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UB students and faculty discuss Donald Trump’s presidency
By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Nov. 10, 2016Jacob Kathman said the 2016 presidential campaign is the most “disgusting” campaign he has ever seen.
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UB students gather in protest against Donald Trump’s presidency
By HANNAH STEIN | Nov. 9, 2016UB students gathered on Wednesday to build a “wall of hate.” Students wrote, “End Transphobia” and “We’re all equal” on cardboard boxes and stacked them on top of one of another to create this five-foot wall.
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UB Students for Trump install signs on North Campus
By BENJAMIN BLANCHET | Nov. 8, 2016UB Students for Trump installed campaign signs and drew messages on sidewalks near the academic spine Monday night. After the club’s Monday night meeting, members of the UB Students for Trump group wrote “Trump 2016” and “#LockHerUp” in chalk around Flint Loop. These messages along with the installation of campaign signs, made some students concerned.
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Political briefs: This week on the campaign trail
By SARAH CROWLEY | Nov. 7, 2016FBI Director James Comey wrote to Congress on Sunday informing members that after examining the emails found during the Anthony Weiner sexual investigation, they found no new relevant emails to change their July decision which found no cause for criminal charge against Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, according to CNN. The FBI had to review approximately 650,000 emails, which raised concerns they would not announce new information before the election, and thus influence the results.
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News briefs: What you need to know locally, nationally and globally
By News Desk | Nov. 7, 2016Students and faculty can currently dine together every Monday and Tuesday. The Office of the Vice Provost of Equity and Inclusion and Campus Living launched the pilot “Dine Together” program, which allows students and faculty to eat together in a small setting. On Mondays from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. students can eat with faculty in The Tiffin Room.
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UB Breathe-Free Now campaign underway
By HANNAH STEIN | Nov. 7, 2016Elizabeth Berman, a UB student tour guide gets in “an incredibly awkward situation” when parents and prospective students ask her about UB’s smoke-free policy.
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UB Professor James Holmes went from being “Never Trump” to “Never Clinton”
By SARAH CROWLEY | Nov. 7, 2016One week ago, James Holmes, an economics professor, was “Never Trump.” Holmes planned to vote for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton despite his status as a registered Republican.
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Polling locations rundown
By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Nov. 7, 2016UB students can vote at a number of polling locations on Nov. 8., depending on where they live.
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Just a joke: UB students and professors discuss frivolous nature of presidential election
By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Nov. 3, 2016Alexandra Furtzaig thinks this year’s presidential election has played out like a reality show.
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UB students choose the “lesser evil” candidate
By HANNAH STEIN | Nov. 3, 2016As a first-time voter, Maddie King found the upcoming presidential election to be much more intense than she had expected it to be. She feels it has come down to voting for the candidate who is the “lesser of two evils.”
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A guide to the local ballot
By MADDY FOWLER | Nov. 3, 2016Political science professor James Battista thinks local elections have a bigger impact on most people’s daily lives than the presidential election.
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Conservative journalist Katie Pavlich speaks about gun rights and sexual assault
By SARAH CROWLEY | Oct. 30, 2016Katie Pavlich thinks a common myth about concealed guns is that they create a “wild, wild, west” atmosphere. Pavlich, New York Times best-selling author and news editor for Town Magazine, spoke about students’ right to carry guns and sexual assault on college campuses in the Student Union Theater on Oct. 27. UB College Republicans and Young America’s Foundation (YAF) co-hosted the event “It’s funny how university officials tell all of you that you’re the best and the brightest and you should come to their university and pay them lots of money because you’re responsible adults who can handle the college experience,” Pavlich said.
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UB Gender Week wraps up with violence against women symposium
By MADDY FOWLER | Oct. 30, 2016Kari Winter, director of UB’s Gender Institute, said it’s more important than ever to have a conversation about misogyny.
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News Briefs: What you need to know locally, nationally and globally
By News Desk | Oct. 27, 2016UB has been awarded a $2.9 million grant by National Science Foundation (NSF) to transform a traditional lab into an automated computer laboratory, according to a UB news release. The lab will introduce the tools of machine intelligence, conduct simulations and large-scale materials modeling.
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Randi Zuckerberg appears as second guest for UB Distinguished Speaker Series
By TORI ROSEMAN | Oct. 26, 2016Randi Zuckerberg wanted to sing on Broadway. Little did she know that she would move on to become one of the most successful female entrepreneurs with a hand in the development of Facebook, her own production company and an author of three books. “I didn’t take engineering classes, I didn’t know how to code,” Zuckerberg said. “I wouldn’t call myself a hacker. All it took was putting myself in a culture where I wasn’t afraid to fail.” Zuckerberg spoke at the Distinguished Speaker Series Wednesday night at Alumni Arena. The businesswoman spoke about her experience with Facebook, the mobile workplace and how technology has become a staple in people’s lives to a fault.
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UB remembers faculty members Brenda Haughey, Albert Ermanovics and Harold R. Ortman
By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Oct. 26, 2016UB faculty members Brenda Haughey, Albert Ermanovics, Harold R. Ortman recently passed away.
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UB Student Association hosts town hall meeting with local State Senate candidates
By MADDY FOWLER | Oct. 26, 2016Student debt, the environment and political corruption were some of the issues students wanted local New York State Senate candidates to address.
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UB police blotter 10/13- 10/17
By News Desk | Oct. 24, 20167:06 a.m. - A student reported someone tried to gain entry into his residence in Hadley Village. The suspect was described as 5’9” with a full beard, wearing a gray hoodie and black pants, heading toward Flint Road. Police attempted to track with K9, but were unable to continue due to rain.
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News briefs 10/24
By News Desk | Oct. 24, 2016UB’s 19th annual Gender Week will be held Oct. 24 to 28 with “Cultural Transformations” as the theme, according to a UB news release. There will be a Welcome Reception by College of Arts and Sciences Dean Robin Schulze on Oct. 24 in 120 Clemens Hall from 6 to 8 p.m.
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UB DifCon Series allows students, faculty and staff to discuss difficult social issues
By Jimmy Corra | Oct. 24, 2016This week, the second-annual weeklong discussion series called DifCon will provide the campus with an opportunity to talk about issues such as police violence, LGBTQ prejudice and the Flint water crisis. The Intercultural and Diversity Center and the Office of the Vice Provost for Equity and Inclusion are co-sponsoring the series.
