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Local transformation makes lasting impact on West Side community

Delores Powell sat awake at 3 a.m. in her hotel in Disney World. Back home, more than 6,000 community members were working day and night to rebuild her dream home and transform her entire community. However, Powell's thoughts were focused elsewhere. Instead of worrying about her home at 228 Massachusetts Ave., Powell was concerned with the family whose renovation was put on hiatus, and that local contracting company David Homes was leaving the business of a paying customer on hold. "The contractor that [was] building my house has a business and he must have had work going on when they contacted him [to work on my house]," Powell said.

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Venues to avoid and venues to enjoy

From its underground hardcore scene that produced bands like Every Time I Die and It Dies Today, to the city's more mainstream pop and rock clique that gave the world The Goo Goo Dolls, Buffalo has always been a thriving musical hot spot. As it is with any city that continues to pump out band after band, Buffalo has its fair share of local venues waiting to be filled with anxious fans. Knowing which venue caters to your musical taste is only half the battle: atmosphere, sound quality and even the attraction of the crowd all play vital roles in determining the best and worst of Buffalo's concert venues. Mohawk Place Located in the heart of Buffalo's downtown district, Mohawk Place is among the most intimate venues in Buffalo. Within the venue's confines lies an atmosphere that, while dark and cramped, is also warm and welcoming.

A department with national renown

Unknown to many students, the music department in Slee and Baird Halls is home to one of the most highly respected graduate music composition programs in the nation.

Spiral Scratch opens again with hope

Forming a band of the rock variety

Why is your game going to rock 2010? Rock Band 3 Sporting a brand new keyboard peripheral, a digital six-string, and a more realistic drum set, Rock Band 3 seeks to finally claim the throne of rock.

Fighting for cash

While college might be the perfect atmosphere for learning and drinking, it is not the best place to create a band.

Lady Gaga challenged to $1 million singing competition

Lady Gaga, it's wartime. Grab your armor and wield that auto-tuned microphone for an unexpected battle in the pop music world; a newcomer is ready to duel. Multi-platinum recording artist Lady Gaga has been challenged to a $1 million singing battle against Los Angeles-based singer Alisa Apps.

Bring da funk

There aren't too many reasons why a place would ever want to be compared to New Jersey. Case in point: last week's episode of South Park.

Hometown heroes

Though not widely known as a music city, Buffalo is the home of many successful acts that have garnered national attention. Brutal metalcore band Every Time I Die is one of the best examples of this. Brothers Keith and Jordan Buckley formed Every Time I Die in Buffalo.

Evidence mounts on coral reef extinction

According to the results of a recent UB experiment, the future of the ocean's coral reefs is uncertain, and the beauty of the ocean floor is not the only thing in danger. Mary Alice Coffroth, professor of geological sciences, has conducted a study focused on the question of whether coral reefs would be able to adapt to rising sea temperatures caused by global warming and live on in the future. Coffroth and her collaborators are looking for possible natural solutions to coral bleaching, the process by which coral reefs lose all of the algae they carry.

Take back your right

Take Back the Night began as an attempt to recognize the fear and anxiety that women face when they walk alone at night. UB's SBI Health Education is hosting its annual Take Back the Night event to spread awareness and prevent domestic violence and sexual abuse. The theme for October's Domestic Violence Awareness Month is empowerment.

UB doctorate programs earn high national recognition

Harvard. NYU. Yale. This is good company for UB to be associated with when national doctoral program rankings are released. A total of 34 UB programs were included in a study conducted by the National Research Council (NRC). This year, the NRC categorized programs in certain ranges and percentiles rather than with a vague numerical system.

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NATO allies ask Karzai to allow private security for donor programs The United States and its NATO allies, worried about how the Afghan government's ban on private security companies might affect their operations, have asked President Hamid Karzai to sign a letter allowing such companies to continue protecting the foreign donor community, according to Western officials in Kabul. Karzai was given the letter by Gen.

Security cameras cut crime on South Campus

The recent installation of nearly 100 new security cameras on South Campus appears to be serving its intent of reducing the on-campus crime rate. On Saturday, a man attempting to steal a locked bicycle at Main Circle was seen on one such camera and promptly arrested. "He was caught right away," said Gerald Schoenle, chief of University Police.

Research with unlimited potential

Whenever stem cells make the news, it is usually because of the controversy that arises over using embryonic stem cells.

Gubernatorial candidate gains infamy

Domestic militias present political/ethical dilemma

The word "militia" tends to come with a nasty connotation; it is a stigmatized moniker with an invariable tie to fundamentalist civil war rebels and brutal marauding in isolated locations, far from the reach of reasonable law and order. The United States Constitution was created on the principle that each man can protect himself and his home with his own form of autonomous enforcement, according to the second amendment.