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UB announces plan for change

UB submitted its Climate Action Plan last week, a crucial development in becoming a climate-neutral campus and community. This plan marks the next step in President Simpson's long term pledge to the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment.


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Two-wheeled justice

Tall, fast and agile are adjectives usually associated with the Buffalo Bulls basketball teams. However, these traits can now be pinned to the University Police Department, as well.


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Missile missteps in Europe

The latest buzz topic in Washington is the United States missile defense shield in Eastern Europe. President Obama, with backing from Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, his national security team and senior military leadership, decided to scrap the ground based interceptor missiles in Poland and Czech Republic.


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Roads to travel

'What's your major?' can become the punch line to an unspoken joke after an extended period of time on campus. A major lays the foundation of what will become the rest of a student's life, can be used to start up a conversation and can often make a person friends and forge an identity.


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A means to an end

Girls and women are kept in steel cages in dark back alley slums until eager men are escorted in, pick one out and then give money to have sex with them on tattered cots.


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Not standing alone

As the lights went out and the music started, a small, demure lady stepped on stage, starting a long, mildly provocative dance for Hitler. She then seduced and killed him.


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Gioia earns area honor

For the 60th year in a row, the School of Management Alumni Association presented its award for the Buffalo-Niagara Executive of the Year. The recipient this year is Robert D. Gioia, the chairman of Great Lakes Health, who was recognized for his contributions to the Western New York health care system.


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Sotally tober

I like to party and I see no shame in admitting that I like to have a good time. However, a concert is neither the time nor the place for getting uncontrollably drunk.


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Knight time

As 'Zombie Nation' rang from the Bright House Networks Stadium speakers, the 33,689 fans in attendance jumped in unison and rattled the stadium floor.


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Damn Yankees

I often get criticized for being from Queens, N.Y. and rooting for a baseball team that hails from the Bronx. Though I could walk to Citi Field, I prefer taking the 4-train to Yankee Stadium.


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Stranger danger

Remember waiting for your bus on the first day of kindergarten and the chat your mother gave you about never talking to strangers? Take that advice to heart – no matter how old you are.


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A love-hate relationship

Whether or not you liked Hamlet as a high school student is completely irrelevant to the enjoyment of Paul Rudnick's I Hate Hamlet, currently playing at Buffalo's Kaleidoscope Theater.


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Spinning the dream

As the color guards' flags dance and spin through the air, creating a picturesque display of color and movement in their hands, passersby's look on in admiration at their matchless talent and skill.


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Victor E. Bull gets a new look

The anticipation in the air was almost tangible on Saturday, as thousands of students swimming in a sea of blue cheered on the football team during its first home game of the season. When the team emerged from beneath the stands, smoke filled the air and Victor E. Bull took to the field, appearing noticeably stronger, leaner and more ferocious.


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Troubles for drinks with bubbles

There's an expression: 'Right idea, wrong execution.' The New England Journal of Medicine illustrated this when it published an article written by a group of prominent doctors and policy makers stating that a tax on sugary drinks would not only raise revenue, but also have significant health benefits.


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