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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.
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Segway through history
By RACHEL KRAMER | Sep. 18, 2012Norman and Brandon Jonas invested their entire life savings for the sake of Buffalo tourists. There are 63 Segway tours available across the U.S., according to segway.com.
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The high cost of cheap housing
By ERIN ELLIS | Sep. 18, 2012A sump pump hose snakes out of a broken basement window. That house's foundation is cracked. This is the reality to the residents of 195 Englewood Ave. Last Saturday, UB had its second Housing Blitz of the 2012-13 academic year.
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From professor to farmer
By AMI DIALLO | Sep. 18, 2012Twenty-five years ago, on her way home from work, Geri Hens had no clue she was living her last day as an outdoor sciences college professor. Her life changed in a split second. She was hit by a drunk driver. Shesuffered injuries to her neck and back, and it was in the hospital that she had an epiphany.
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Plan of distraction
Sep. 18, 2012Romney's "shoot first and aim later" strategy has been perfected in the last few days with a series of "not elegantly stated" comments and bad headlines. His latest masterpiece came from a leaked video of the nominee at a private donor dinner earlier this year, quoted as saying the 47 percent of people guaranteed to vote for President Obama are people who "leaners," who, according to Rasmussen Reports, are tied between the two candidates at 48 percent. If the focus of this year's campaign season is going to continuously be gaffes and off-the-cuff remarks, it's safe to say Romney should probably throw in the towel. Even Obama had his own series of slip-ups in 2008.
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Fight for your right (to party)
Sep. 18, 2012You're bound to hear it the instant you walk into the Student Union for the next few days: go vote for the referendum. This week through Thursday, the Undergraduate Student Association has opened polling for a referendum on the Mandatory Student Activity Fee, and you should care.
