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Author Amitav Ghosh Speaks at UB
By SUSHMITA SIRCAR | Mar. 22, 2012For over an hour, writer Amitav Ghosh captured UB's attention as he painted a picture of Guangzhou, China caught in the center of the opium trade in the 18th and 19th centuries. Ghosh is an internationally renowned author from West Bengal, India and the recipient of many prizes for his books of historical fiction, which are set in Asia.
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UB Alumni in Occupy Buffalo Say Eviction Does Not Affect Movement
By LISA KHOURY | Mar. 20, 2012After Occupy Buffalo was kicked out of Niagara Square, the movement had to find new, more creative ways to take action and make a difference. It has done just that. Occupy Buffalo was evicted from its Niagara Square site by Buffalo Police on Feb.
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UB Student Wins International Urban Planning Competition in Russia
By MARK DAVIS | Mar. 20, 2012UB senior Matt Wattles' first trip to Europe was nothing close to the typical tour through well-known cities and famous landmarks.
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UB Works Out
By MAX CRINNIN | Mar. 8, 2012Frigid winds whip across campus, blowing gusts of icy air as students look out their windows, lamenting the weather outside.
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Food Trucks Invade the Queen City
By Rebecca Bratek | Mar. 6, 2012Some of Buffalo's newest food vendors aren't formed on cement foundations or enclosed within four walls. They're on four wheels. Food trucks have been popping up all over the Buffalo area.
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Brownback Mountain
Mar. 1, 2012Every election year it comes back like a bad villain from a horror film. You thought it was dead, you thought it would never come back but every year another crappy sequel comes out to reap the guaranteed benefits. This year, the abortion issue is on its 39th sequel and still going strong as a perennial talking point to rile up fights between the pro-choice and pro-life camps into getting the vote out. As a rule, sequels are usually continually worse than their predecessors and abortion debates follow suit.
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A Blunt Amendment
Mar. 1, 2012Occasionally, we get to witness someone running for public office buck his or her party and take the side of reason.
