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Time for everyone to catch on: Neutz is the real deal

By AARON MANSFIELD | Nov. 6, 2013

On a night when there were so many things to take away - Buffalo improving to 7-2 and 5-0 in conference play, Branden Oliver popping off for a Division IA school record 249 yards, the Bulls thoroughly dominating an impressive opponent on ESPN in a raucous UB Stadium - the unheralded star was Alex Neutz. There is probably no better word to sum up Neutz's career than just that: unheralded.

OPINION

The necessity of neutrality

Nov. 5, 2013

This week, the Supreme Court will consider the role of prayer in a legislative setting for the first time in 30 years.

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Comme des Carson - Mend your mainstream mistakes

Nov. 5, 2013

Editor's note: This article is satirical and is not meant to be taken literally. Dear Carson, I want to get my ear pierced.

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Discriminating who gets protected against discrimination

Nov. 5, 2013

On Monday, 61 Senators voted to defeat a Republican threat of filibuster to pass the Employment Nondiscrimination Act (ENDA) - a measure that is long overdue.

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Not 'loving it'

Oct. 31, 2013

Last week, McDonald's announced it made $1.5 billion in the third quarter. That puts the world's largest food chain up 5 percent from last year. But last week, it was also announced that taxpayers are paying $1.2 billion in public assistance to the McDonald's workforce. Those numbers are merely a coincidence but draw attention to how the McDonald's Corporation is making enormous profits as its employees struggle to pay for food, housing and medical care. Low Pay Is Not OK, an advocacy group, recorded a telephone call Nancy Salgado made to McResource, a helpline for McDonald's workers, in which the representative assured Salgado she would have no issue receiving assistance from government programs. Without ever asking Salgado much she makes an hour or how many hours she works, the representative assured her she could qualify for food stamps and heating assistance.

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A partial victory

Oct. 31, 2013

It was under the pretense of trying to protect women's health and safety that a Texas law that restricted abortion rights throughout the state was passed in July.

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A conundrum of ethics

Oct. 29, 2013

The Miami Student, the student newspaper of Miami University (OH), has announced it will no longer publish the names of student criminal suspects. As its editor in chief, Katie Taylor, has indicated, in today's world, the standard for reporting is evolving.

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The choice to chaperone

Oct. 29, 2013

Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler has spurred a national conversation. Last week, the state's top law enforcement officer drew headlines when a picture of him at a teenage beach-house party was released.

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Tis the season for Halloween

By RACHEL KRAMER | Oct. 29, 2013

It's the end of October, a time for overindulging in Halloween candy, carving pumpkins, drinking apple cider and complaining about the chilly fall weather.

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Eavesdropping galore

Oct. 27, 2013

Since recent revelations have surfaced regarding the National Security Agency's intercepting the phone calls of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and a host of other foreign leaders and their governments and their citizens, President Obama has been forced to try and persuade the world that this program is under control. But he has had no such success. His attempt to convince Germany and French President

OPINION

The need for speed

Oct. 27, 2013

Assemblyman Louis Sepulveda, a freshman Democratic lawmaker from the 87th district, introduced new legislation in Albany last week.

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No excuse

Oct. 24, 2013

This is an embarrassment. It has been over three weeks since HealthCare.gov - the website for the new health care law - opened and it has yet to become fully functional.

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A flawed experiment

Oct. 24, 2013

It was recently announced that California's public university system has proposed a plan to begin charging higher tuition rates for high-demand classes. This is ludicrous. What has been proposed is undeniably unjust.

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The gorilla days are over

By JAMIE FANDL | Oct. 22, 2013

Has anyone ever actually witnessed a prison inmate donning a short, tight and unforgivably highlighter-pink dress?

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How to: create a scary scar for Halloween

By RACHEL KRAMER | Oct. 22, 2013

Ikea Edwards, a senior visual communication major, dreams of being a special effects makeup artist.

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One terrifying weekend with UB Athletics

By OWEN O'BRIEN | Oct. 22, 2013

I've been repressing this experience for too long now. I recently had a dream that haunts me to this day.

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The horrors of the classroom

Oct. 22, 2013

We have all had terrifying classroom experiences and teachers have in an important role. It is worth noting that all relationships of teachers to students are relationships of power and authority. The power that teachers possess has a way of inducing fear in even the most strong willed of students.

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"The dangers of social media

Oct. 20, 2013

Facebook users can again feel leery of its privacy settings. It will now allow users ages 13-17 to share posts and information with people outside their friend network.

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The necessity of awareness

Oct. 20, 2013

On Friday, the limited release of 12 Years a Slave, the new movie directed by the British filmmaker Steve McQueen, marked the third major film in the last two years that deals with the subject of slavery. Slavery is America's largest wound.

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The feeling

By KEREN BARUCH | Oct. 20, 2013

It's sad that as president of my sorority, I often have to beg people to participate in philanthropy events.