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(From left to right) Dominique Case, Nicole O’Heron, Emily Snyder, Brian De Guzman, Julia Schoonover, and Courtney Miller plant trees in the University Heights Saturday as a part of ReTree the District in the spring of 2015.

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‘ReTree the District’ phase four

By James MacDavid | Apr. 17, 2016

Kenney, along with other students, professors and community members, joined the University Heights Collaborative and University District Common Council Saturday to “ReTree the District,” an initiative to plant 1,000 trees in the University Heights neighborhood off South Campus. The initiative has been going on since 2014 and has separate phases, with this past Saturday being the fourth.

Donald Trump is holding a rally at First Niagara Center the day before the New York Presidential primary elections. Thousands of supporters and protesters are expected to descend on downtown Buffalo this Monday.

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Protests planned for Donald Trump’s Buffalo visit

By Evan Schneider | Apr. 17, 2016

Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican Party nomination for president, is holding a rally at the First Niagara Center in downtown Buffalo Monday. Trump has caused controversy with his comments on topics like immigrants, Islam and abortion throughout his campaign, which has lead some Buffalo residents, including some UB students, to plan protests. Sityar attended a peaceful march started at Bidwell Park in Buffalo Sunday that was organized by a small group of people not tied to any anti-Trump organization. One of the group’s organizers, Ben Caldwell, said the protest is a proactive one and isn’t a response to anything other than Trump’s arrival in Buffalo.

Students wait to board a Stampede bus. Some students who took UB transportation to Monday's Bernie Sanders’ rally were upset due to long lines of community members boarding the buses while other students avoided taking the Stampede altogether.

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UB allows general public to ride Stampede buses for Bernie Sanders rally, some students unhappy

By HANNAH STEIN | Apr. 17, 2016

In effort to alleviate traffic and parking for Bernie Sanders’ rally on campus, UB opened its Stampede buses to the general public Monday.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Tom Toles speaks to the audience. Toles, a UB and Spectrum alumnus, visited UB Thursday as part of UB's fourth annual Signature Series.

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Tom Toles, Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist and UB alum, comes to UB

By HANNAH STEIN | Apr. 15, 2016

Toles, a Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist and Spectrum alumnus, came to UB Thursday as the honored guest in UB’s fourth annual Signature Series. He held a gallery presentation of his work in Capen Hall Thursday afternoon and held what he called an “informal discussion,” called “Talking Toles,” in Slee Hall Thursday night, in which he touched on his cartoons, career and political commentary.

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Ted Cruz takes questions at intimate UB town hall

By KENNETH KASHIF THOMAS | Apr. 15, 2016

The theater, which held approximately 300 students and residents from around the area, was covered in American-themed decor and the MSNBC name as Cruz spoke on a range of topics from abortion and contraceptives, to border issues and immigration.

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Tom Toles, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and Spectrum alum, speaks to newspaper’s staff

By Evan Schneider | Apr. 14, 2016

Toles, a political cartoonist for The Washington Post who attended UB and drew for The Spectrum in the 1970s, gave a candid and at times humorous talk to the current staff.

UBReUse looks to repurpose items donated from students - often times seniors who are moving out of dorms - to sell at a cheap price - often times to freshman who are moving into the dorms.

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UBReUSE program looks to utilize students’ reusable items

By Evan Schneider | Apr. 14, 2016

The UBReUSE program will be collecting reusable dorm items from May 8-15 in designated bins across dorm areas. The program will also be collecting items in large tents near Ellicott and Greiner Complexes, as well as Hadley Village.

Bernie Sanders looks out at his supporters during his "A Future to Believe In" rally in Alumni Arena Monday night. More than 11,000 people came out to the rally, with more than 8,000 getting inside and another 3,000 outside.

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Bernie Sanders brings supporters in huge numbers to UB

By TORI ROSEMAN | Apr. 13, 2016

Sanders’ rally made North Campus a crowded and hectic scene throughout the entire day, with a line forming outside Alumni Arena as early as 8 a.m. and eventually wrapping all the way behind UB Stadium. Those who didn’t make it inside watched Sanders’ speech on a video board outside the arena.

Satish Tripathi (front), UB president and Allen Greene, UB Athletic Director (back) discuss UB’s recently launched branding initiative, which looks to unite all of UB’s schools and units around the “University at Buffalo” name.

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UB branding initiative looks to align university under one name

By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Apr. 13, 2016

UB’s branding initiative is aiming to make the university a “distinctive brand.” The strategy looks to unite all of UB’s schools and units around the “University at Buffalo” name and is focused on clearing up the longtime confusion about the university’s name, said Nancy Paton, vice president of university communications.

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is set to speak at UB's Katharine Cornell Theatre on Thursday morning.

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Republican candidate Ted Cruz to visit UB

By Jordan Grossman | Apr. 12, 2016

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz will be the second presidential candidate to visit UB in less than four days. Cruz is set to speak at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in the Ellicott Complex on UB’s North Campus on Thursday morning, according to WGRZ. The event will be a town hall meeting in accordance with MSNBC at the North Campus venue that holds 340 people. It will start at 11 a.m.

Supporters cheer on Bernie Sanders in Alumni Arena Monday night.

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News briefs: Bernie Sanders draws large UB crowd

By News Desk | Apr. 12, 2016

Locally Buffalo supporters wait in rain for hours to see Bernie Sanders Bernie Sanders visited UB on Monday for his “A Future to Believe In” rally.

Sarah Koenig, co-creator of NPR's podcast Serial, spoke at the Center for the Arts Monday night about her feelings and reactions to the first seasons of her podcast.

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'Serial' producer Sarah Koenig speaks at UB

By HANNAH STEIN | Apr. 12, 2016

Sarah Koenig made the first season of her now award-winning podcast in her basement. She had to pause the recording each time one of her kids flushed the toilet upstairs. She didn’t realize just how popular the podcast would be until there were 300,000 downloads in just a few days.

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UB Police blotter 4/5/16 – 4/11/16

By News Desk | Apr. 12, 2016

All information according to University Police.

Bernie Sanders waves to the crowd during his "A Future to Believe in Rally" at Alumni Arena Monday evening.

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Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders holds rally at UB's Alumni Arena

By TORI ROSEMAN and MARLEE TUSKES | Apr. 11, 2016

Sanders held his “A Future to Believe In Rally” in a packed Alumni Arena Monday – discussing the pay disparity between the top 1 percent and the rest of the country, the rising cost of college and student debt and environmental issues like fracking.

People begin lining up outside Alumni Arena for Bernie Sanders' rally Monday morning. Doors open at 4 p.m. and Sanders will speak at 7 p.m.

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Supporters wait in line for Bernie Sanders’ UB rally early

By Tom Dinki | Apr. 11, 2016

Bernie Sanders supporters began lining up outside Alumni Arena as early as 8 a.m. Monday – about eight hours before doors open and 11 hours before the Democratic presidential candidate will even speak at his “Future To Believe In Rally.”

UB students wait outside the SA office for Bernie Sanders priority tickets. Tickets were gone within the first 45 minutes.

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UB Student Association runs out of 500 Bernie Sanders student tickets in 45 minutes

By GABRIELA JULIA | Apr. 11, 2016

The Student Association started giving out tickets in its third floor Student Union office around 10:15 a.m.

Online food ordering websites and apps, like Grubhub and Order Up, give students and faculty more options for food delivery and takeout than what’s on campus.

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Some websites allow students to order food straight from their phone

By Evan Schneider | Apr. 10, 2016

With limited access to kitchen appliances, some students resort to food delivery. This has sparked a frenzy of “online food-ordering” companies to bring their services to college campuses.

While some professors buy food from places on campus, most tend to bring their own lunch and choose to eat at their desk. Many said if UB had a “lunch club” for faculty, they might venture away from their offices during breaktime and eat with others.

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UB professors say they lack designated spot to eat and connect with colleagues

By SARAH CROWLEY | Apr. 10, 2016

Some universities have faculty clubs, which provides a formal area for faculty and staff to eat together, or occasionally with students and visiting guests.

When Lisa Cannavale (pictured) first came to UB she found that the school didn’t have social media dedicated to showing food options on campus. This led Cannavale to create the Instagram page UB_Hungry, which now has over 300 followers.

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Student-run Instagram shows students where to eat around UB

By Kori Hughes | Apr. 10, 2016

When Lisa Cannavale first noticed her Facebook newsfeed taken over by food blogs and how-to recipe videos, she got curious. She wondered whether there was a social media source that displayed UB’s wide array of food options. When she realized there wasn’t, Cannavale, a sophomore communication major, decided to start one of her own: an Instagram page named UB_hungry, which displays various photos of food in UB and currently has more than 300 followers.

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Shooting occurs at hookah lounge near UB South Campus

By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Apr. 10, 2016

Two people were shot at approximately 1:51 a.m. Sunday morning in the parking lot of Habibi Sheesha Lounge, a hookah bar located in the University Plaza Shopping Center just across the street from South Campus.