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UB students discuss sexual experiences while intoxicated

Amelia Jacobs* blacked out once while having sex and can’t remember if she was sexually assaulted. Three months later, the guy told her they had sex, but she explicitly remembers telling herself she wasn’t going to because she was on her period. She says she only wanted to kiss him. “I don’t like calling him a rapist if that is perchance what he is,” Jacobs said.


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UB female student assaulted near Ellicott Complex

A UB female was "roughed up and assaulted" early this morning by two tall black males of medium built, according to a UB alert sent to the campus community at 3:25 a.m. The assault took place at Core Road, near the Ellicott Complex and the Millard Fillmore Academic Center. The alert said the incident was possibly an attempted sexual abuse. 


President Donald Trump speaks at Trump rally in downtown Buffalo in April 2016. Trump has issued seven executive orders, 11 presidential memorandums and two presidential proclamations as of Jan. 30.
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Understanding President Trump's executive orders

When a new president takes office, they often begin their term by issuing executive orders. An executive order is a legally binding mandate passed by the president to federal agencies within the executive branch of the government, according to NPR News.


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Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed expanding UB’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences during his regional State of the State Address on Jan. 9 at UB. Cuomo spoke to roughly 1,800 invited guests in the Center for the Arts. He proposed allocating $20 million to the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences to support the university’s plans to expand the medical school’s class size by its 25 percent goal, according to a UB news release.



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