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A cappella queens

Mary Noack, a sophomore exercise science major, doesn't believe she has the competitive drive to become a famous singer.

UB English Club invites humanities majors to participate in undergraduate conference

A little-known group of scholars is working in Clemens Hall to put on Western New York's first-ever undergraduate conference for the humanities. The

UB English Club invites humanities majors to participate in undergraduate conference

A little-known group of scholars is working in Clemens Hall to put on Western New York's first-ever undergraduate conference for the humanities. The UB English Club, a non-Student Association group, is encouraging undergrads to submit papers on the broad topic, "On Violence and Representation." Though many students at UB dread writing papers for classes, this conference asks students to freely research, write and present papers or creative works on the topic, which spans across many disciplines.

Paranormal activities

Alicia Knauf has always felt surrounded by the supernatural - even before she was born. When Knauf's mother was pregnant, she visited a psychic, who told her the child she was carrying was a "gift from the angels." Knauf's mother always told her there was a bright white light coming from her room at night, which symbolized the "Lady in White" visiting. When Knauf, a sophomore biomedical sciences major, saw the advertisement for UB Paranormal Activity Research Association (PARA) at a club fair her freshman year, she took it as a sign and eagerly joined the group. UB PARA is a club geared toward the education and investigation of paranormal and supernatural activities.

Preparing for death through a love of life

How should young people prepare for death? How should college students, in the words of Jean de la Fontaine, a French author of fables, "consider the end?" Any student who attended an Ash Wednesday mass knows the Christian answer: to prepare for death, one must appreciate life. The Flag Room in the Student Union was packed with worshipping students and community members as Father Pat presided over the Newman Center's Ash Wednesday service last week.

Preventing rape and defying stereotypes

In 2006, three male undergraduates from the UB Boxing Club, motivated not by their sport but by a shared goal to combat sexual violence, started the UB Men's Group. The group is now a peer-run, university-advised program sponsored by UB Student Affairs' Student Wellness Team.

Toughness engraved

Adrenaline can usually get athletes through a game. The heart pumps blood harder, respiration opens up, muscles contract and perspiration streams. Adrenaline was pumping through Kristen Sharkey on Jan.

What's in and what's out: Spring edition

The change from snow to - well, melting snow - in Buffalo causes many changes on campus. For one, students with seasonal depression will be wearing more smiles than shivers and frowns.

Go Greek the right way

On Saturday, all new members of on-campus Greek organizations gathered in the Student Union for a mandatory anti-hazing workshop. UB requires each new member of Greek Life to attend the workshop.

Winter isn't the only season in Buffalo

It seems that the extravagant, drunk Spring Break beach parties of MTV and Girls Gone Wild are inaccessible to the average college student.

Spring cleansing

In two weeks, I'll be lying poolside in Florida, sipping on a Bloody Mary and checking my tan line every 30 seconds to see if the sun is actually strong enough to make me look like I'm another race in fewer than 10 minutes. My friends and I will definitely have a better time on vacation, of course, than we would in Buffalo's negative 4 weather.

Taking Spring Break to the extreme

Downing bottomless drinks at the beach, tanning by the pool and dancing at clubs until 5 a.m. may sound like just another unattainable Spring Break paradise. But for the approximately 12,000 college students who use

"Constructing houses, building communities"

It was a cold November night in New York City. At around 11 p.m., then high school student Valentyna Yasinska drove down the city streets in a car filled with 15 brown paper bags holding sandwiches, fruit and drinks. Yasinska, a senior interdisciplinary social science major, was delivering these bags of food to the homeless. "Those people were literally living on the street," Yasinska said.

"For first-place Fiesta finisher, chemistry made the difference"

When Cory Russo, a senior business major, couldn't keep up with the Indian Student Assocation's (ISA's) Bollywood moves during practice, he knew exactly what to do: break out the Cotton-Eyed Joe. On Friday night, the ISA donned brightly colored skirts, veils and vests to share the epic love story of the Taj Mahal through the art of dance.

Video: Bringing the battle against cancer to UB

Bringing the battle against cancer to UB

Her grandfather never stopped fighting, so why should she? Since the moment last year's Relay for Life event concluded on April 12, 2013, Megan Rosen, a senior biological science major, has been planning this year's event.

Finding their faith

Alexandra DeFeo, a senior communication major, has a reason to believe in God. Three of her friends were driving down the highway in a yellow Hummer.

"Community, self-love and dedication"

When Samantha Considine, a junior exercise science major, broke her foot practicing gymnastics her freshman year at UB, she was forced to choose between giving up her sport and fighting past the injury. For her, the choice was obvious. Injuries are not foreign to members of UB Gymnastics, a Student Association club.

Speaking through the silence

A little girl went "number two" in her pants while waiting for her mother in Wegmans' childcare center.

A shared dream

One. She gripped the bar as tightly as she could and pulled herself upward. Ten. Michaela Rubin's chin raised high above the bar.