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Meet the Candidates: Mia Jorgensen
By SUSHMITA SIRCAR | Apr. 18, 2012Mia Jorgensen, the incumbent University Council Student Representative, is running for re-election.
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Meet the Candidates: Daniel Ovadia
By MARK DAVIS | Apr. 18, 2012Current incumbent Mia Jorgensen's position as University Council Student Representative is being challenged by junior business major Daniel Ovadia.
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Doctor of Da Drums
By STEPH O'BRYAN | Apr. 18, 2012Allen Aucoin's alias, Dr. Fameus, suggests he's used to life in the limelight. Aucoin, "a born again DJ," has been famous for years - he's the drummer for the electronica band, The Disco Biscuits. But he decided to voyage into a new frontier while the band is on a break from touring.
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Talking Leaves Falls Silent
By LISA KHOURY | Apr. 18, 2012The majority of students aren't getting their books off shelves - they're getting them online. Others don't buy them at all.
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To Play or Not to Play?
By JON GAGNON | Apr. 18, 2012With a week left in the NBA regular season, there are a number of Finals contenders that have question marks written all over their injury-rattled rosters.
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"Niagara Sweeps Doubleheader from Lackadaisical Bulls
By BEN TARHAN | Apr. 18, 2012The baseball team has found just about every way to lose this year. It has watched other teams celebrate walk-off victories, its pitching has allowed more runs than the offense can keep up with, and the offense has been completely silent.
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Early MLB Reflections
By BEN TARHAN | Apr. 18, 2012The longer days, warmer weather, and the smell of fresh cut grass can only mean one thing: it's spring.
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Dear SA Treasurer Sikander Khan...
Apr. 18, 2012"I would say to Sikander that I am disappointed that he did not attend the Senate meeting on Sunday to answer the senators' questions. We all have concerns about this whole situation and how this all happened. I would also ask why the two senators, myself and Sarah McCreary, who voted against moving the $300,000 from the Cash and Investments line in to the Projects line, were left off the list of senators who were presented to and asked to sign a proposal about Virtual Academix."
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"In Face of Low-Voter Turnout, UB Council Student Rep. Election Goes On "
By SARA DINATALE | Apr. 18, 2012On Tuesday, the online poll for the University Council Student Representative opened and will remain open until Thursday, April 19.
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"The Influence of ""Trash"" In Literary Form"
By SEAN BABINEAU | Apr. 18, 2012For centuries literary critics, theorists, and analysts have traced the roots of popular themes and aesthetics back to surprising historical periods and works of literature. Last Friday, at Scholars at Hallwalls, Ramon Soto-Crespo, associate professor of American Studies and author of Mainland Passage: The Cultural Anomaly of Puerto Rico, gave a lecture on his experience in this realm of literary exploration and how it will impact the last chapter of his upcoming book, Biotropics. "In my research for that project I became captivated by the emergence of 'white trash' subjectivity as a byproduct of slave emancipation in the Caribbean," Soto-Crespo said. This discovery inspired Soto-Crespo to start reading long-forgotten pulp fiction - cheap writings focused on sensationalist topics.
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Diversity in Disability
By SUSHMITA SIRCAR | Apr. 16, 2012UB is making its campus more accessible to people with disabilities, and this weekend, for the first time ever, it held a symposium opening the conversation about future advancements. This idea was the center of the "Diversity in Disability" Symposium, held on Saturday at the Center for Tomorrow from 9 a.m.
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SA Senate To Begin Recall Process
By Rebecca Bratek | Apr. 16, 2012On Sunday evening, the Student Association made the decision to start a petition to initiate recall proceedings against SA Treasurer Sikander Khan.
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InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Derecognized
By LISA KHOURY | Apr. 16, 2012The Student Association Senate derecognized the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship on Sunday, finally reaching a decision after months of controversy about the club's constitution, which requires officers to endorse Christian beliefs. The Senate also resolved that next year's SA will review each club's governing documents between May 1 and Aug.
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SA Senate To Begin Recall Process
By Rebecca Bratek | Apr. 16, 2012On Sunday evening, the Student Association made the decision to start a petition to initiate recall proceedings against SA Treasurer Sikander Khan. The Senate would not be initiating recall proceedings as a legislative body, but as members of the student body.
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InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Derecognized
By LISA KHOURY | Apr. 16, 2012The Student Association Senate derecognized the InterVarsity Christian Fellowship on Sunday, finally reaching a decision after months of controversy about the club's constitution, which requires officers to endorse Christian beliefs.
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President Tripathi Talks with UB Community
By LISA EPSTEIN | Apr. 16, 2012UB President Satish K. Tripathi met on Wednesday with students and faculty to discuss the last year in office and his vision for the future of the university. Tripathi was appointed in April of last year; "Realizing Our Vision, Transforming Our Future," was an open forum held about possible plans moving forward while Tripathi is in office. Tripathi talked about his plans to hire approximately 250 to 300 new faculty members to support the students - he hopes to bring in more quality students as soon as possible. "We must become better," Tripathi said.
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SA Senate To Begin Recall Process
By Rebecca Bratek | Apr. 16, 2012On Sunday evening, the Student Association made the decision to start a petition to initiate recall proceedings against SA Treasurer Sikander Khan. The Senate would not be initiating recall proceedings as a legislative body, but as members of the student body.
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Luck Shines Down on Buffalo
By BRANDON BARNES | Apr. 16, 2012Bottom of the ninth: tied score, two outs, and a full count.
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SA Senate To Begin Recall Process
By Rebecca Bratek | Apr. 16, 2012On Sunday evening, the Student Association made the decision to start a petition to initiate recall proceedings against SA Treasurer Sikander Khan.
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SA Treasurer and Vice President Present Application to Senate
By Rebecca Bratek | Apr. 13, 2012Student Association Treasurer Sikander Khan and Vice President Meghan McMonagle did not need the Senate's approval to sign the contract for $300,000 with Virtual Academix, but they sought it anyway. Constitutionally, Khan did not have to seek Senate's approval before or after signing the contract because the Senate does not have to approve every expenditure he makes. The Senate may "approve or disapprove all budgetary line transfers with Student Association which are proposed following the finalization of the budget," according to the SA constitution. Simply, the Senate only has to approve money moved within SA's accounts, not money being spent to outside vendors. "All money spent by the Student Association generally has to be approved by the Senate in budget adjustments," said a senator that signed Khan's and McMonagle's document who wished to remain anonymous.
