I remember high school sexual education well. Sophomore year, a modestly dressed woman came into our classrooms and pressed chunks of duct tape onto the hair of our forearms. After a short introduction, we were told to rip them off. This, she said, was symbolic of losing our virginities.
From the Student Association to the Faculty Senate, UB has a serious problem with attendance – and apathy.
The most successful basketball teams are the ones that don’t solely rely on their star players. Take the Bulls, for instance.
BuzzFeed is actually considered a news media organization. That was unbelievable to me. So, I went to BuzzFeed’s website and found a legitimate news section that covers actual events in a professional manner.
BuzzFeed is the best website on the Internet.
Currently, the minimum wage is set to increase to $9 an hour at the end of this year, and Cuomo is seeking to raise it even higher to $10.50 by the end of 2016.
With last weekend’s arrest of 17 people – including 13 UB students – caught using fake identifications, the university bar scene once again falls into the harsh spotlight of scrutiny.
And yet, the Lancaster School District continues to use the term “Redskin” as its mascot, deeming the nickname to be a more pressing matter than the marginalization and stereotyping of an entire ethnic group.
I think the most satisfying part of spring-break sex is the secrecy.
Adjunct faculty, who typically hold at least one graduate degree and are paid per course, earn on average between $20,000 and $25,000 a year, according to a 2014 NPR report. These numbers stand in sharp contrast to the salaries of full-time professors, which typically exceed $100,000.
Last Sunday, I made a decision that would boggle the mind of even the least tech-dependent person out there. I willingly gave up my cell phone for one week.
Even though access to water is as basic a need as food and shelter, its importance in everyday life can be easily overlooked – until it’s gone. For residents of Niagara Falls, this lesson has been learned all too much due to the extreme cold and questionable management by Niagara Falls city officials and the Niagara Falls Water Board.
If you have been on Twitter the past few days, you have probably seen millions of people tweeting about llamas on the loose in Arizona and have been caught up in trying to decide what colors that infamous dress is (it’s blue and black for those still deciding).
UB student explores open-mindedness: "If I am confident in my beliefs, I should be willing to challenge them by really trying to see the other side."
It’s been almost a year since Jeffrey Basil pushed William Sager down a flight of stairs in Molly’s Pub, causing Sager to suffer a traumatic brain injury and die several months later.
Binge eating disorder has attracted the attention of the vulture known as Shire – a pharmaceutical company with a dangerously savvy marketing strategy.
The age-old question of how to define the upstate-downstate boundaries has plagued many friendships and families for too long.
Teenagers in Erie County and across the United States have access to one of few vaccinations that can protect them against cancer. But in Buffalo, only around 30 percent of girls ages 13 to 17 have received the shot that can protect them from the human papillomavirus (HPV).
Like many graduate programs, law school is stressful, competitive and exhausting, with no guarantees of success. It’s only logical, then, that applying to law school should be equally strenuous. Apparently UB disagrees.
I was curious about Islam and events such as “World Hijab Day” since high school so when I heard about Cover a Mile in Her Scarf, I knew I wanted to try it out.
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