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Down and dirty
By GABRIELA JULIA | Nov. 3, 2015Get your workout playlist poppin’ and grab a yoga matt for an intense home workout that’ll leave you feeling sweaty and satisfied.
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Vegetarian options at UB are limited, especially diversity
By Luke Heuskin | Nov. 3, 2015Vegetarianism is going mainstream.
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The end of Grantland and what the site meant to me as a sports writer
By QUENTIN HAYNES | Nov. 2, 2015At 14 years old I decided I wanted to enter the world of sports journalism and spend the rest of my life covering sports at the highest levels. And Grantland, ESPN’s sports and pop-culture blog, has given me motivation to continue to pursue that goal and represented the pinnacle of sports writing. So when ESPN announced on Friday that it was shutting down the site immediately after four years of production, I was crushed.
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Spring Valley High School incident shows why people need to record police activity
By GABRIELA JULIA | Oct. 30, 2015The incident involving a Spring Valley High School student and a school officer is one of the more sickening videos of police brutality we’ve seen up to this point and has left most viewers extremely uncomfortable. And what happened after the video surfaced is just as concerning.
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Are the UB Bulls ready to go bowling?
By QUENTIN HAYNES | Oct. 27, 2015Last Saturday’s game against Ohio (5-3, 2-2 Mid-American Conference) is everything you want to see from the Bulls: A good defensive performance, a balanced offensive attack and success in the red zone. If the Bulls (3-4, 1-2 MAC) are going to make a run toward a six or seven-win season, that type of play needs to be present every game.
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UB running back Jordan Johnson is the real deal and more people should notice
By Jordan Grossman | Oct. 27, 2015Jordan Johnson proved last week he has what it takes to be a No. 1 back for the Buffalo football team. Thursday’s game will prove he isn’t a fluke.
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A Greek row would improve Greek life and the UB experience
By Editorial Board | Oct. 27, 2015Greek rows – fraternity and sorority houses donning letters lined up on one street, making parties larger and the appeal of Greek life greater – can be seen in entertainment and at large universities across the country. That may finally become a reality at UB, with Standard Ascension Tower Group Corporation planning to build a $60 million Greek village near North Campus.
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Letter to the editor
Oct. 25, 2015Faculty Editorial to the Spectrum 10/16/15 The UB art project incident and follow-up conversations are dichotomized into questions of art versus racism.
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Letter to the editor
Oct. 24, 2015The UB art project incident and follow-up conversations are dichotomized into questions of art versus racism. But—as others have noted—the project and responses to it seem more like social experimentation. As an education researcher, I’ve been asking myself, “What if Ashley Powell’s art project had been a research experiment?” The research concepts of external review, informed consent, and debriefing—none of which exist in the art world—have helped me interpret the incident and the varied reactions.
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UB Bulls' defense the key to salvaging season
By QUENTIN HAYNES | Oct. 23, 2015This will be Buffalo’s toughest defensive matchup since Penn State in Week Two. But Buffalo has a much larger issue at the moment: The defense isn’t great and I don’t know how the Bulls can fix it.
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Let’s chill with the 'Netflix and Chill'
By JAMES BATTLE | Oct. 23, 2015The Internet, and by extension social media, links humanity together like never before. It has gone beyond sharing information and ideas into a shared, online consciousness thanks to memes and other ideas that were born on social networks. One of the most recent social phenomena is “Netflix and Chill,” a way for men to ask girls out without actually asking girls out.
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There’s snow place like UB for winter parking
By Editorial Board | Oct. 22, 2015The first inklings of snow have fallen, warning students of the impending winter that’s rapidly approaching. Buffalo is known for its insane snowfall – last year, we were hit with seven feet of snow right around Thanksgiving.
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Letter from the editor: SA’s tainted reputation won’t be undone until it’s held accountable
By Tom Dinki | Oct. 21, 2015As a reporter who sat through the questionable senate chair election and spent four days speaking with more than 10 SA members both past and present, I can confidently say to our readers this situation is not something to be taken lightly. It’s kind of scary.
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Letter to the editor: SA Senate Chair Dillon Smith resigns
Oct. 20, 2015I, Dillon Michael Smith, the current serving Senate Chair of the Undergraduate Student Association of the State University of New York at Buffalo, who is acting in sound mind and reason, in order to advert any misrepresentation of the SA government in light of current events, which if perceived incorrectly threaten to tarnish the dignity and impede upon the timely execution of duties of the office of SA Senate Chair, am hereby putting aside any personal interest for the sake of responsible governance and therefore resigning the office of SA Senate Chair effective immediately, 10/20/2015. Dillon M.
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Letter to the editor: SA senator statement on senate chair election controversy
Oct. 19, 2015Now, looking back on this, I feel that Ms. Khan had to make certain that there was a Senate Chair and I believe she did everything in her power to follow the Constitution as with such that this is an election of the Student Association. Wouldn’t you trust your elected official to make sure that they actually follow the Constitution as best as possible to ensure that all is fair?
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Letter to the editor: SA President Minahil Khan statement on senate chair election controversy
Oct. 19, 2015I can genuinely say that any procedural error was an honest mistake and had absolutely no vindictive motivation. I have had limited interaction with all three of the candidates that ran for the Senate Chair election and have no reason to favor any one of them over the other.
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Letter to the editor: Yaser Soliman resigns from SA Senate
Oct. 19, 2015The actions of the SA President on the evening of October 14, 2015 took away the position of Chairman of the Senate from me and changed the outcome of the election. On the morning of October 15, 2015 I had a meeting with Mr. Sorel and Ms. Johnson in which I detailed the grave violations committed and tried to resolve the matter fairly. I asked the SA to resolve this professionally as any Board-of-Elections would handle it, however, they refused to strike the unconstitutional ballot and introduce the suppressed ballot. I submitted a letter attached through email on October 15, 2015 officially notifying the SA of the numerous violations. Other than an email confirming the receipt of the letter, I have not heard anything back.
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UB Bulls must play the first half the way they do the second to defeat the beatable Central Michigan
By Jordan Grossman | Oct. 17, 2015It’s a very winnable game for the Bulls. They just have to play for all 60 minutes. Buffalo needs to finally show up in the first half and sustain its second half surge.
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UB asking current students to donate to university is slap in face
By Editorial Board | Oct. 16, 2015The idea behind UB’s Senior Challenge may have good intentions. But it’s still laughable for a university, already bringing in millions of dollars in tuition money, to ask its students to pay even more with donations.
