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Letter to the Editor
Apr. 2, 2015Written in response to the recent article and editorial on changes to the English major.
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Dealing with depression
By Daniel McKeon | Apr. 2, 2015As anyone who has been depressed or has been close with a depressed friend knows, depression is an everyday struggle. It isn’t just feeling sad. It’s feeling like all of your energy has been sapped out of you, feeling like you’re worthless, that you’re letting everyone around you down. It’s struggling to remember what it was like to ever be happy. It’s barely being able to do the minimum.
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SA’s new website is costly and lacked student input – but at least it works
By Editorial Board | Mar. 31, 2015For years, the Student Association’s website has been a dysfunctional, rarely updated eyesore. Now, after a costly redesign, the site is still an eyesore, but at least it’s functional and up to date.
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Erie County’s industrial redevelopment deserves government support
By Editorial Board | Mar. 31, 2015The program in question, the Brownfields Program, incentivizes redevelopment of former industrial properties by offering tax credits to companies that build there.
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Buffalo Bucket List No. 4 & 5: All Night Long
By Daniel McKeon | Mar. 31, 2015The Buffalo Bucket List is a series of articles highlighting my journey to achieve the full college experience in Buffalo, from chicken wings to Oozefest.
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Why watching the Game of Thrones pre-screening was the best mistake ever
By JAMES BATTLE | Mar. 31, 2015On Sunday, I made one of best mistakes of my life.
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Making the least of life
By BRIAN WINDSCHITL | Mar. 31, 2015A sad fact of life is most people do not know how to prioritize their time.
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UB’s new English requirements do a disservice to the field
By EMMA JANICKI | Mar. 31, 2015UB English department – I love you, but let’s be honest. These new requirements? Not cool. The English department sent out an email over spring break that the requirements to be an English major were changing, something that is perhaps unsurprising.
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UB study tells seniors increased alcohol consumption is bad
By RACHEL KRAMER | Mar. 29, 2015Increased drinking during your senior year leads to a lower probability that you’ll graduate, according to a UB Reporter article about a study conducted through the UB psychology department. Except that’s not true.
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What’s your number?
By JACKIE GRABER | Mar. 29, 2015Whether you meet in class, at a bar, in church or on Tinder, one of the first steps of fostering any potential romantic relationship is asking the guy or girl you’re interested in for his or her phone number. Then comes the other number. “How many people have you slept with?”
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Without enforcement, UB’s no smoking policy accomplishes little
By Editorial Board | Mar. 29, 2015The sight of students brazenly smoking on campus, breathing smoke clouds directly in front of the many “No smoking” signs that dot UB’s facilities, is an ironic but not uncommon sight. More than that, it’s a scene that demonstrates the current ineffectiveness of UB’s prohibition of smoking on campus.
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UB's housing lottery should reward the responsible, not the lucky
By Editorial Board | Mar. 29, 2015As a large university with multiple campuses, UB boasts a multitude of housing options – but not enough that a simple matter of bad luck can’t leave students with little choice in their living situation.
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Absentee landlords near UB South need a lesson in responsibility
Mar. 26, 2015From mildly annoying treks through unplowed sidewalks to more frightening late-night walks on dimly lit, rarely patrolled streets, students’ safety in the Heights is far from guaranteed as they go to and from their houses. UB has done little to address this issue, despite troubling crime statistics and pleas from the student body for a more equal dissemination of university resources. But for some students, the issue of unsafe conditions permeates beyond the city streets – right into their homes.
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Ken-Ton teachers rebels with a cause, propose to boycott Cuomo's evaluations
Mar. 26, 2015When teachers, rather than their students, are choosing to break the rules, it’s an indication that there is something seriously amiss. This time around, the issue at stake is Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed teaching evaluations – a proposal which threatens the independence of teachers’ instruction and their freedom in the classroom.
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Buzzer Beater: Will Hurley stay or will he go?
By Sports Desk | Mar. 26, 2015Following the Bulls' first visit to the NCAA Tournament, will Hurley stay or will he go?
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Buffalo Bucket List No. 1-3: Wings and things
By Daniel McKeon | Mar. 26, 2015Buffalo is a city filled with culture and life – you just need to find the right places. As a sophomore from Long Island, I hope to get the most out of my Buffalo college experience. With that in mind, here is first installment of my “Buffalo Bucket List,” starting with the food that bears Buffalo’s name: the Buffalo wing (or as you locals call it, “a chicken wing”).
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Making Buffalo home
By EMMA JANICKI | Mar. 24, 2015I’m an off-campus student, I don’t live with my parents and I certainly don’t live in the Heights. And neither should you.
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Cuomo's ethics reform undermined by his lack of financial transparency
Mar. 24, 2015When Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out his five-point plan for ethics reform, he proclaimed his party was creating a new standard for campaign disclosure, one which even merited its own catchphrase: “Explain the money.” But now that Senate Republicans expect Cuomo himself to “explain the money,” the governor is balking.
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After WNIT loss, Bulls poised to take next step with roster, coach combination
By QUENTIN HAYNES | Mar. 24, 2015You never exactly know when a team or player is ready to take the leap. Take this year’s men basketball team.
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Far from friends
By TORI ROSEMAN | Mar. 24, 2015When I got a call at the end of June before my freshman year telling me my housing forms were not filled in correctly and I would not be provided dorming, I panicked. They told me I’d have to commute – which was an issue, considering I live on Long Island.
