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President Satish Tripathi speaking at the second faculty meeting.
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UB revises protest policies, extends review period

UB lifted bans on chalking, anonymous posters and amplification equipment in its recently drafted assembly policies in response to feedback from students and faculty, including the Faculty Senate, as of yesterday. The policy review period is extended for two more weeks with its end date being updated to Oct. 14.  


Samin Bhuya (left) and Killian Hannigan (right) in a meeting with the UB ice hockey club.
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SA derecognition could halt UB ice hockey after 128 years

Due to the club’s current derecognition status under UB’s Student Association (SA), the men’s and women’s ice hockey teams announced that they are unable to compete for this fall semester. The possibility of the two teams competing in the spring remains uncertain.


The UB Student Association's office located on the third floor of Student Union.
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Meet this year’s elected SA senators

Over the past week, voters elected seven senators to fill 12 open seats. The Spectrum reached out to all seven elected senators to ask about their previous experiences, policy platforms and goals.  Six out of those seven senators agreed to an interview.


A gathering of students at a pro-Palestine protest.
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Nine pro-Palestine protesters to sue over UB arrests

Nine pro-Palestine protesters intend to sue various counties and police departments, including Amherst Police, Buffalo Police and Erie County Sheriff’s Office, over the entities’ alleged "negligence, carelessness, recklessness and/or unlawful conduct" during the protesters’ arrests at an on-campus protest on May 1.


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UB prioritizes electrification in new bus contract

UB will be operating 11 new 25-passenger shuttles and 20 refurbished 39-passenger transit buses under a new 10-year transportation contract with WeDriveU, a non-UB-affiliated transportation provider, to transition into fully-electrified Stampede bus fleets.


The UB Student Association's office located on the third floor of Student Union.
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SA calls on UB Foundation to invest ethically

With a unanimous vote of 3-0, the UB Student Association Executive Committee called upon the private UB Foundation to “not invest in entities, companies or organizations that engage in human rights abuses” in a Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)-backed resolution that passed on Aug. 16.


Pro-Palestine demonstrators criticize UB's police response to May 1 encampment during May 3 protest
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Students return to new UB protest policies

UB released drafts of new protest policies that reinforce the prohibition of encampments, restrict assemblies to outdoor areas and limit posters to bulletin boards. John Della Contrada said that the alterations are “partly” in response to the criticism regarding UB’s forceful arrests of 15 pro-Palestine protesters during the May 1 encampment



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