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Aaron Mansfield

July 7, 2013

Through all the lectures, late nights and deadlines, if I've learned anything at UB, it's that it pays to be good people and hard work can fix just about any problem. I have changed quite a bit throughout college, as I imagine most people do, and because I started at The Spectrum as a second-semester freshman, much of my collegiate journey has been documented on this website and in the pages of this publication, which I have grown to love immensely.

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Tong Meng

July 7, 2013

Whenever I go on interviews and people ask what my major is, they seem very surprised by my answer.

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Owen O'Brien

July 7, 2013

"What am I doing right now and for the rest of my life?"

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Sara DiNatale

July 7, 2013

I'm a junior English major and Chai tea junkie. I'm horrible at high-fives and I hail from one of Buffalo's many quaint suburbs. As I excitedly pass the halfway point of college, there is one thing I've learned: Do what you love and everything else will fall into place.

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Singlish 101

By TONG MENG | July 1, 2013

If students remember nothing else from their study abroad in Singapore, they leave with "Lah." This syllable is used at the end of a sentence to express a spectrum of emotions.

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Meet the SA e-board

By SAM FERNANDO | July 1, 2013

Nick Johns, president In April, Nick Johns ran for Student Association president. In his platform, he made many promises, but at the core of his party's agenda were three words that summed up his plan: Transparency, Inclusiveness and Efficiency. Now, three months after his victory, the junior business and political science major pledges to continue his "TIE" promise.

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Piano Man

By BRIAN KESCHINGER | July 1, 2013

When 74-year-old Daniel Kulinksi saw Mark Weber's Kickstarter campaign on the local news, he knew exactly what to do with his parents' old 1898 Kurtzmann Piano: donate it to the project to be painted and shared with thousands. The piano, which was built on Niagara Street in Buffalo over 100 years ago, is just one of seven being scattered around Buffalo; five have already been placed and are open to the public to play.

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Tripathi announces 'Religiously-Neutral Calendar' to begin 2014

By RACHEL RAIMONDI | July 1, 2013

Dr. Richard Cohen believes President Satish Tripathi is hindering the religious practices of students and faculty members at UB. On May 23, Tripathi announced the creation of the "Religiously-Neutral Academic Calendar," which includes classes on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur in an attempt to "ensure greater continuity in the academic schedule and minimize course disruptions for students." The decision came from the president after he received the Faculty Senate Executive Committee's recommendation that no religious holidays should recognized by the university and observed with a day off from classes. "Does President Tripathi think that we are stupid?" Cohen posted on UB Reporter.

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Notable UB alumni and their impact in the world

By ERIC CORTELLESSA | July 1, 2013

Beyond the work that happens within the classrooms and halls of our campus, there are several distinguished alumni who have spread the university's name across the globe

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Three's company

By SAM FERNANDO | July 1, 2013

Four years after walking into UB's freshman orientation, three recent graduates are planning to take their engineering degrees to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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Last year's headlines: A year in review

By SAM FERNANDO | July 1, 2013

UB shuts down contested shale institute On Nov. 19, President Satish Tripathi closed the Shale Resources and Society Institute (SRSI). Controversy surrounded SRSI since its inception became public in April 2012.

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UPD makes arrest in South Campus robbery

By RACHEL RAIMONDI | June 29, 2013

University Police arrested 26-year-old Jonathan A. Huitt and charged him with the early-morning robbery of a Buffalo woman on her way to work Wednesday. The woman reported Huitt demanded she turn over her purse to him while threatening her with a knife, though no weapon was displayed.

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UB students arrested for drug charges found not guilty

By LISA KHOURY | June 20, 2013

Three UB students who were arrested in the fall for criminal possession of marijuana, criminal possession of a controlled substance and use of drug paraphernalia have been were dismissed of all charges, according to Buffalo City Court officials. On Sept.

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Spaulding fire allegedly started by butane torch

By Rebecca Bratek | May 3, 2013

UB student Alec Seidenberg is accused of dropping a butane torch while smoking marijuana in a Spaulding Building 1, fourth floor room on Thursday night, according to a press release released by the University Police Department. Both Seidenberg and his girlfriend were taken to Erie County Medical Center with minor injuries.

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@UB'Problems reveals its creator

By RACHEL KRAMER | Apr. 28, 2013

After two years behind the computer, @UB_Problems' creator is ready to reveal herself. Cassie Lavo, a senior communication major, is graduating and was convinced by her best friend to reveal her identity.

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Shoe fundraiser provides a chance for UB community to help Boston

By JOHN NASSIVERA | Apr. 28, 2013

UB students have come together to aid victims of the April 15 bombing in Boston. Jessica Tomasello, a sophomore exercise science major, and Valerie Wellenc, a freshman social science major, set up Herding for the Hurting on April 17 after feeling affected by images of the bombing victims on television.

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@UB'Problems creator reveals identity

By RACHEL KRAMER | Apr. 28, 2013

After two years behind the computer, @UB_Problems' creator is ready to reveal her identity. Cassie Lavo, a senior communication major, is graduating and was convinced by her best friend to reveal her identity. She had kept it anonymous while she was the sole tweeter, because she thought if people who were friends with her knew who ran the account, they would want Lavo to tweet their problems all the time. "It's supposed to be something other than a person," Lavo said.

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Former UB law professor proceeds with federal suit against UB Law School

By LISA EPSTEIN | Apr. 28, 2013

A former law school professor has filed a federal lawsuit against UB's Law School Dean Makau Mutua for firing him without cause and for breach of contract. Jeffrey Malkan, who taught from 2000-09, claims he was unjustly fired in 2009 and has been unable to get a job since because Mutua has refused to write him a letter of recommendation.

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Back to Brooklyn

By Brian Josephs | Apr. 28, 2013

So this is it. Four years of writing for The Spectrum. Four years of college, ending with a brutal, 21-credit semester. In two weeks, I'll be sent off to the world in glorious, blue-cap-and-gown fashion to face a mountain of college debt.

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Procrastination medication

By TAYLOR BRUNDAGE | Apr. 28, 2013

Jeremy Ferris, a senior political science major, washed down an unprescribed 20 milligram extended-release Adderall with a swig of AMP energy drink. His French 104 exam was the next day, April 12, and hehadn't started studying yet. "I don't need [Adderall] to study," Ferris said.