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UB students reinvent ideas to make a buck
By SAMAYA ABDUS-SALAAM | Sep. 16, 2014Lunch: $8.00 Gas: $50.00 Junot Diaz?s new book: $14.99 Bank account: Empty With the fall semester underway, it?s easy for students to get caught with an overwhelming list of personal expenses.
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UB students choose to cook in their dorms over purchasing a meal plan
By GISELLE LAM | Sep. 16, 2014Theresa Blaise, a sophomore biology major, cooks almost every meal in her dorm kitchen to save money and stay healthy.
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"Spectrum 360 video newscast: Sept. 14, 2014 "
Sep. 14, 2014This week the team breaks down the Bulls' loss to Baylor, the new mode of transporation offered by Amherst bar The U and the reopening of Buffalo-favorite Mohawk Place.
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UB cracks top 50 ranking for public universities in U.S. News & World Report
By CHARLES W. SCHAAB | Sep. 14, 2014UB breaks into the U.S News & World Report?s top 50 best public universities in the nation, ranking No.
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UB QUIT shows progress in first year as participants stop smoking
By Sharol Shamsor | Sep. 14, 2014UB's QUIT Program, which has a 90 percent success rate, is offering its service for $50 in September and October. Wenyi Yang, The Spectrum Melissa Day used to smoke nearly two packs of cigarettes a day.
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"Singer, songwriter and poet Meg Hutchinson discusses depression for Suicide Prevention Week"
By KENDALL SPAULDING | Sep. 11, 2014Singer, songwriter and poet, Meg Hutchinson spoke about her fight with depression on Tuesday as part of Suicide Prevention Week. Derek Drocy, The Spectrum It took nearly 10 years for Meg Hutchinson to seek help to get out of the fog and bleakness she felt surrounded her life. The award-winning singer, songwriter and poet began her own fight against depression when she was 19 years old, but wasn?t diagnosed with Bipolar 1 disorder until she was 28. Hutchinson spoke at UB Tuesday as part of Suicide Prevention Week.
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A 'joint' union: UB study finds that couples who use marijuana are less likely to engage in domestic violence
By GISELLE LAM | Sep. 11, 2014Art by Amber Sliter Young couples who smoke marijuana may be less likely to become violent with their significant others, according to a recent UB study. The study found that frequent marijuana use in young married couples is related to the decreased likelihood of domestic violence or hostile behavior in a relationship.
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UB students remember 9/11 by packing lunches for the City of Buffalo
By SAMAYA ABDUS-SALAAM | Sep. 11, 2014Students prepare sandwiches for the Buffalo City Mission in 2013.
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UB Distinguished Speaker Cheryl Strayed discusses her New York Times best-selling memoir 'Wild'
By AMANDA LOW | Sep. 11, 2014Cheryl
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UB offers online graduate certificate in Music Learning Theory
By Sharol Shamsor | Sep. 10, 2014Joe?l Staples (right) sits with Dr. Elisabeth Etopio (left) who says UB?s new online MLT certificate program helps educators gain a deeper appreciation of music. Music Learning Theory - a concept developed at UB in the ?70s - has made its way out of the classroom and onto students? computers nearly 40 years later. Former UB professor Edwin E.
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UB community responds to media coverage of the Heights
By AMANDA LOW | Sep. 10, 2014John Della Contrada, UB?s spokesperson, believes WIVB News 4 ?sensationalized? its coverage of student parties near South Campus on the first weekend of the semester. On Sept.
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"News Briefs: Elderly woman faces manslaughter in husband's death, respiratory virus strikes U.S. and baby born with extra limbs progresses post-surgery"
Sep. 9, 2014Elderly woman faces manslaughter charge in husband?s death On July 6, Phyllis Eson, 83, was arrested on the charges of beating her 89-year-old husband, Norman Eson, to death in their Town of Tonawanda home.
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Disruptive woman draws crowd of more than 100 by Capen Hall
By EMMA JANICKI | Sep. 9, 2014A crowd of over 150 students gathered outside in Founder?s Plaza Monday, Sept. 8, while a self-proclaimed missionary shouted her religious beliefs.
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"Spectrum 360: Video newscast, Sept. 7, 2014"
Sep. 7, 2014This week, The Spectrum takes on the growing trend of food trucks, the Bulls' loss to Army and the more than 8,000 people who showed up to the Student Association's annual Fall Fest.
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New UB Student Association Vice President Evan Chen is busier than the bees
By SAMAYA ABDUS-SALAAM | Sep. 7, 2014Student Association Vice President Evan Chen helped out at SA?s Fall Fest Saturday. Chen is a member of more than 20 clubs.
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Busier than the bees
By SAMAYA ABDUS-SALAAM | Sep. 7, 2014Senior Evan Chen, SA's vice president, is a member of over 20 clubs. Ever since his freshman year, he's been active in many of the clubs on campus. Yusong Shi, The Spectrum It is not uncommon for students to walk into the wrong classroom. It is uncommon for students to stay in that classroom.
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"News Briefs: UB alumnus dies, Violent Midwest storm and North Korea to put American detainee on trial"
Sep. 7, 2014UB alumnus dies
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UB goes Bollywood with new dance class
By Aylin Erdogan | Sep. 5, 2014Students can enrich their knowledge of Indian dance and culture through UB's first Bollywood/Bhangra class, while earning academic credit, taught by UB alumna Gaitrie Subryan. Lily Weisberg, The Spectrum Clinks of bangles are heard amidst synchronized claps.
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UPD prepared to handle heroin overdoses on campus
By Athira Unni | Sep. 4, 2014Chief of the University Police Department Gerald Schoenle worries it’s “just a matter of time” before someone dies of heroin overdose on Buffalo’s campus.
