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Students often have difficulty focusing in air-conditioned classrooms. Several students agree that Alumni 90, Alumni 97,
Norton 112, Clemens 17 and MFC 120 are some of the coldest classrooms on campus.
Kainan Guo, The Spectrum

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Cold in the classroom

By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Dec. 2, 2014

Students often have difficulty focusing in air-conditioned classrooms. Several students agree that Alumni 90, Alumni 97, Norton 112, Clemens 17 and MFC 120 are some of the coldest classrooms on campus. Kainan Guo, The Spectrum UB students hoping to escape the recent string of snowstorms in exchange for an oasis of warmth in their classrooms may be out of luck. In the summer, students experience the opposite problem ? looking for a cool temperature in the dead of summer can be hard to come by in classrooms. Classrooms and offices at UB are supposed to be heated once the temperature drops to 68 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the university?s Customer Service and Maintenance website.

Photo Illustration: An unknown number of professors at UB write and assign their own textbooks to students. These professors go completely unregulated and students wonder if its ethical. Dietrich Kuhlmann, one of the numerous professors who do this, charges students $40 in cash and they receive two of the three texts (shown here) for STA 119 up-front and the third during the semester.
Yusong Shi, The Spectrum

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Publishing textbooks can mean big money for professors

By EMMA JANICKI | Nov. 23, 2014

Photo Illustration: An unknown number of professors at UB write and assign their own textbooks to students.

Being stuck inside means it's time to explore new shows on Netflix. Try a British comedy classic like A Bit of Fry and Laurie.
Courtesy of Manda Mia

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Around Your Living Room

By EMMA JANICKI | Nov. 20, 2014

Being stuck inside means it's time to explore new shows on Netflix. Try a British comedy classic like A Bit of Fry and Laurie. Courtesy of Manda Mia Meteorologists are predicting that temperatures are going to rise this weekend, but with feet of snow piled up all over the Western New York area, it is likely that you won?t be going out and about this weekend ? especially not to the city. Instead, you might be stuck in your living room for the weekend and while you probably have endless work to do, who can only study and do homework when hot chocolate and Netflix are nearby? For the partier What a better time to be a partier than during a snowstorm?

UB students think about their favorite holiday memories associated with food. The best part of the holiday season for Charles Shu, a senior exercise science major, is his mother’s cooking, which includes classics like turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. Courtesy of Charles Shu

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Celebrate what you eat

By AUSTIN STEINBACH | Nov. 18, 2014

UB students think about their favorite holiday memories associated with food. The best part of the holiday season for Charles Shu, a senior exercise science major, is his mother?s cooking, which includes classics like turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.

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A consumerist Christmas

By EMMA JANICKI | Nov. 18, 2014

Art by Amber Sliter Christine Schaefer remembers ?stomping around the tree farm for hours? with her family on the hunt for the perfect Christmas tree.

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Snow lingo

By EMMA JANICKI | Nov. 18, 2014

More than 4 feet of snow covered parts of Western New York on Tuesday ? areas like Lancaster and South Buffalo were in ?states of emergency.? Winter is here, and if you?re new to Buffalo, then you need to have the right vocabulary to talk about it ? and our record snowfall. We?ve got you covered. The Eskimos are famous for having many more words for ?snow? than the English language.

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A Netflix way of life

By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Nov. 16, 2014

Graphic by Jenna Bower Ten years ago, going out to see a movie with a group of friends on a weekend night was like a ritual. But that ritual seems to be changing and exchanged for nights huddled around laptop screens. Then, it wasn?t uncommon for moviegoers to stuff purses and pockets with candy from dollar stores or fight over how much butter and salt to pour over a massive bucket of popcorn.

Harbind Singh Brar (left), Minal Hatwar (center) and Gurjot Sandhu (right) are members of UB Bhangra and are participating in International Education Week through cultural dances in the Student Union. Kainan Guo, The Spectrum

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Culture through experience

By AUSTIN STEINBACH | Nov. 16, 2014

Harbind Singh Brar (left), Minal Hatwar (center) and Gurjot Sandhu (right) are members of UB Bhangra and are participating in International Education Week through cultural dances in the Student Union.

After 20 years of dwindling membership due to a lack of chess enthusiasts at UB, the UB Chess Club made a comeback in 2010. This year, the club hopes to host more tournaments and increase membership. Lily Weisberg, The Spectrum

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Athletes of the mind

By ANNE FORTMAN | Nov. 16, 2014

After 20 years of dwindling membership due to a lack of chess enthusiasts at UB, the UB Chess Club made a comeback in 2010.

The Fall World Bazaar was held on Nov. 13 in the student union, celebrating and educating students about the different cultures at UB. Many student groups performed in front of students, showcasing their culture. Yusong Shi, The Spectrum

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A multicultural market

By SUSHMITA GELDA | Nov. 16, 2014

The Fall World Bazaar was held on Nov. 13 in the student union, celebrating and educating students about the different cultures at UB.

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"Don't Ask Anne: Disguises, thick accents and too many tacos"

By ANNE FORTMAN | Nov. 16, 2014

Spectrum File Photo The following article is satire and should be taken as such.

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A Netflix way of life

By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Nov. 16, 2014

Ten years ago, going out to see a movie with a group of friends on a weekend night was like a ritual. But that ritual seems to be changing and exchanged for nights huddled around laptop screens. Then, it wasn?t uncommon for moviegoers to stuff purses and pockets with candy from dollar stores or fight over how much butter and salt they poured over a massive bucket of popcorn.

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Athletes of the mind

By ANNE FORTMAN | Nov. 16, 2014

Caption Jingpeng Xu?s father forced him to learn how to play chess and he hated it. But as the freshman chemistry major began to learn the game, he was captured by the allure of the complex strategies of chess. Xu is now a member of the UB Chess Club, a club that didn?t exist for about 20 years due to a shortage of chess enthusiasts. UB had a chess club in the 1990s, but when membership dwindled the club was terminated due to lack of interest.

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The final countdown

By EMMA JANICKI | Nov. 11, 2014

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Alana Barricks, senior political science major, doubles as president of UB College Republicans and as a graffiti artist. She isn’t afraid to speak, or paint, her mind, even if it offends some people. Courtesy of Mustafa Hussain

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Spray painting the town red

By GABRIELA JULIA | Nov. 11, 2014

Alana Barricks, senior political science major, doubles as president of UB College Republicans and as a graffiti artist.

The Organization of Arab Students (OAS) hung up 2,000 paper white cranes in the Student Union on Monday as a part of their Syrian Awareness Week. Each crane symbolized 100 deaths in the Syrian War. The club wants to educate the UB community on the tragedies of the war. Yusong Shi, The Spectrum

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Remembering the souls 'flying away'

By AUSTIN STEINBACH | Nov. 6, 2014

The Organization of Arab Students (OAS) hung up 2,000 paper white cranes in the Student Union on Monday as a part of their Syrian Awareness Week.

Kushal Bhardwaj, left, and KRS-One, right, met at UB’s 2010 Fall Fest.
KRS-One’s group, Boogie Down Productions, played a pivotal role in the
rise of socially conscious hip-hop in the 1990s. 
Courtesy of Kushal Bhardwaj

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The message in the music

By SUSHMITA GELDA | Nov. 6, 2014

Tavaine Whyte remembers the sound of bullets whizzing past his window late at night. Whyte, a freshman African American studies major, grew up next to the housing projects in Brooklyn.

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Around Town: Something for everyone

By EMMA JANICKI | Nov. 6, 2014

The Spectrum staff members made their choices for fun things to do in Buffalo this weekend ? what will you do? For the partier: Put on those furry boots, colorful tutus and sequin eye makeup because EDM DJ RL Grime is performing Saturday, Nov.

Students in Ulrike Carlino-Macdonald’s Gentle Hatha Yoga class stretch, breathe and focus their way to relaxation and health every Wednesday at 5 p.m. on the 10th floor of Goodyear Hall on South Campus. The class is run by UB Wellness and Education Services. Harutyun Khachatryan, The Spectrum

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Breathing your way to relaxation

By Aven Salih | Nov. 6, 2014

Students in Ulrike Carlino-Macdonald?s Gentle Hatha Yoga class stretch, breathe and focus their way to relaxation and health every Wednesday at 5 p.m.

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'I am my hair'

By GABRIELA JULIA | Nov. 4, 2014

As Lady Gaga so expertly puts it, ?I?m the spirit of my hair / it?s all the glory that I bare.? Hair plays a crucial part in many people?s individuality. These six UB students embody this belief with the some of the best hairstyles The Spectrum could find around campus. Angelica Chaudry, sophomore psychology major Chaudry spent six-and-a-half hours giving herself blue and black Marley twists. ?I knew everyone was going to do purple or red, and blue is my favorite color so I went with it,? she said. Jessica Calderon, sophomore communication major and Lisa Deabreu, junior art major Calderon and Deabrew both show the bigger the better when it comes to curly hair.