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Joel Lunenfeld, Twitter VP and UB alumni ’99, visits UB
By HANNAH STEIN | Sep. 25, 2016When Joel Lunenfeld got to college, he had never been on the Internet or sent an email in his life.
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Twins and former astronauts Mark and Scott Kelly kick off UB Distinguished Speaker Series
By SARAH CROWLEY | Sep. 23, 2016The Kelly brothers began the Distinguished Speaker Series in Alumni Arena Thursday evening with stories. They were two unmotivated Irish kids from New Jersey who applied to the wrong college by mistake.
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UB Student Association Senate for 2016-17 announced
By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Sep. 23, 2016The underdog candidate received the highest number of votes at the Student Association Senate election on Thursday.
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Friends and faculty remember former UB student Jonah Snyder
By HANNAH STEIN | Sep. 21, 2016Jonah Snyder will always be remembered as a kind, passionate and caring individual who never failed to put a smile on someone’s face.
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Election excitement: UB students and professors discuss the importance of voting
Sep. 21, 2016Most UB students will have the opportunity to vote for the first time in the presidential election on Nov. 8.
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Native American UB students and faculty gather in solidarity with Standing Rock Sioux
By SARAH CROWLEY | Sep. 19, 2016UB students and faculty stood outside of the Student Union holding signs saying “Water is life” and “No pipeline on my Holy Grounds.” They danced the Round Dance and said prayers to their Creator. They burned Indian tobacco and reminded each other that water and the Earth are “more important than money.”
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Meet the candidates: Student Association Senate
By ASHLEY INKUMSAH and HANNAH STEIN | Sep. 19, 2016UB students will get a chance to vote in the first campus election of the school year with the Student Association Senate election just days away.
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UB students and faculty have mixed reactions to new gender-neutral restrooms
By SARAH CROWLEY | Sep. 19, 2016Gender-neutral bathrooms are one of the many new additions in the recently reopened third floor of the Oscar A. Silverman library, located in Capen Hall.
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Freshmen anatomy: A breakdown of UB’s Class of 2020
By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Sep. 14, 2016UB Class of 2020 is now bigger and more diverse than ever with 400 more international students and 10 percent more minority students.
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Faculty finds offensive slurs outside UB instructor’s office
By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Sep. 14, 2016University Police is currently investigating offensive slurs written on a UB instructor’s office. Peter Clavin’s office on the 10th floor of Clemens Hall was defaced last week with homophobic and profane remarks.
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UB student Jonah Snyder dies in medical emergency
By HANNAH STEIN | Sep. 14, 2016Jonah Snyder, a 20-year-old junior communication major, died suddenly in Moline, Illinois last Wednesday after a medical emergency at a pro wrestling gym.
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News briefs: What you need to know locally, nationally and globally
By News Desk | Sep. 11, 2016A Buffalo woman has been charged with the murder of 92-year-old World War I veteran, Edmund C. Schreiber, 33 years after the murder occurred. Saundra Adams, a 50-year-old librarian, was charged on Wednesday morning, and police believe she acted with one other person, according to The Buffalo News.
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Get on board with the newly revised UB Stampede schedule
By HANNAH STEIN | Sep. 11, 2016UB Parking and Transportation services has revised its schedule that started the first day of the fall 2016 semester. Some students are happy, while others wish changes were made sooner.
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UB students discuss struggle to pay for textbooks and class materials
By SARAH CROWLEY | Sep. 10, 2016Dalia Garcia, a senior environmental design major, changed her major from architecture as a freshman because she could not afford the cost of the materials. Students majoring in architecture, engineering, media study, art and science must pay unique fees for labs and equipment. These high fees place an extra burden on some students who are already stressed about their academics. Some students, however, are able to find cheaper options for class materials.
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UB Student Association club budget breakdown
By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Sep. 8, 2016The Student Association has access to roughly $4 million of UB student money. A large sum of that money is allocated for SA clubs to put on various events throughout the semester. SA is made up of over 130 clubs. Its $4 million budget is collected through the mandatory student activity fee, which is $104.75 per semester for each UB student.
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Overworked and underpaid: Leslie Nickerson balances being a teacher, mother and UB student
By HANNAH STEIN | Sep. 7, 2016Leslie Nickerson’s world changed during her maternity leave in the fall of 2015.
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UB students use crowdfunding websites to pay rent and tuition
By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Sep. 7, 2016Marisela Lugo and other UB students have created GoFundMe pages in an effort to raise money for rent and tuition.
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High crime and house parties remain concerns in University Heights neighborhood
By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Aug. 31, 2016Thomas Garry and other UB students are frustrated by the university’s perceived lack of involvement in crime against students in the University Heights neighborhood, located right off of UB’s South Campus.
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UB placed on federal government’s sexual assault watch list
By HANNAH STEIN | Aug. 31, 2016UB is currently on a federal sexual assault watch list along with roughly 200 colleges across the nation, according to a UB press statement released on Aug. 11.
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UB SA announces new ticket policy for Fall Fest
By EVAN GRISLEY | Aug. 29, 2016UB students will now have to reserve a Fall Fest ticket online due to the Student Association’s new ticket policy. SA announced last week that tickets will only be given to undergraduate students and no tickets will be sold to the general public for the Sept. 10 concert.
