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Programming future securers of the cyber world

Sitting in front of a computer for six to eight hours may be unacceptable for most average college students, but for some UB cyber security competitors, it's not only natural - it's necessary. The UB Network Defense is a faculty- and student-run class that trains students to fight against cyber attacks.


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Police Blotter

2/5 6:19 p.m. - A motorist reported 20 people on skis in the area of Frontier Road near the basketball courts.


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Living in his honor

Kevin Hughes knows what it means to heal. As a 4-year-old boy, he was once too scared to come out from underneath a table - unwilling to be separated from his mother or father so he could attend an interview for a gifted kindergarten program. But the scared boy Hughes once was isn't the man who steps onto the pitcher's mound today as a senior on the baseball team. He has grown up and endured things he couldn't hide from.


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Power play leads to Bulls' victory

Despite the men's ice hockey team's dominant play in the first two and a half periods in Saturday's game against Rochester College, the game was tied at 1-1 late in the third period.


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Senate holds second meeting of semester

On Saturday, in its second meeting of the semester, the Student Association Senate discussed the future of an LSAT (Law School Admission Test) tutoring program, the Student-Wide Judiciary (SWJ) and the derecognition of the Arab American Association of Engineers and Architects (AAAEA). Dan Ovadia, a senior business major, proposed the creation of a low-fee, 15-person LSAT tutoring program in conjunction with Mock Trial.


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Weather continues to affect UB utilities

On Jan. 30, the Internet connection at UB, Canisius College and Daemen College was down for more than six hours. Chief Information Officer Brice Bible said UB is still investigating the cause of the outage - which lasted from about 3-10 a.m.


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Creating recycling habits

From now until March 29, UB students could find themselves rewarded for simple acts of recycling. UB is once again participating in RecycleMania - a national competition held each spring that compares the amount of waste reduction between universities.


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SA Senate votes Judy Mai as vice president

On Sunday, the Student Association Senate unanimously approved Judy Mai as SA vice president - 13 senate members voted yes and four were not present. Lyle Selsky, the former SA vice president, resigned from his position on Jan.


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