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I will remember you

On Jan. 14, Nicholas Orrange was in a fatal one-car accident. He was heading north on Harlem Road at about 1:30 a.m. when he struck a retaining wall in front of a bridge abutment on Sheridan Drive and died.


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UB reaches out to Haiti

For many UB students and Buffalo residents, the devastation from last week's earthquake in Haiti may seem worlds away, but for others, the tragedy hits closer to home.


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UB Aces teams up with USTA

Division I student-athletes on Buffalo's men's and women's tennis teams aren't the only ones in school who are competing at a high level on the tennis court.


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Mama's boy

I'd like to think that as a 20-year-old in my junior year of college, I'm no longer completely dependent on my parent's aid to get by, but I know that's not the truth. I'm reminded of it a little more every time I make empty promises to pay them back with money we both know I don't have.


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Mass shock

For a state that was the proving ground of democracy, it sure threw the country for a loop with Tuesday's election results. Massachusetts, a place where Democrats greatly outnumber Republicans, filled Ted Kennedy's vacant Senate seat with Republican Scott Brown.


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UB grad becomes Duke's 'Van Man'

Once graduating seniors walk through those double doors of Alumni Arena, what greets them is the challenge of finding a job. And then there's the debt – the heaping amount of student loans that they accumulated while being consumed by the stresses of college.


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Rumblings of a green initiative

Recycling one ton of paper can save 17 mature trees, 7,000 gallons of water and conserve the amount of electricity needed to power an average household for five months. But that's obvious, right?



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