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The UB Professional Staff Senate approved the “Greening the Commons” initiative, which will work to eliminate the harmful effects of using polystyrene in food containers as well as the lack of recycling practices
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New UB initiative aims to ‘green’ The Commons

The UB Professional Staff Senate approved the “Greening The Commons” initiative in November, which works to eliminate the harmful effects of using polystyrene in food containers as well as the lack of recycling practices in The Commons, said Domenic Licata, chair of the Professional Staff Senate.


Attendees at Monday’s UB Council meeting discuss ongoing cancer research and NYSUNY 2020.
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UB Council focuses on chronic disease research

Jean Wactawski-Wende, the dean of the School of Public Health and Health Professions who has been part of the WHI since it was established at UB, discussed some of the groundbreaking findings in cancer research the univeristy has made to the UB Council on Monday.


A student walks through the snow on North Campus on Feb. 12. A snowstorm has caused difficult commutes to campus on Tuesday. 
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​Twitter reactions: Students upset UB open despite weather

On Tuesday, a winter storm warning went into effect in Buffalo when the city was hit with almost a foot of snow. While some local schools were cancelled, including area colleges, UB remained open. A notice on the UB Alert website warned students about traveling delays due to the weather, however nothing has been sent to student emails.


In the fifth annual Life Raft Debate, UB professors from different fields battled it out on stage and argued as to why they should be the lone survivor a hypothetical deserted island. The audience (pictured) had the ultimate power in deciding who should win.
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UB professors argue why they should be the one to survive during Life Raft Debate

Associate history professor Patrick McDevitt secured the first-ever win for the humanities department at the fifth annual Life Raft Debate on Wednesday night. Co-sponsored by UB’s Honor College and the Academies, the Life Raft Debate brings professors from various departments together to argue why they think they should survive a hypothetical deserted island by escaping via life raft. The professors argued the importance of his or her field in rebuilding a post-apocalyptic civilization for eight minutes.


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UB Police blotter 2/2/16 - 2/8/16

7:13 p.m. – A student reported he accidentally cut off his “left little finger” with a knife. The student said he thought he needed stitches but did not want an ambulance.


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.



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