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"good kid, Queen City"

By ELVA AGUILAR | Mar. 9, 2013

Rumors circulating on the internet claim Kendrick Lamar, Steve Aoki, Bad Rabbits and 5 & A Dime will be performing at UB on April 14, the confirmed date for Spring Fest. On Friday afternoon, post-R&B group, Bad Rabbits announced their involvement in Karmaloop presents: Campus Verge Tour on Facebook, along with an image listing their show dates and rapper Kendrick Lamar, electro-house musician Steve Aoki and DJ/producer 5 & A Dime as their tour mates. The image lists a 13-city tour, which will start at University of Central Florida on April 9 and conclude at SUNY Cortland on April 27.

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Police Blotter 3/8/13

Mar. 8, 2013

All information according to University Police

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Enriching this community

Mar. 7, 2013

"You're in charge of your own

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Brothers band together for Buffalo's community

By ANDREA SAADAN | Mar. 7, 2013

Four years ago when Kyle McJury was pledging to his fraternity, the freshman would fill his free time cleaning out yards and shoveling driveways for the elderly and disabled residents who couldn't do it themselves. Today, McJury, a senior finance major and vice president of community service for UB's Delta Sigma Pi, Alpha Kappa chapter participates in various community service projects with the fraternity. Founded in 1925, Delta Sigma Pi, a national fraternity, is the university's largest professional business fraternity that prides itself on its involvement in the community.

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"How to: Survive the ""Mid-College Crisis"""

By RACHEL KRAMER | Mar. 7, 2013

Whether you are a freshman, sophomore, junior or senior, there will be that moment when you have a sinking feeling of panicked bewilderment. What are you going to be when you grow up? My parents, aunts, uncles, friends and teachers have been asking me this question for as long as I can remember.

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"UB professor receives $50,000 grant for scientific research"

By TAYLOR BRUNDAGE | Mar. 7, 2013

Dr. Eva Zurek knew she was destined to be a star. She wanted to study acting at Canada's University of Calgary despite her parent's disapproval.

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UB community debates holidays in jeopardy

By RACHEL RAIMONDI | Mar. 5, 2013

A friend wrote "Happy Rosh Hashanah, Julie" on the whiteboard in her dorm at Buffalo State College.

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UB awarded for proposals in sustainability competition

By JOHN NASSIVERA | Mar. 5, 2013

Two departments at UB submitted winning proposals in the first inaugural Small Grant Sustainability Competition, bringing a combined $10,144 in winnings back to UB.

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Reigniting passion for math and science

By TONG MENG | Mar. 5, 2013

The only learning obstacle Lavone Rodolph encountered in high school was trying to combine what he learned in the classroom with real life, he said.

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Local felon targets students in the Heights

By RACHEL RAIMONDI | Mar. 4, 2013

Antoine Matthews pleaded guilty on Friday to trying to rob five UB students in November. Matthews pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted robbery in the second degree.

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Driving down DOMA

Mar. 3, 2013

The start of March marks the start of the countdown: The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is heading to the Supreme Court. On March 27, the nation's highest court will take up United States v.

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Re-igniting passion for math and science

By TONG MENG | Mar. 3, 2013

The only learning obstacle Lavone Rodolph encountered in high school was trying to combine what he learned in the classroom with real life, he said.

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SEAS' of new hope

By SAM FERNANDO | Mar. 3, 2013

In 1984, Australia held its first science summer program for high school students. Liesl Folks was there.

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Walter Mosley speaks to Center For the Arts as fourth Distinguished Speaker

By REBECCA BRATEK and SARA DINATALE | Mar. 1, 2013

Walter Mosley identifies himself as a black man. He says this is a truth, and this is a lie. It is also an over-simplification, a confused notion and a declaration of war. He knows his skin is not black and not quite white, and it is definitely not any shade of brown, he said. He is an American, but he's not sure that description is appropriate, either.

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"SA Assembly calls on need to address Heights, fills vacancy on rules committee"

By ERIC CORTELLESSA | Feb. 28, 2013

On Wednesday, the Student Association Assembly discussed urging the UB administration to take an active role in improving the conditions for students living in the University Heights. The Assembly is organizing a cleanup around the Heights to demonstrate its presence as a force working to make South Campus a safe and hospitable environment for students.

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Police Blotter 3/1/13

Feb. 28, 2013

All information according to the University Police

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Sweating the issues

By ANDREA SAADAN | Feb. 28, 2013

Racism, sexism, homophobia, low wages, random firing of employees, sexual harassment, physical and verbal abuse, forced overtime, child labor - these are the conditions in sweatshops around the world. UB students are trying to change them. After two years of not meeting, UB Students Against Sweatshops (UBSAS) got together to discuss these conditions and what the club can do to change them.

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Carbon monoxide victims meet with Student Affairs

By LISA KHOURY | Feb. 26, 2013

Freshmen roommates Neil Campbell, Bennett Sciacca and Tijo Mathew - who were poisoned with carbonmonoxide in their Richmond Quad dorm last week - met with a Student Affairs official on Friday and Monday. Colleen Connolly, a Student Affairs student support coordinator, had individual meetings with Campbell and Sciacca on Friday and Mathew on Monday.

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UB will not yet provide answers about South Campus gunman

Feb. 26, 2013

University Police and Clark Hall employees refuse to release any information regarding the man who pulled out a handgun in the South Campus gymnasium at 3 p.m.

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"Male in Clark Hall pulls handgun, flees scene"

Feb. 25, 2013

On Monday around 3 p.m., a man pulled out a handgun in Clark Hall on South Campus during a dispute over a pick-up basketball game, UB Spokesman John Della Contrada said. The suspect, who is described as a black male wearing a green and black hooded sweatshirt, grey shorts and black and white sneakers, was last seen leaving the east side of Clark Hall.