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Five kilometers of color

Students lined up to have their bodies painted with brightly colored cornstarch. With bright pink war paint under their eyes and battle lines down their arms, these students are ready to bombard the students walking through the Student Union. These colorful students are passing out flyers advertising for Color Me Rad, the 5K run taking place at Darien Lake Amusement Park on June 22.


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"H to the izz-O, V to the izz-Ace"

It was a snowy night in January when Vusa Hove first set foot in the United States. Snow is not a common sight in Sub-Saharan Africa. "The first day I arrived was the first time in my life that I'd ever seen snow," Hove said.


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Marvin the Martian and Costello: The Coffed story

Steven Coffed, a sophomore aerospace and mechanical engineering major, has a valedictorian certificate hanging in his bedroom, a mention in a Business First article that named the best scholar athletes in Western New York, a Presidential Scholarship - which is awarded to only 25 of the university's approximately 5,000 incoming freshmen - and multiple other academic honors. One of his most treasured possessions, however, is a Marvin the Martian watch. At first glance, the watch could be seen as a subtle but arrogant reference to his success because of its juxtaposition.


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Around the World with UNYTS

UB students are saving lives. For the eighth consecutive year, students of Karen Swierski's COM 453 Advanced Public Relations class hosted an event in conjunction with Upstate New York Transplant Services (UNYTS) to raise awareness and gain support for organ, eye, tissue and blood donations. Swierski, an adjunct professor in the communication department, wants her students to have the experience of working with a non-profit agency before entering the corporate world.


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Follow me and everything is all right

@UBCrushes This popular Twitter account enables UB students to anonymously confess their love for other students or professors. After a UB student noticed other schools with "hilarious crush Twitters," this user searched for a UB crush page and after not finding anything, UB Crushes was born.


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"More philanthropy, less party"

Many college students get a kick out of partying, drinking and going out. Michael Zhang, a UB alum, along with his fraternity, Lambda Phi Epsilon (LPE), doesn't. Zhang, who is still an active member of his fraternity despite no longer being a student at UB, said his involvement with LPE allows him to enjoy activities besides partying and drinking.


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The road to Recovery

Matthew Faulkner will never remember what happened on March 2, 2009. Though the day's events are not stored in his memory, he has a way to replay them on a screen. After being in a traumatic car accident, Faulkner was left in coma for six weeks.


OUTLaw, a UB law school group that sponsors activities, seminars, service projects and social gatherings for members and supporters of the LGBT community, aims to spread awareness about legal issues pertaining to the LGBT community.
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(OUTLaw)ing Discrimination

When Daniel DeVoe arrived at UB in the fall of 2011 to attend law school, UB's law school environment had no opportunities for an LGBT student or anyone interested in LGBT law. Instead of wishing he had chosen a school with a thriving LGBT community, DeVoe did something about it.


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Cracking the code

The next Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates could be at UB. The SUNY Buffalo chapter of UB ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, is one of two computer science and engineering clubs that the university has to offer its undergraduate students.


The Catholic Newman Center on North Campus will hold several services for Easter weekend that students who can't go home for Easter can attend. There will be a washing of feet and mass on Holy Thursday, a "solemn service" on Good Friday, mass on Holy Saturday and sunrise mass held outside on Easter Sunday.
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Celebrating Easter on campus

Many UB students are unable to travel home for the Easter weekend since UB does not cancel classes for Good Friday and holds classes the next Monday, making it difficult to allot time for travel. But there are opportunities on campus for students to partake in, including Easter Sunday mass and Good Friday services.



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