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Weekend in Buffalo
Sep. 27, 2012The weather in Queen City is steadily getting colder and students are beginning to hibernate, but Buffalo still has more in store for them.
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"Re-run, re-energized"
By SAMANTHA OLIVIA YUEN-MAK | Sep. 27, 2012For years, parents have told their kids to get off the couch because watching too much TV will rot their brains. Dr. Jaye Derrick, a research scientist from UB's Research Institute on Addictions, has just proved those parents wrong.
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Nothing But Bull
By LYZI WHITE | Sep. 27, 2012This past weekend, the streets of the University Heights were filled with kids getting drunk, kids acting out scenes from Reefer Madness, kids throwing sucker punches at unsuspecting students and cops patrolling the streets throwing tickets in the air, making it rain. Basically, it was the same things that happen every weekend.
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Breaking Buffalo
Sep. 27, 2012When a drug bust occurs, there are two ways the community reacts: 1.
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A UB dance reunion
By SHU YEE RACHEL LIM | Sep. 23, 2012The stage last saw them as eager young students. They returned as dance professionals and brought the experience that led them to success. At last Saturday's Back to Buffalo 4, An Alumni Dance Concert, eight former UB graduates returned to their alma mater to showcase their professional talents on Center for the Arts' stage. The most thrilling dance of the night belonged to Sarah Jean Kaye in "Bouchee." Her number began and ended while a hoopsuspended her approximately 3 feet above the stage floor.
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Breaking (more than) Bad
By SARA DINATALE | Sep. 23, 2012I've got it bad. Real bad. I'm completely infatuated with a cancer-ridden, 51-year-old high school chemistry teacher.
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Student-run website aims to change presentations
By LISA EPSTEIN | Sep. 23, 2012Six UB students are trying to change the way faculty and students present PowerPoint presentations through a new website. Presvo, a new presentation tool designed by second-year graduate students Manoj Chandrasekran, Dinesh Ravi, Micheal Benedict, Sean Zawicki, Magizharasu Thirunavukkarasu and Vishwa Srikanth.
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"Brooks advises Spectrum staff to ""Bring something to the table"""
By LISA KHOURY | Sep. 21, 2012New York Times political columnist David Brooks came to UB on Sept. 20 to start off the 26th-annual Distinguished Speakers Series.
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Fracking update: UB continues to deny industry funding claims
By SARA DINATALE | Sep. 21, 2012SUNY Trustee Joseph Belluck thinks UB's controversial fracking institute should be shut down. In a meeting in New York City on Sept.
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NY Times columnist Brooks kicks off Distinguished Speaker Series
By Rebecca Bratek | Sep. 21, 2012Two out of three college students would choose to have a lot of fame over the choice to have a lot of sex.
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Men's fall dos and don'ts
By DUANE OWENS | Sep. 20, 2012Summer's over, and even though Drake still hasn't dropped a new track, fall is most definitely on its way. With the cool breezes that make your girl brush up on your peacoat comes the necessity of wearing more clothes and wearing them well.
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Maximizing your fantasy experience
By TROY FAZIO | Sep. 20, 2012If you're new to fantasy football, there's really only one secret to winning: commitment. Apart from being able to predict the future, paying off players to throw the games or bribing your commissioner to add points to your team, the best thing you can do is be committed.
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The Guys attains success with compelling gravity
By MICHAEL POWELL | Sep. 20, 2012Last week, the U.S. mourned a tragedy that still haunts its citizens after 11 years. One actor, however, took the weight of eight lives on his shoulders to relive the pain from that day. The Guys, is a play that focuses on the husbands, brothers, fathers and friends that risked their lives to keep New York City safe during the chaos that ensued on that fateful day.
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#DeepThoughtsByKeren
By KEREN BARUCH | Sep. 19, 2012When asked the ever so frightening question, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" my response was the same from kindergarten until high school: lawyer. Television talk show host: my response to that same question, from high school to last week. Even before kindergarten, children are asked what they want to be when they grow up; most respond with jobs like "ballerina" or "astronaut." When I was five years old, my typical Jewish mother engraved the thought of becoming a lawyer into my head. Did I know what a lawyer was?
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Odd jobs pay the bills
By RACHEL RAIMONDI | Sep. 19, 2012It's only a month into the semester and you're pretty much broke. All the money you saved up this summer has gone to partying, clothes and maybe some books.
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Arts on loan
By SHELL. MILIZIA | Sep. 18, 2012Hey, heard this one? Two students walk into a bank - To afford art supplies. Students frequently hear about the $200 organic chemistry textbook or the $100 physics manual, but it's interesting to see how art majors weigh in when it comes time to pay in.
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Credit unions versus banks
Sep. 18, 2012Morton Lane Credit Union is UB's official credit union. The Spectrum interviewed Member Communications Coordinator Deborah Butler. The Spectrum: What is the difference between a credit union and a bank? Deborah Butler: The main difference is the way the financial institution is owned.
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Adrien's Audio Den
By ADRIEN D'ANGELO | Sep. 18, 2012This special edition of Adrien's Audio Den is designed specifically with a low budget in mind. The products in this list may not perform as well as their professional grade counterparts but they do still serve their purpose and will save quite a bit of moolah while music-lovers pay off their college tuition.
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Passengers peeved with sluggish Stampede
By AARON MANSFIELD | Sep. 18, 2012Don Salinda Pathirage was in a hurry to get from his Winspear apartment to North Campus and thought he'd hop on the UB Stampede, which is supposed to run every 20 minutes.
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Student Association salaries for the 2012-13 academic year
Sep. 18, 2012Part of the mandatory student activity of $94.75 each semester paid by each undergraduate student also goes to fund the salaries of those working for SA.
