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(Left to right) Adam Kellerman and Yusef Burgos are co-owners of The Cellar. Burgos is ‘17 UB alum and runs The Cellar, owns shoe cleaner brand Scuffed Up and works as a risk assurance associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers, a multinational accounting firm.
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‘A true hustle:' The life of a young entrepreneur

By JACKLYN WALTERS | Apr. 25, 2019

Yusef Burgos — or Sef, as friends call him — sits in a low chair dressed in a hoodie and jeans that clearly cost over $400. He speaks in a relaxed voice that does little to convey his busy schedule. He is surrounded by shoes that cost more than UB tuition, four guys hanging out around the counter and 2015 Drake playing in the background. This is exactly the “calm, cool, chill environment” he wants his store to emanate.

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Hazing by numbers

By BRITTANY GORNY | Apr. 18, 2019

UB professor Natesh Parashurama remembers being woken up in the middle of the night, blindfolded and forced to answer questions posed by brothers in Alpha Tau Omega, the MIT fraternity he was pledging and hoped to join.

Singer Kiana Ledé will open this year's Spring Fest on May 4.
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Kiana Ledé to open Spring Fest

By BRENTON J. BLANCHET | Apr. 16, 2019

Haberl mentioned Ledé as a performer among rappers Lil Baby, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie and Rich the Kid, all of who SA previously announced on Twitter. This is the first time SA has held a strictly hip-hop or R&B Spring Fest since 2012. Haberl also wrote that “more” artists will be performing.

Judith Enck, a former Environmental Protection Agency regional administrator under the Obama administration, discusses the dangers of single-use plastics. Enck visited UB to discuss Beyond Plastics, a program which aims to reduce plastic pollution.
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The 'silent emergency' of the plastic trifecta

By ALEXANDRA MOYEN and JACKLYN WALTERS | Apr. 15, 2019

Judith Enck’s first experience with an environmental catastrophe was at Love Canal. She came to Niagara Falls with a sociology class her junior year of college to learn about the toxic disaster. The mayor of Niagara Falls told the class Love Canal wasn’t a problem, simply fabrication from “hysterical housewives.”

The Black Student Union Vice President Daniel Edwards speaks to students to commemorate the life and death of rapper Nipsey Hussle on Wednesday.
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Black Student Union remembers Nipsey Hussle

By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Apr. 14, 2019

The Black Student Union commemorated the life of rapper Nipsey Hussle on Wednesday. Roughly 30 students attended BSU’s event at 5 p.m. on April 10 to honor the rapper, whom Eric Holder fatally shot on March 31. Hussle was gifting clothes to a friend recently released from prison when Holder shot him six times, according to Nonprofit Quarterly. Hussle left behind three children, an older brother, a girlfriend and a mother. BSU held the event to give students the opportunity to mourn Hussle’s death and honor his involvement in his community.

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UB officials confirm student involved in alleged hazing incident is alive in hospital

By TANVEEN VOHRA | Apr. 13, 2019

The 18-year-old UB student, who is the victim of an alleged hazing incident, is alive and currently hospitalized at Buffalo General Hospital, according to UB spokesperson John DellaContrada. DellaContrada said he could not release any further medical information.  The alleged hazing incident involved UB fraternity Sigma Pi and took place on Thursday night at 69 Custer Street. 

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