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The perfect location for sexy time

Mar. 20, 2013

Whether it's after a romantic date, after a night of partying or just because you have that itch that needs to be scratched, sometimes you need to get down and dirty as soon as possible. Unfortunately, this cannot always happen - especially if you live in an on-campus dorm or an apartment - because it's not polite to have sex when your roommate is chowing down on a turkey sandwich on the other side of the room. Obviously when you're not living by yourself, you can't hook up whenever or wherever you want.

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Finding the right exposure

By BETHANY WALTON | Mar. 20, 2013

A young woman sits on a couch-shaped gravestone on a cold winter day. The background is gray and grim.

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Where to live next year: A comprehensive guide

By RACHEL KRAMER | Mar. 20, 2013

It happens every year. Emails flood the inboxes of students, assuring them living on campus is the best decision or reminding them to hurry up and sign a lease with the Villas. The decision of where to live in the next academic year is something that students stress over for months ahead of time.

Dr. Michael Frisch, a history and American Studies professor, is a Fulbright scholar, a member of The 198 String Band and founder of Randforce Associates, LLC, in UB's Technology Incubator. He has dedicated his passions and talents to UB for over 30 years.

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The multifaceted Frisch

By ALYSSA MCCLURE | Mar. 5, 2013

Thirty-three years ago, Dr. Michael Frisch was arrested during his first year of teaching. On March 15, 1970, the 26-year-old history professor was part of the "Faculty 45" - a non-violent sit-in of 45 faculty members protesting UB's use of Buffalo police officers on campus. The faculty members sought to discuss a more peaceful approach to student conflicts that were occurring at UB.

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For mature audiences only

By LYZI WHITE | Mar. 5, 2013

Kelly Stone once walked in on her son attempting to insert a tampon into his butt. Her son knew what a tampon was and what it was used for - that it was for his mother's

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Librarians: mastering the art of research

By SHARON KAHN | Mar. 5, 2013

After two-and-a-half years of labor and education law, Tiffany Walsh realized it wasn't the career for her. She needed to start over and find her passion. Walsh remembered what an old college professor once told her, "If you know you're not happy [with your profession] then what you should do is just put out a lot of different feelers ... try four or five different avenues and set that out as different options, and then when you get some information back, see which one of those will actually lead to something." Eager to stay local, the Western New Yorker returned to UB, after attending Columbia University, for a more cost-efficient education.

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"Daly life lessons, one English class at a time"

By CARRIE LOMBARDI | Mar. 4, 2013

On Robert Daly's first day of teaching, a student asked him if he was a professor. He was 22 at the time and he didn't look much different from the students themselves. To ease the tension, he replied, "No, actually, I'm a janitor in this building.

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"Daly life lessons, one English class at a time"

By CARRIE LOMBARDI | Mar. 3, 2013

On Robert Daly's first day of teaching, a student asked him if he was a professor. He was 22 at the time and he didn't look much different from the students themselves.

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Coffee and cookies for a cause

By BETHANY WALTON | Mar. 3, 2013

Rich Burdish, a senior environmental design major, did not know what to expect when he returned home to Lindenhurst, N.Y., for Thanksgiving Break. In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, he was floored by what his hometown had become.

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Snapshots of kindness

By CARRIE LOMBARDI | Mar. 3, 2013

It's time to keep eyes and hearts open for the warmth and kindness students display toward each other. The Wellness team at UB is inviting students, from now until March 20, to seek out and record these daily acts of kindness in a photograph to be entered for a contest called "Snapshots of Service: Caught in the Act of Kindness." Every spring, the Mental Health Awareness Committee, part of the Student Wellness Team, holds an annual contest, which in the past, has been a writing contest focusing on different themes.

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UB professors talk gun control

By RONNIE SIMMONS II | Mar. 3, 2013

UB professors have differing opinions on the highly debated federal gun control laws proposed by President Barack Obama.

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Just keep swimming

By BETHANY WALTON | Feb. 26, 2013

Jonah was about to jump. This was the 7-year-old's favorite part of the day. He was about to cannon ball into the 16-foot diving well.

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Sex fails

Feb. 26, 2013

During your lifetime, you will fail at sex at least once. Whether the experience could be blamed on alcohol, nerves or just plain lack of skills, sometimes sex doesn't go your way.

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Sustaining Buffalo

By ANDREA SAADAN | Feb. 24, 2013

For a week during his winter break, Jeremy Pike collected old Christmas trees and planted trees and shrubs in the wetlands of Southern Louisiana. Pike, a senior biological sciences major, spoke about the Alternative Winter Break trip during a movie screening presented by the Undergraduate Academies. From Feb.

Community Action Corps is a student-run community service organization at UB which prides itself for being a hands-on club. President Kayla Cornell said she pushes members to find a passion to make the world a better place between themselves and their community.

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Reaching out to those in need

By ALYSSA MCCLURE | Feb. 21, 2013

It started out as an accident. Kayla Cornell thought she was attending an event for the Colleges Against Cancer her freshman year, but ended up at a Community Action Corps meeting. There, she became dedicated to helping others.

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Baby steps become giant leaps for women's club hockey

By RONNIE SIMMONS II | Feb. 21, 2013

When Jody Rosen took over as head coach of the women's club hockey team five years ago, the team featured three figure skaters and no goalie.

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Extend your life by giving instead of receiving

By ALYSSA MCCLURE | Feb. 21, 2013

It truly is better to give than to receive. It's a proven fact. A recent study conducted over five years across three universities - Stony Brook University, Grand Valley State University in Michigan and UB - reveals that providing help to others results in a decreased association between stress and mortality.

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"Same spirit, different scale"

By ANDREA SAADAN | Feb. 19, 2013

Ziqian Wang spent her first Chinese New Year away from home studying in her dorm room alone. She spent the day feeling sad and lonely while her friends and family in China were celebrating.

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UB's own winter wonderland

By BETHANY WALTON | Feb. 19, 2013

Behind South Lake Village's Community Building, Christina Zhen, a senior business major, and Marissa Lum, a senior biomedical sciences major, were sprinting back and forth as they carried jugs of water in the cold and dumped them in containers. On the other side of the building, students with sticks in their hands yelled as they shoved and ran into each other they fought over the possession of a small ball. These were just some of the sights seen at UB's Winterfest this past Saturday.

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Mazel tov

By SHARON KAHN | Feb. 17, 2013

UB's undergraduate Jewish studies major is scheduled to become a full-fledged department in fall 2013. Five years earlier, the Institute of Jewish Thought and Heritage became a multidisciplinary research and academic degree-granting program.