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Tuesday, June 30, 2026
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Obama rightfully questions supplying police with military-grade equipment in wake of Ferguson

Aug. 26, 2014

Art by Amber Sliter In a commendable move, President Obama has ordered a review of the government?s ?Pentagon to police? program, which for the past decade has provided local police forces with military-grade equipment, including body armor, mine-resistant trucks and automatic rifles. The issue came to light in the wake of racial unrest and dramatic clashes between protestors and heavily armed police in Ferguson, Missouri, after a police officer shot and killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown.

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A changing of the board

By Editorial Board | June 30, 2014

Dramatic change is in store for the Buffalo Board of Education. But as the newly elected members of the board settled into their seats on July 1, they joined a group still recovering from a nearly two-month transitional period mired in disagreement and debate. Buffalo?s Board of Education, which oversees policy-making for the city?s public schools, held its election May 6 to fill three of nine positions on the board.

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Nothing gets left behind

By GISELLE LAM | June 28, 2014

Spectrum File Photo I learned a lot in my first two years of college: theories of communication, the acting methods of Stanislavski, and that time management is an extremely important tool to utilize. Somewhere during the semesters, I also familiarized myself with the art of packing. The numerous trips between home and school taught me how to better handle my over packing issues.

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"Spectrum means family, family means forever"

By BEN TARHAN | May 9, 2014

I didn't like it here at first. In fact, I tried to leave. Before I even finished a semester at UB, I applied to transfer to the Coast Guard Academy. I remember walking around campus thinking, This is the hardest thing I have ever done. I don't know if I was homesick or depressed, but I certainly wasn't happy.

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"I know it's clich?PI, but ..."

By KEREN BARUCH | May 8, 2014

This may be the last time anything I write receives more than 10 views. The pressure to produce intelligent yet creative content is so far above the ground that I've decided to do something The Spectrum usually does not allow me to do because it's just so unoriginal. For my final piece, I will provide you with a list of clichés I believe are mandatory to live by. Never judge a book by its cover. You'll never truly know that "weird" girl in your chemistry class if you don't give her a chance to show you she's not simply a label you branded her with in your head.

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I'm lucky

By SAM FERNANDO | May 8, 2014

"What does The Spectrum mean to you?" If you had asked me two years ago, I probably would have told you it was just a way to pass time while I try to figure out what I am doing with my life. If you asked me a year ago, I probably would have said it was a résumé builder that would give me a little experience in a field I was kind of interested in. But, now, with no papers left and my undergraduate career over, it means so much more. I have already come to terms with the fact that there is no way I can even come close to verbalizing how much this place means to me. Yes, I know the irony of a journalist at a loss of words is absurd, but that isn't a testament to the skills I've learned here.

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Follow your bliss

By BRIAN KESCHINGER | May 8, 2014

I thought I was ready to come to UB after graduating from community college. I thought that by going to a school that was six hours away from home, I would be happy.

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The Nine

By JOE KONZE JR | May 8, 2014

There's a street corner that sits 100 yards from my home in Henrietta, N.Y. Every day, from my elementary years to my last day of high school, I walked or sprinted those 100 yards to catch my bus.

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