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Kevin Spacey (pictured) is set to give his Distinguished Speaker Series talk in Alumni Arena on April 27. Bernie Sanders' rally at Alumni Arena has delayed the free student ticket distribution for Spacey's talk by one day.

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Bernie Sanders' UB visit delays free student ticket distribution for Kevin Spacey

By Tom Dinki | Apr. 10, 2016

Students with a valid student ID were supposed to be able to pickup free tickets to Spacey's April 27 talk on Monday from 5-8 p.m. in Alumni Arena, but Sanders' recently announced rally will take place in Alumni Arena at the same time, so ticket distribution has been postponed until Tuesday. Students can pickup tickets from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday.

Protesters stand outside the Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum where Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton spoke Friday afternoon. Both Clinton supporters and protesters stood outside once the fire marshal had to close the doors due to the building reaching capacity.

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Supporters, protesters make feelings known outside Hillary Clinton Buffalo rally

By TORI ROSEMAN and MARLEE TUSKES | Apr. 8, 2016

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton held a rally at the Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum in downtown Buffalo on Friday afternoon.

Bernie Sanders (pictured) will speak in Alumni Arena on Monday night.

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Bernie Sanders coming to UB

By TORI ROSEMAN | Apr. 8, 2016

Bernie Sanders will speak at UB in Alumni Arena for his "Future to Believe In Rally" on Monday at 7 p.m. Doors will open at 4 p.m.

Siddhartha Mukherjee speaks at Alumni Arena Wednesday night as part of UB’s 29th annual Distinguished Speakers Series.

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Siddhartha Mukherjee discusses the past, present and future of cancer in UB Distinguished Speaker talk

By HANNAH STEIN | Apr. 7, 2016

Mukherjee spoke at Alumni Arena as part of UB’s 29th annual Distinguished Speakers Series.

University Police is looking for this individual, who approached two female students in O'Brien Hall early Tuesday morning and made inappropriate comments.

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UB Police looking to identify individual who made ‘inappropriate comments’ to female students

By Evan Schneider | Apr. 7, 2016

The police report of the incident states that the two students were studying in O’Brien Hall around 1 a.m.

The process for voting is different for students who live away from home. Rather than going to the polls, those who are voting in this month’s New York State primary need to fill out an absentee ballot in order to vote.

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UB students and faculty discuss absentee voting

By Evan Schneider | Apr. 5, 2016

Students living away from home must go through a different process to vote than those who go to school near home. Absentee ballots are required to vote if one is away from his or her county the day of the election, according to the New York State Board of Elections.

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Low voter turnout for UB Student Association elections leaves questions as to why more students aren’t hitting the polls

By MARLEE TUSKES | Apr. 5, 2016

Roughly one percent of the undergraduate population voted in last year’s uncontested Student Association elections. And this year, despite a contested election, did not bring much better results, as just 1,254 students or six percent of undergraduates hit the polls.

Former President Bill Clinton campaigns for his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, at the Grapevine Banquet Hall in Buffalo on Tuesday.

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Bill Clinton campaigns for wife Hillary in Buffalo

By TORI ROSEMAN | Apr. 5, 2016

Hillary leads the Democratic primaries with 1,712 delegates over candidate Bernie Sanders, who has 1,011 delegates.

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News briefs: Hillary and Bill Clinton visit Buffalo

By News Desk | Apr. 5, 2016

Locally Hillary and Bill Clinton to come to Western New York A former president and a presidential candidate hopeful will visit the Western New York area this week.

Many students are pushing for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (pictured) to come to campus to speak.

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Bernie Sanders may be coming to UB

By TORI ROSEMAN | Apr. 3, 2016

The petition, which encourages support from the student body and local Buffalo residents, has been active since Sunday and is sponsored by both UB Progressives and UB College Democrats.

Controversial journalist Milo Yiannopoulos speaks at Rutgers University in February, where students protested his speech. Young Americans for Liberty is planning to bring Yiannopoulos to UB, causing concern for some students.

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Young Americans for Liberty plans to bring Milo Yiannopoulos to UB

By MARLEE TUSKES | Apr. 3, 2016

Young Americans for Liberty (YAL), a Student Association club, is planning to bring Yiannopoulos to campus this May to speak to students about the right to free speech. The SA Senate recently granted YAL $759 for the event and the Special Interests, Services and Hobbies Council gave the club an additional $300.

UB hosted a symposium on March 31 to discuss the Syrian refugee crisis in relation to the Buffalo community. In September, President Obama announced the U.S. would take in 10,000 refugees, with over 100 being relocated to Buffalo.

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UB symposium highlights Syrian refugee crisis

By SARAH CROWLEY | Apr. 3, 2016

UB’s School of Social Work held a Syrian Conflict symposium on Thursday at the Buffalo and Erie County Central Library, located in downtown Buffalo. Students, professors, medical, legal and social work professionals from the Buffalo area all gathered to discuss the implications of the refugee resettlement

Alpha Epsilon Pi hosted its fifth annual Balling for Boobs three-on-three charity basketball tournament on April 2. The event raised $800, triple the amount projected for this year.

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Alpha Epsilon Pi hosts ‘Balling for Boobs’ basketball tournament

By Kori Hughes | Apr. 3, 2016

Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) hosted its fifth annual Balling for Boobs three-on-three charity basketball tournament on April 2. This year’s tournament was originally projected to raise $500, but raised $800 – nearly triple the donations from last year. All proceeds from the tournament went to the American Cancer Society with part of the money being set aside for breast cancer research.

(From left to right) Matt Rivera, Megan Glander and Dan Emmons celebrate their Student Association elections victory moments after the announcement in the SA office Thursday. The Progress Party candidates will assume their SA executive board positions at the end of the semester.

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Progress Party sweeps UB Student Association elections

By HANNAH STEIN | Apr. 1, 2016

The Progress Party celebrated its sweep of the SA elections in the SA office Thursday night, as all three of its candidates will assume the executive board positions of president, vice president and treasurer next year.

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Missing UB student found OK

By Tom Dinki | Mar. 31, 2016

University Police has found a student that went missing Thursday. At approximately 9 p.m., UPD announced it was looking for Sahba Abraha, who was last seen getting off the bus at the Ellicott Complex on North Campus Thursday at noon. UPD tweeted at approximately 10:30 p.m. that Abraha had been found OK.

The Sci-Fi & Fantasy Club held it's second meeting of the semester Wednesday. The club holds discussions on science fiction and fantasy books or movies.

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Science fiction and fantasy enthusiasts welcome at UB Sci-Fi & Fantasy club

By Kori Hughes | Mar. 31, 2016

The newly established UB Sci-Fi & Fantasy Club held its second-ever meeting on Wednesday night, with an open discussion about sci-fi and fantasy books and movies they liked.

(From left to right) Kathleen Murphy, Tara Jabbaar-Gyambrah, Rebecca Borowski, Terri Budek, Caitlin Hoekstra, Rebekah Burke, Robin Sullivan, Teresa A. Miklitsch, Letitia Thomas, Katie Barnum and Liesl Folks attended last year's Women in STEM summit. The summit looks to inspire girls who are studying or may be looking for a career in the STEM fields.

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Women in STEM Summit looks to inspire UB female students

By Kori Hughes | Mar. 31, 2016

During the last 10 years, Murphy said the percentage of women pursuing a professional degree in the STEM fields has remained relatively stable, with the numbers for women obtaining either a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree in these fields at or less than 30 percent.