every day." Victoria Iacchetta's grandfather lay lifeless on the shore of Baby Beach in Aruba. Iacchetta was home in Rochester.

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Around Town

By EMMA JANICKI | Apr. 24, 2014

We only have a few short weekends left in the semester and for many graduating seniors, that means it's time to move back in with mom and dad somewhere miles and miles away from Buffalo - now's the perfect time to finally see some of the city. As you approach downtown Buffalo from just about any major thruway, you'll see the imposing, brilliant, decorative and powerful Art Deco masterpiece that is City Hall.

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Every vagina has a story

By CLAUDIA ORNIS | Apr. 22, 2014

If your vagina could talk, what two words would it say? "Slow down," said 17 female cast members at high volume, dressed in black and red.

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Polish for a day

By JOE KONZE JR | Apr. 22, 2014

A typical day on the East Side of Buffalo might be dull and unappealing to the average eye. For 364 days of the year, the Historic Polonia District seems like nothing out of the ordinary. But the day after Easter, it's a sea of red and white. On Monday afternoon, the sounds of festive polka music and the smell of kielbasa and pierogi created an atmosphere on the East Side that reminded people of the days when Polonia was the second-largest community of Polish-Americans during the late 19th century. Festive floats paraded down Fillmore Avenue to Meadow Drive near the Central Terminal, accompanied by parade-goers chanting Polish phrases.

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?' la Mode: ?'dition Sp?PIcial

By EMMA JANICKI | Apr. 17, 2014

Style is an indefinable and intangible expression of who you are - it's how you walk and talk, what you read, what music you listen to, what you eat and what you love. There's a special moment when you pull on your favorite outfit and you just feel like you.

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I am the Cosmos'

By ANNE MULROONEY | Apr. 17, 2014

With her crystal rings, sparkling laugh and starry eyes, her parents have always said, "all that glitters is Lexi." Alexis Katz, a junior English major, has been drawn to all things shiny and positive since she was a little girl.

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A postmodern city

By EMMA JANICKI | Apr. 15, 2014

As the nine-piece group went silent for a moment, uncertain whether the performance of Steve McCaffery's poem "Carnival" had finished, a chuckle rose through the audience and was echoed by the performers on stage.

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Glee in times of pain

By KEREN BARUCH | Apr. 15, 2014

Approximately 400 Relay for Life attendees watched UB Glee perform and clapped along because they felt like a "room without a roof." They clapped along because they felt like "happiness is the truth." On Friday, 1,475 participants joined together in UB's Alumni Arena to fight against cancer.

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Finding faith in prison

By ANNE MULROONEY | Apr. 10, 2014

From singing "Amazing Grace" to saying the 'Our Father' prayer in front of chain fences and razor wires, Newman Center students offered religious and emotional support to local prisoners this weekend. Saturday night, students visited the Collins Correctional Facility, a prison located in Collins, N.Y.

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A life dictated by Autism Spectrum Disorder

By KEREN BARUCH | Apr. 8, 2014

Two years ago, in the middle of January, Mikey Bargovsky went missing. His family searched for him, shouting his name through the streets of their neighborhood in Staten Island.

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Exploring avenues of local art

By EMMA JANICKI | Apr. 6, 2014

The Karpeles Manuscript Library, a repurposed church, housed a world of literature one might not expect to find in Buffalo.

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B-Boys meet world

By TORI ROSEMAN | Apr. 6, 2014

When skilled break-dancers perform, it's hard to determine what's most impressive: their quick legs, their uncanny sense of balance or the look of pure confidence sprawled across their faces as they playfully provoke the opposing team. UB hosted "Buffalo Breakdown" on Saturday, at which break-dancing crews from all over New York came to demonstrate their skills and catch up with other crews.