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Conservative talk show host and writer Ben Shapiro spoke about his views on "radical" feminism on Monday in Slee Hall.

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UB Young Americans for Freedom chapter hosts conservative commentator Ben Shapiro

By BENJAMIN BLANCHET and MAX KALNITZ | Oct. 9, 2018

Conservative talk show host, writer and political commentator Ben Shapiro delivered a fact-filled, humorous speech to roughly 670 people on Monday night. Shapiro spoke to a sold-out crowd at Slee Hall and focused his discussion on radical feminism and current viewpoints on marriage, sexual relationships and abortion.

After a close confirmation vote, the Senate confirmed judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court Saturday. Many students voiced their frustration over his confirmation.

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Kavanaugh confirmation stirs up emotions on campus

By JACKLYN WALTERS | Oct. 8, 2018

The Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh into the Supreme Court with a vote of 50-48 on Saturday, and many students are upset.

UB’s Food Pantry Task Force is creating plans for an on-campus food pantry to help combate students’ food insecurities. Plans will be submitted in November and construction is planned for January.

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Task force to develop plan for on-campus food pantry

By MAX KALNITZ | Oct. 8, 2018

A new student and faculty group is developing plans for an on-campus food pantry to combat food insecurity.

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Voting registration ends Friday for midterm elections

By News Desk | Oct. 7, 2018

New Yorkers have until Friday to register to vote for the upcoming midterm elections on Nov. 6. Erie County currently has 589,157 voters, which is 64 percent of the district’s population according to a 2017 Census report.

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News briefs

By News Desk | Oct. 7, 2018

UB professors created a portable cancer detection tool intended to help detect cancer in patients in areas that do not have hospitals.

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Police Blotter

By News Desk | Oct. 4, 2018

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Graduate students and faculty members protesting on the fifth floor of Capen Hall during Monday’s UB Council meeting. By not moving to a larger room to accommodate members of the public who wanted to attend the meeting, the council violated New York State Open Meetings Law, according to New York State’s top open-government official.

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UB Council violated Open Meetings Law, according to top open-government official

By MAX KALNITZ | Oct. 4, 2018

The UB Council violated New York State’s Open Meetings Law on Monday by barring students from its meeting, according to the state’s top open-government official.

The Bunsis Report showed as enrollment increased UB hired less tenure track faculty and more non-tenure track faculty. The report also showed that the number of assistant professors declined from 317 in 2009 to 248 in 2020.

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UB Living Stipend Movement rallies during UB Council meeting

By MAX KALNITZ | Oct. 1, 2018

Despite two graduate students being permitted into Monday’s UB Council Meeting, chairman Jeremy Jacobs adjourned the meeting without letting them voice their concerns about graduate stipends levels. Before the end of the meeting, council student representative Mike Brown proposed a brief period of public comment for biological sciences Ph.D. student Stephanie Gill and English Ph.D. student Arianna Nash to talk about stipend concerns.

Students approved a $4.75 increase to the mandatory student activity fee during last week’s referendum vote, while only nine senators were elected for the 12-person Senate which oversees those funds.

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SA passes referendum, students elect SA senators

By MAX KALNITZ | Sep. 30, 2018

The Student Association’s mandatory student activity fee will now be $109 starting fall 2019, according to SA President Gunnar Haberl.

Students wait in line at the Anderson’s Frozen Custard tent Friday during SA’s first ever Fall Food Fest. Students enjoyed local food, a beer tent and a battle of the bands during the event.

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Fun in the sun: The Student Association hosts UB's first Fall Food Festival on Friday

By NATHAN GARDNER | Sep. 30, 2018

The Student Association hosted UB’s first Fall Food Festival, featuring food from vendors across Buffalo on Friday.

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Arrest made in homicide of UB student and high school teammate

By MAX KALNITZ | Sep. 30, 2018

Monroe County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man in connection to a double homicide that left a UB student and his high school classmate dead, according to WXXI and ABC affiliate WHAM.

UB parking services is changing 20 Flint parking lot spaces to metered parking. The change will begin Oct. 15, but signs have already been installed.

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Flint Village parking lot opening spaces to public

By MAX KALNITZ | Sep. 30, 2018

UB Parking and Transportation is changing 20 parking spots in the Flint Village parking lot to metered parking.

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Police Blotter

By News Desk | Sep. 27, 2018

9/14 1:39 a.m.: Two suspicious people were reported to university police in front of Allen Hall. Police issued a SCA issued for underage alcohol consumption and disorderly conduct.

Nature View Park, located off of Tonawanda Creek Road, resides on the land purchased by the Faculty Student Association in 1964. FSA originally planned for a $100,000 golf course on the land, but sold the land for $1.37 million in 1987.

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Faculty Student Association controls $1.5 million from student-funded purchase

By BENJAMIN BLANCHET | Sep. 27, 2018

For three decades, the Faculty Student Association has said it has no idea how much student money went into the $785,500 it used to buy a piece of land in Amherst in 1964. The UB-controlled nonprofit has made that claim in response to efforts by the student-founded organization Sub-Board I to gain control of the money, now worth $1.5 million. SBI says the money belongs to students because the original purchase was made with student fees.

Council of Advocacy and Leadership chair Mike Brown speaks during the organization’s first meeting Wednesday. Topics from increasing graduate stipends to mental health and improved access to transportation were discussed at the meeting.

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UB Council of Advocacy and Leadership addresses concerns for fall semester

By MAX KALNITZ | Sep. 27, 2018

Members of the Council of Advocacy and Leadership met Wednesday night to discuss student concerns such as raising graduate students’ stipends, UB’s Breath Free Policy and providing an NFTA pass for students.

Faculty members and University Police Officers attended a community forum in the Buffalo Room Tuesday, to discuss what qualifications and personality traits they want in a new chief of police.

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UP holds chief of police search forum

By CIAN GONZALEZ | Sep. 27, 2018

The University Police Department is gathering input from faculty members for what qualities they would like to see in a new chief of police.

Students voting in SA’s annual Senate elections and bi-annual referendum. The referendum asks students whether they want to keep the Mandatory Student Activity Fee mandatory, and if they support a $4.75 fee increase.

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SA Referendum Vote and senate election this week

By MAX KALNITZ | Sep. 27, 2018

The Student Association is holding its annual Senate elections and bi-annual Referendum Vote this week. The referendum asks students two questions: whether they want to keep paying the Mandatory Student Activity fee –– currently $104.75 –– and if they support a $4.75 fee increase.

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Students react to UB employee stealing $15,000

By MAX KALNITZ | Sep. 24, 2018

Students said they are shocked and frustrated that another UB employee stole state money from the university after Dennis Black and Andrea Costantino’s arrests last year.

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Former UB Facilities interim director still making same salary

By MAX KALNITZ | Sep. 23, 2018

A former UB Facilities interim director who was reassigned as a hazardous materials technician is making the same salary from his prior title.

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University begins search for new chief of police

By MAX KALNITZ | Sep. 23, 2018

The university has begun its search for a new Chief of Police and is calling on the UB community to give its input.