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"In face of possible minimum wage increase, campus responds"

By ERIC CORTELLESSA | Feb. 14, 2013

Before the State of the Union on Tuesday, many Americans wondered how President Barack Obama would address a divided Congress about his plans to improve the economy. In an hour-long speech in which the president addressed immigration reform, gun control and reducing carbon emissions to prevent global warming, he defined the nation's primary goal of achieving prosperity for the middle class.

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SA Assembly grows to 42 members

By LISA KHOURY | Feb. 14, 2013

This semester, there are 42 members of the Student Association Assembly - 30 more than last semester. "I'm shocked, in a good way," Assembly Speaker Steven Jackson said after the Assembly's first meeting of the semester on Wednesday.

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Unlucky in love

By RACHEL RAIMONDI | Feb. 12, 2013

When Mei Wong* was born, her father's family did not welcome her. Her grandmother and relatives from the countryside were cold and distant.

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Take a stance and dance

By ANDREA SAADAN | Feb. 12, 2013

One in three women in the world is physically or sexually abused in the course of her lifetime, according to the United Nations. UB students and members of the Buffalo community aim to change that - by dancing. SBI Health Education is hosting a dance-a-thon - Rise Up and Dance - this Friday night in the Student Union as part of the V-Day movement.

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More than freedom

By KELSEY BENNETT | Feb. 10, 2013

Thousands of African-American men lined up for battle to claim their rights as United States citizens during the Civil War.

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Retired Coca-Cola CEO sets up UB scholarship

By ERIC CORTELLESSA | Feb. 10, 2013

UB gave John Alm a second chance. Now, he gives its potential students hope for the future. Alm, a retired Coca-Cola CEO who flunked out of UB the first time he attended, established a $150,000 scholarship for graduating seniors at Maple Grove High School, his alma mater.

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The drone wars

Feb. 8, 2013

John Brennan, the president's pick for new CIA director and his principal adviser on homeland security and counterterrorism over the last four years faced the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday afternoon to answer questions on U.S.

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Switch up the sex positions

Feb. 5, 2013

Sometimes when you have sex on a regular basis, the romps in the bedroom become a bit stagnant. Not to say that having sex on a regular basis in the same position is bad, but sometimes just a simple twist of the hips can make a climax go from ordinary to extraordinary.

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UB's top medical discoveries of 2012: part two

By HANNAH BENDER | Feb. 5, 2013

UB is known as a research institution, but many students aren't aware of what professors are doing outside their classrooms. The Huffington Post used UB as an example of advances in scientific research, coinciding with innovative research and medical discoveries that have come out of UB in 2012.

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Living social

By TAYLOR BRUNDAGE | Feb. 5, 2013

A young Catherine Dulmus stood behind the counter of Buffalo's local Salvation Army when a family of four walked in.

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