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Dillon Smith elected UB Student Association senate chair again
By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Oct. 27, 2015Smith was originally elected chair two weeks ago, but SA’s attorney ruled it invalid after SA President Minahil Khan casted the deciding vote to break a tie between Smith and former senator Yaser Soliman.
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The top five stories around UB this week
By TORI ROSEMAN | Oct. 25, 2015There’s not always time to read the newspaper, so we rounded up the best stories of the week and put ’em all together – just to make your day a little easier.
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Former senator calls for more university oversight of UB Student Association
By Tom Dinki | Oct. 25, 2015Soliman said he plans to write an open letter to President Satish Tripathi calling for more oversight of UB’s student government that is student-run and collects approximately $4 million in student fees.
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New off-campus student housing Twenty91 North to open next summer
By JASHONDA WILLIAMS | Oct. 25, 2015UB students will soon have yet another off-campus housing option. Twenty91 North is the newest off-campus housing complex near UB, which will be accessible from Sweet Home Road and contains 192 apartments for 640 students. It is set to open on Aug. 26, 2016.
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News briefs: A breakdown of this week in the news
By News Desk | Oct. 25, 2015A breakdown of this week in news locally, nationally and globally.
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UB Dean of College of Arts and Sciences E. Bruce Pitman resigns
By Tom Dinki | Oct. 23, 2015Pitman will stay on as dean until the end of the academic year and will continue to teach at UB in a full-time faculty role. Zukoski will begin his search for the new dean in early 2016.
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Some UB graduate schools may move to South Campus
By MARLEE TUSKES | Oct. 22, 2015Tripathi spoke of the potential plan during his annual State of the University Address a few weeks ago. There are approximately 1,400 students in the School of Education and 450 students in the School of Social Work that would be uprooted to the South Campus if this change occurs.
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UB student has seizure outside of Knox
By Tomas Olivier | Oct. 22, 2015At approximately 2:25 p.m. Thursday, a UB student suffered a seizure outside of Knox Hall and was taken to Buffalo General Hospital by paramedics. A University Police officer on a bicycle spotted the student laying on the ground and called for medical assistance. UPD Lieutenant Kevin A. Will said the student will undergo further blood tests to diagnose the gravity of the situation.
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UB police blotter 10/13/15 - 10/18/15
By News Desk | Oct. 22, 2015All information according to university police
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UB Student Association senate trying to get on track, still behind, in light of controversy
By GABRIELA JULIA | Oct. 22, 2015The senate held a special forum – attended by just seven of the body’s 18 voting members – in place of its normal meeting Wednesday night to discuss the election and to educate senators on their positions.
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The craziest, creepiest UB Police blotter from the past few years
By News Desk | Oct. 20, 2015The creepiest police blotters from the past few years.
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Abandoned Buffalo
By Evan Schneider | Oct. 20, 2015Buffalo has become famous for some of its old, dilapidated buildings and many claim these areas are home to paranormal activity, including UB’s very own Hayes Hall and its surrounding buildings on South Campus. The hall used to be the Erie County Almshouse and Insane Asylum.
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Skinnersville Cemetery on North Campus provides resting place for donated bodies
By Thanya Theogene | Oct. 20, 2015As a part of the Anatomical Gift Program, UB purchased grave plots for the remains of donors that gave their deceased bodies to the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences for anatomical studies. The donor or his or her family members decide whether or not the body will be buried in Skinnersville Cemetery, according to the Anatomical Gift Program website.
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UB Police expects to see increase of students in Heights this Halloween weekend
By MARLEE TUSKES | Oct. 20, 2015According to Sticht, the student traffic in the Heights during Halloween weekends are comparable to the first couple weeks of the semesters. During the first few weeks of this semester, UB disciplined 57 students for partying in the Heights.
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UB receives gold certification on STARS sustainability report
By Thanya Theogene | Oct. 19, 2015The Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating system (STARS) report, which examines over 80 different fields of sustainability on campus, listed UB as among the top 1.6 percent of universities in the United States in sustainability practices, with gold certification
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Breakdown of past UB Student Association election scandals
By GABRIELA JULIA | Oct. 19, 2015Here is a breakdown of recent SA election scandals.
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UB Student Association senator alleges election violations against e-board
By Tom Dinki | Oct. 19, 2015Yaser Soliman, who says he was cheated out of a win in Wednesday’s senate chair election, has retained an attorney and submitted a five-page letter to SA officials Thursday night outlining his complaints. In the letter, he accuses SA President Minahil Khan of violating the SA’s constitution and bylaws in order to prevent him from winning the election for senate chair, which is a paid position.
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News briefs: A breakdown of this week in news
By News Desk | Oct. 18, 2015A breakdown of this week in news locally, nationally and globally.
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While UB gave away medical school name for $30 million, other schools hold out for much more
By ASHLEY INKUMSAH | Oct. 16, 2015$30 million donation to many other schools across the country, both private and public, would not even be enough to gain naming rights to a single building.
