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Police Blotter: 2/3-2/9

All information according to University Police 2/3 11:56 a.m.: A UB employee reported that a catalytic convertor was stolen from his car on Feb.


Thousands gather in Dresden for a Pegida demonstration and counter protest on Dec. 1.
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Pegida attracts thousands protesting against immigration and Islam

Thousands gather in Dresden for a Pegida demonstration and counter protest on Dec. 1. Courtesy of Flikr user Caruso Pinguin Thousands of anti-Islam and anti-immigrant protestors carrying signs with slogans like ?Our Land, Our Rights!? and ?End the Politics of Immigration,? have been marching through the streets of German cities since October to denounce Islamic violence in Europe and the presence of 10 million immigrants in Germany. These protests have raised questions about how such open antagonism and right-wing extremism can in exist in Germany 70 years after the end of World War II. The protests began as small Monday gatherings sponsored by a group called ?Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West? (Pegida). These meetings expanded to Monday night protests in Dresden and more recently to other German cities such as Leipzig, Berlin, Hannover and Munich.


Anna Adam (left) and Jalda Rebling (right) work together on projects like The Happy Hippie Jew Bus,
where they’re seated, to teach Germans about Jewish culture in an unconventional way.
Courtesy of Jalda Rebling and Anna Adam 
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A trip on the Happy Hippie Jew Bus

Anna Adam (left) and Jalda Rebling (right) work together on projects like The Happy Hippie Jew Bus, where they?re seated, to teach Germans about Jewish culture in an unconventional way. Courtesy of Jalda Rebling and Anna Adam


About 10 percent of UB students have had a threesome, according to a survey of 837 students conducted by The Spectrum.
Yusong Shi, The Spectrum
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Understanding the psychology of threesomes

About 10 percent of UB students have had a threesome, according to a survey of 837 students conducted by The Spectrum. Yusong Shi, The Spectrum After getting a drink and coming back to the dance floor during a party near South Campus, David Stockman* found a girl he?d been flirting with earlier in the night dancing with one of his friends. But the friend, Cam Lucas*, wasn?t trying to steal the girl from Stockman ? he wanted to share. ?Yo, she?s down for a threesome,? Lucas whispered. That night ? which started out as a possible normal hookup for Stockman ? would become his first and only threesome experience.


Art by Huramo Sato
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UB community talks New York's minimum wage increase

Art by Huramo Sato Angela Barca has been putting in hours in minimum-wage jobs since she was a freshman in high school and four years later, she?s noticing and increase in her paycheck. So is the rest of New York State. New York State?s minimum wage was raised 75 cents to $8.75 an hour on Dec.


Tom Ludtka, the service manager for CDS, holds some of UB’s soil amendment.
Courtesy of Raymond Kohl
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UB mixes students' leftovers into soil to help beautify campus

Tom Ludtka, the service manager for CDS, holds some of UB?s soil amendment. Courtesy of Raymond Kohl The scraps from your on-campus Sloppy Joe or that fourth plate of macaroni and cheese you grabbed at the dining hall aren?t getting sent into a landfill, but back into the earth. Students may not realize their leftovers are being mixed into UB?s soil, helping on-campus foliage thrive.



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