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Grindr has become an increasingly popular app among gay men as a way to meet one another behind a phone screen rather than face to face.
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The world of Grindr

With more than five million active monthly users in 192 countries, Grindr has become one of the most popular dating apps in the world. The app – which users can download on several different devices including iPhones and Androids – was specifically created for gay and bisexual men to meet one another through a phone screen instead of face-to-face.


A UB student, who goes by the name Elliott Vance, works as a male escort and formerly a gay porn star to financially support himself. 
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UB student doubles as male escort, gay porn star

He’s a male escort, stripper and former porn actor. And he’s a small businessman of his own brand, who says it takes education and know-how to manage a career and the money he makes in the sex industry. He’s not afraid to Google himself because he doesn’t see anything wrong with what he’s doing. It’s the other people – like the ones who are ashamed to admit they watch porn and the ones who think he should be ashamed to Google himself – who have the problem, he said. They are the ones stigmatizing sex and attaching labels to people like him who practice sex openly and joyfully and teach others how it’s done.


Former Black Student Union President Micah Oliver speaks at an open forum on Sept. 23 about the controversial "White Only" art project. Oliver has resigned as BSU president. 
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UB BSU President Micah Oliver resigns

Deidree Golbourne, formerly BSU’s vice president, has stepped into the role of president and on Monday night, BSU unanimously elected Samirra Felix, as its new vice president, causing a major shakeup in the executive board of the club with the largest budget in the Student Association. Oliver declined comment about why left left his position, but did say he would eventually be open to speaking to The Spectrum.


Anvita Upadhyay (left) and Amey Mathkar (right) are two students who have to adjust into semester mode after coming back from break.
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UB international students re-adjust to campus life

Many international students struggle to adjust with the different time zones and weather conditions after returning back to Buffalo. On-campus resources like the International Student and Scholar Services, Wellness Education Services and the Intercultural and Diversity Center attempt to help students to cope with these barriers.


UB’s applicant pool has increased over 10 percent compared to this time last year. The Office of Admissions attributes this to recruitment strategies made by the university.
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UB applications increase by more than 10 percent

This time each year, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at UB delves into the process of sorting through thousands of applications from students hoping to be accepted to the university. And compared to this time last year, there has already been a jump in the number of applicants who are applying to UB.


UPD Officer David Stall uses a fire extinguisher to put out a garbage can fire outside the Student Union on April 17. Assistant Chief of Police Chris Bartolomei recently attended a three-day training targeted to fight against implicit bias in policing.
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UB Police tackles bias in policing

The effort was designed to “train trainers” in fair and impartial policing perspectives, according to Fair and Impartial Policing (FIP), an organization designed to tackle issues of bias and interactions with the public that officers sometimes do not notice. The training is based on the “science” of bias, according to UB Chief of Police and president of the SUNY Police Chiefs Association, Gerald Schoenle.


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Less full-time faculty teaching at UB Law School

B’s law school went from having 54 full-time faculty members teaching in the fall of 2010 to just 27 last fall, according to the American Bar Association’s annual 509 information reports. That includes a drop off from 48 full-time faculty members who taught in the fall of 2014.


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