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UB to replace Sub-Board I with Faculty Student Association as student government fiscal agent

By BRENTON J. BLANCHET and TANVEEN VOHRA | May 7, 2019

  UB will replace Sub-Board I, its fiscal agent for student governments, with the Faculty Student Association on July 1, according to Vice President of Student Life A. Scott Weber and Vice President for Finance and Administration Laura Hubbard.   The decision, according to Weber, coincides with a UB review committee’s suggestion to cut various SBI-funded programs, including free legal counsel for students, the South Campus safety shuttle bus, radio station WRUB and off-campus housing.

The current Hong Kong flag (left) and colonial flag of Hong Kong (right). Some students are upset that the colonial flag is hanging in the Student Union Flag Room.
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Students upset UB displays outdated colonial Hong Kong flag

By JACKLYN WALTERS | Apr. 30, 2019

An outdated Hong Kong flag hangs in 215 Student Union. To some students, the flag is simply that — outdated.  To others, it’s a relic of British colonial rule that has not officially represented Hong Kong since 1997. It’s not just inaccurate to them, but a painful reminder of the island’s colonial history, they said. 

Interior design of One World Café. Construction for the cafe will begin fall 2019, according to the cafe's steering committee. 
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Inside One World Café

By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Apr. 25, 2019

One World Café will become the “new front door” to North Campus, according to its steering committee. The upcoming global cafe, featuring a “modern” design, will be three floors high with “alternating” food available on two of the floors and seating available on all three. 

(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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