Hailing from a town where the cows outnumber the humans, I never imagined I would be writing for a student newspaper at a university with nearly 30,000 students as potential readers of my words.
I'm a Buffalo baby; I have lived downtown in the beautiful and eclectic Allentown my whole life. I read, write, run, play the piano, watch Law & Order SVU marathons, pry my journalism-loving nose into everyone's business, and am always behind schedule.
If 20-year-old me met 14-year-old me, I think that 14 year old would not believe her eyes.
From simple sketches to an intricate span of wooden modules, first-year School of Architecture students have taken their designs from paper to reality with "The Living Wall." "The Living Wall" is the culmination of a yearlong project in which 80 first-year architecture students have designed and built their own living modules.
I guess I've been thinking of graduation as a major end point. My friends are moving away, I'm going to wander in foreign places for a bit, and I don't really know where we'll all end up.
Julia Perot stared at her computer screen, her mind running in overdrive as accounts of the devastation from the 2010 Haitian earthquake flashed across CNN's homepage. Perot, a senior mechanical engineering major, is a unique news consumer in that these stories, combined with her skill set and her personal faith, prompted her to take action. Joined by her twin sister Laura, a senior computer science major, Aaron Boucher, a junior health and human services major, Arthur Adams, a 2010 UB alumnus, her father, and her pastor, she will spend the first week of June in Port-au-Prince serving an orphanage in the still-struggling city. The main goal of the project will be to repair the water tower at the orphanage, which the approximately 100 residents and missionaries have no choice but to bathe in and drink from ? at the risk of infection.
Every year, thousands of UB students risk their lives by renting homes that violate city and state building codes. In an eight-block radius within the University Heights, 75 landlords rent properties that total hundreds of violations. Since August, four houses rented by UB students caught fire.
To some, the difference between the words "religious" and "spiritual" may not be apparent. But to the authors of a new study, the difference is more significant than ever before. Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, the University of Denver, and UB, found that religiosity and spirituality independently predict health outcomes after collective trauma, according to a study.
After much deliberation, Student Association President Bob Tahara and SA Treasurer Joe Martello now believe UB should hold Spring Fest rather than cancel it. "We basically had two choices concerning Spring Fest: cancel, or incur a $30,000 debt.
This year, one person will die every 50 minutes in an alcohol-related crash in the U.S. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 10,839 people will be killed as a result of drunk driving. At UB, many departments survey students on their habits, attitudes, and beliefs surrounding alcohol consumption.
That red cup from Friday night is going from the beer pong table to the playground as a result of a new initiative from Solo Cup Company. Solo Cup has joined forces with TerraCycle, Inc., an international upcycling company that takes difficult-to-recycle items and turns them into affordable, eco-friendly products. The "Solo Cup Brigade" is an initiative that takes the iconic red party cups and upcycles them into playground materials, park benches, and other outdoor furniture by converting the waste into new products of higher environmental value. "The partnership started with TerraCycle to create a recycling program for our square cups," said Kim Frankovich, vice president for sustainability for Solo Cup.
The story of Greg Mortenson and his alleged missteps continue to unfold and UB continues to experience the impact of his alleged transgressions. Mortenson, who has been accused of lying and misappropriating funds within the not-for-profit organization, Central Asia Institute (CAI), continues to grab headlines as the details of the story continue to surface. In Wednesday's issue of The Spectrum, Mortenson's behavior and potential wrongdoing was explored, but all the details in connection to UB were not clear at press time. Since then, The Spectrum has learned that Mortenson received $25,000 for his appearance to speak as part of the Distinguished Speaker Series last year.
Phishers are using your nonstop Internet usage to reel you in. Communication researchers at UB and three other major research universities have determined that the more visible your web persona, the more susceptible you are to email phishing scams.
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Fighting in Libya Claims Lives of Reporters Fighting in Libya has claimed the life of a renowned British filmmaker and injured several other members of the press. Tim Hetherington, a British photojournalist, filmmaker, and director, died after Libyan military forces attacked a rebel group in the city of Misrata in northeastern Libya.
Members of the UB community may have unassumingly tuned in to 60 Minutes on Sunday night only to witness the school's name sullied by connections to fraud, embezzlement and deceit. In the 60 Minutes feature, it was alleged that Central Asia Institute (CAI) Executive Director Greg Mortenson lied in his book of memoirs, Three Cups of Tea, on several accounts, and has been accused of using the not-for-profit organization as his own personal money tree. Mortenson, founder of the "Pennies for Peace" charity that uses its donations in order to build schools and improve educational systems in Pakistan and Afghanistan, allegedly embellished numerous accounts in his memoirs.
Mother Nature played Benedict Arnold last Thursday. Offered help by motivated and environmentally conscious UB students, Mother Nature turned a cold shoulder and gave wet and miserable weather in return. The Dumpster Dive, an event organized by six environmental interns, was designed to remind the UB community that recycling on campus needs to be improved.
Keeping the house cool on a warm day requires either the use of window coverings or expensive air conditioning.
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