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Pants off dance off
By James Twigg | Apr. 24, 2009The Secret Handshake's new album My Name Up In Lights will have you grooving out all night long - if you can get past the mediocrity of it, that is.
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UB Green still awaits new leader
By DENNIS SEAMAN | Apr. 22, 2009Walter Simpson, former director of UB Green, was a man on a mission: save the environment while greatly easing pressure on the university's budget. UB Green, a group focused on making students more environmentally aware, has been waiting for the administration to replace their director since his retirement, which happened over a year ago.
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The roots of civilization
By DENNIS SEAMAN | Apr. 22, 2009These days it can be easy to feel as though mankind has defeated nature. From the second we are born, we maintain never-ending contact with manmade things, the great mother reduced to a few blades of grass growing out of the cracks in the pavement.?
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Dark secret
By GARRETT CARLSON | Apr. 22, 2009As the lines slowly drift away and the machines drip their last drop, Tim Hortons' freshman year on campus can be considered nothing short of a success, with hordes of UB students enjoying every sip of the Canadian-born cup of joe.Buried deep within its rolled up, wax-lined walls, however, are hundreds of birds leaving their habitat and biodiversity being laid waste to by bulldozers.In the heart of the Brazilian forests are thousands of coffee trees hidden beneath their massive counterparts, brimming with birds of all sizes and shapes.
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Asher Roth brings hip-hop to the future
By JUSTIN JONES | Apr. 22, 2009Artist: Asher RothAlbum: Asleep in the Bread AisleLabel: SchoolBoy/SRC/Universal MotownRelease Date: April 20Grade: A?
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Panel discusses green collar jobs
By KEELEY SHEEHAN | Apr. 22, 2009Students interested in finding out more about green-collar jobs met with environmental professionals from local and state organizations Monday in the Student Union for the Green Careers Panel Discussion, hosted by Career Services.
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Green people unmasked
By REN LAFORME | Apr. 22, 2009The mystery surrounding the identities of the green people was solved Tuesday night as they unveiled themselves to be members of the UB Environmental Network (UBEN).
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Defending the title
By DAVID SANCHIRICO AND JON MAURER | Apr. 22, 2009The bull's eye has been on the women's tennis team's back all year long. After last year's enlightened run to the Mid-American Conference Championship, the Bulls encountered motivated teams looking to prove their worth against the reigning champions.
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Bulls reach new low in Miami
By JON MAURER AND MATTHEW PARRINO | Apr. 22, 2009When things start to go bad, they usually tend to hit rock bottom before the eventual upswing back toward better days.?
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True cost
By Editorial | Apr. 22, 2009To be committed to saving the planet, recycling, conservation, these concepts like so many other endeavors in human history have been perverted and twisted into idiot marketing schemes, sound and righteous fury, signifying nothing.What does it mean, hypothetically, if a certain on-campus coffee shop offers recycled packaging, to lessen corporate impact on rainforests, but also uses a coffee blend that relies on deforested land to grow?Absolutely bupkis.
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Get your green thumb ready
By Matt Mosher | Apr. 22, 2009Since the October storm of 2006, thousands of volunteers have picked up shovels and started digging into their sense of community, helping replant trees in Buffalo and surrounding suburbs, restoring the natural beauty of the Queen City.
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Shoring up the green movement
By PHIL LUCSOK | Apr. 22, 2009Spring is here - and just like your dorm rooms and apartments, the environment needs a little spring cleaning, too.That's why volunteers from all over Western New York joined the Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper's Spring Shoreline Cleanup last Saturday at over 35 locations along the shores of Buffalo creeks and the Niagara River."It was a record-breaking spring cleanup... with a 25 percent increase in volunteers from our highest-ever amount," Bentkowski said.
