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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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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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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.

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Around Town

By EMMA JANICKI | Apr. 3, 2014

If you're looking for something new to read, then this is the perfect weekend to bee-bop into the City of Buffalo and check out local authors and bookstores. The Small Press Book Fair, held at Karpeles Manuscript Library Porter Hall on Porter Ave.

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We all scream for ... fro-yo?

By KEREN BARUCH | Apr. 3, 2014

Even as temperatures remain cool in Buffalo, some students can't get enough of the cold, as frozen yogurt vendors are opening around the area. Recently, Yotality opened at The Exchange, an apartment complex across from North Campus.

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Seasonal shifts can get some down and depressed

By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Apr. 1, 2014

Aniruh Ojha says wintertime blues plague him. An international business student from New Delhi, India, he has struggled through Buffalo's long snowy season, and the cold weather has negatively impacted his mood. Buffalo's long winters can bring a host of seasonal problems.

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Zooming in on a wide field

By KEREN BARUCH | Mar. 30, 2014

What do guidance counselors, behavioral scientists, health insurance specialists, sociologists and consumer safety officers have in common? Health and Human Services. There are currently 500 students enrolled in the Health and Human Services major, according to Susan Pearles, assistant director of the program.

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"UB's Society of Feminists discusses sexuality, sensuality of breasts"

By CLAUDIA ORNIS | Mar. 27, 2014

What began as a conversation about "top freedom" and the stigma of not wearing bras morphed into discussions of breastfeeding, nude dancing and prostitution, as students attending a discussion hosted by UB's Society of Feminists grappled with their opinions on society's treatment of breasts. Claire Modica, the president of UB's Society of Feminists and a neuroscience graduate student, moderated the dialogue, which took place Wednesday in the Student Union. "When I see a woman standing nude, there's almost no sexual nature at all," Modica said.

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