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UB students' satellite to launch with NASA mission
By TONG MENG | Apr. 4, 2013A team of UB engineering students is shooting for the stars. The students built a satellite that will track space debris to help avoid possible collisions.
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Back for more
By BEN TARHAN | Apr. 4, 2013When junior running back Branden Oliver went down with an injury in the third game last season, many were concerned the dominant Bulls' ground game would shift to ineffective. Oliver was fresh off a season in which he had dominated competition - running for a school record of 1,395 yards and 13 touchdowns.
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Changing face
By LISA EPSTEIN | Apr. 2, 2013Max Levitt never performs the same song and never wears the same costume twice. He spends hours perfecting each routine, song, dance and costume.
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Year of the quarterback
By JOE KONZE JR, OWEN O'BRIEN and TOM DINKI | Mar. 28, 2013Although the football team does not have an on-campus indoor facility to give refuge from the rough Buffalo winter, the quarterbacks spent the offseason together training and taking advantage of the Buffalo Bills' indoor field house.
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The rose-colored masses
Mar. 28, 2013You might have noticed your Facebook friends list is growing rather red. This week, the Supreme Court began its deliberations on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and on California's Proposition 8 in what is shaping up to not only be the case of the year but also one of the most important decisions of our lifetime. For the next few months, the highest court in the land will be determining if Sec.
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Cognitive scientist Pinker lectures as fifth Distinguished Speaker
By Rebecca Bratek | Mar. 28, 2013Humans are inherently good and inherently violent, and how we act just depends on if the better angel has the upper hand, according to Steven Pinker. Humans have a "better angel" and a "worse angel" within them, and each has a tendency to control human actions - namely the choice to commit acts of peace or acts of violence, he said. And, right now, the better angels are prevailing.
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A spectrometer for you and me
By TONG MENG | Mar. 26, 2013It's a nerve-wracking countdown to the most important day of many women's life: her wedding day. She chews her fingers and fidgets anxiously as butterflies flutter in her stomach.
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Comme des Carson
Mar. 26, 2013Editor's note: This article is a satire piece. It is not to be taken literally. 'Carson' is a pen name.
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Presidential candidate concerned about pace of SA incorporation
By TAYLOR BRUNDAGE | Mar. 26, 2013Student Association presidential candidate Carson Ciggia is questioning the motives for and approach to incorporating SA. At a town-hall style information meeting in Norton Hall on Monday at 9 p.m., SA President Travis Nemmer pushed those who attended to encourage other students to vote in favor of incorporation.
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Meet the candidates: SUNY delegates
Mar. 24, 2013Every year, UB undergraduates elect four SUNY delegates to act on the students' behalf in Albany. The four delegates travel to the state capital to meet with members of the New York State Assembly and Senate, raising legislators' awareness of issues that matter to UB students.
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UB's Battle of the Bands crowns opening act for Spring Fest
By FELICIA HUNT | Mar. 24, 2013As an unsigned artist, the struggle to make music while remaining financially stable is a tough feat.
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Eighteen minutes to change perspectives
By ANDREA SAADAN | Mar. 24, 2013Kevin Purdy is looking for normal people - average, everyday people - who are passionate about what they do to speak in front of hundreds of people for 18 minutes. Purdy, a freelance writer, is the founder and license holder of TEDxBuffalo.
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Friday night fight
By SAM FERNANDO | Mar. 24, 2013On Friday night, the Student Association hosted two debates between the candidates for SA president and treasurer.
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Meet the candidates: President
Mar. 24, 2013The president shall serve as the chief executive officer of the Student Association and has the ultimate responsibility for the enforcement of the constitution and bylaws of SA.
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Accusations of injustice shroud SA election
By AARON MANSFIELD | Mar. 24, 2013Student Association Treasurer Justin Neuwirt almost sees this year's election process as a bigger disgrace than last year's $300,000 scandal.
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Meet the candidates: Vice President
Mar. 24, 2013The vice president both directs and assists the Student Association's recognized clubs and student organizations.
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Meet the candidates: Treasurer
Mar. 24, 2013The treasurer is the chief controller of the Student Association's multi-million dollar budget. He or she is in the president's cabinet, is chairperson of the Senate Finance Committee and is a voting member of the Emergency Powers Council.
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Change of pope may cause 'change in melody'
By ERIC CORTELLESSA | Mar. 21, 2013A month after a pope resigned for the first time in over 600 years, Jorge Mario Bergoglio took his place.
