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My life sentence
By TAYLOR BRUNDAGE | Feb. 24, 2013A lot of people have nightmares. You wake up relieved it was just a dream, take a deep breath and then forget about it.
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More than a test score
Feb. 24, 2013You will take hundreds of exams and quizzes during the course of your education. Some will be to test your general comprehension of a topic; others will be more in-depth, focusing on parochial themes and material delved upon in class discussions.
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"For UB to go north, it needs to fix South"
By AARON MANSFIELD | Feb. 24, 2013I knew what was happening the second I turned around. The man who was about to rob me stood 20 yards away.
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Need college hockey? Join the club
By JOE KONZE JR | Feb. 24, 2013The men's club hockey team is not one you will see playing in the Frozen Four, nor will you see any of the players making ESPN's Top Ten plays anytime soon. The names Matthew Ganci, Craig Meaney and Ben "Nitro" Lantz may never register in the NCAA hockey record books. But if you watched the fans who packed the stands of the Northtown Center on Saturday and Sunday to watch the Bulls hoist the NECHL Playoff championship trophy, you saw the impact these players have on UB.
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One big gas mistake
Feb. 21, 2013Over the last few days, students all around campus have been buzzing, but the university has remained quite quiet on a situation that deserves many words. While students were receiving UB Alerts to their phones Sunday night, Richmond Quadrangle residents in the Ellicott Complex were being evacuated from their rooms due to a carbon monoxide leak.
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Grappling with the IOC
Feb. 21, 2013The International Olympics Committee is currently wrestling with an Olympic-sized problem. Last week, the executive board of the IOC held a vote and made the decision to eliminate wrestling from the Summer Games beginning in 2020.
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It's time to make a statement
By RACHEL RAIMONDI | Feb. 21, 2013When a college athlete is charged with an assault that leaves another student bleeding and unconscious on the streets, the athletic department must take action. Justin Lozano, a sophomore UB wrestler who competes in the 174/184-pound brackets, was arrested in connection with the assault of Joshua Rubin and harassment of Rubin's three friends at approximately 2:30 a.m.
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"Later, Lindy"
By JARED BOVE | Feb. 21, 2013A 53-year-old man stood in front of the team he coached for 5,693 days. On Wednesday afternoon, exhausted and defeated, he walked out of the silver, blue and gold locker room door for the last time. While browsing through my twitter feed, I read 140 characters that many Buffalo Sabres fans have been eagerly waiting for.
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Holiday erode
Feb. 19, 2013Don't start excitedly circling the holidays on your fall calendar quite yet - UB has some big changes in the works. Last Wednesday, the Faculty Senate Executive Committee met and voted to alter UB's academic calendar in a few big ways: class sessions would be added over winter break, classes would be held on Labor Day to make Thanksgiving break a week long and classes would be held on Jewish holidays. The proposals, of course, still await decision from President Tripathi, as well as an opportunity to allow students to express their opinions on the alteration, but if the final decision approves it, the changes would most likely go in affect for fall semester. You may hem and haw over the some of the aspects - specifically the holiday class proposals - but overall, the potential changes are beneficial to the university. There should be no debate over the option of winter intersession.
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Can't sacrifice my Judaism
By RACHEL KRAMER | Feb. 19, 2013The Faculty Executive Committee voted to hold classes on Labor Day and on the Jewish High Holy days in order to have a class session over winter break and add two days to Thanksgiving break. As a Jewish student, this is not OK with me. Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year and Yom Kippur - the Day of Atonement - are the two "High Holy days" of the Jewish faith.
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Letter to the Editor
By JOSHUA ANBAR | Feb. 19, 2013It was with great dismay that I read in your paper an article about how the Faculty Senate Executive Committee voted to amend the academic calendar to have classes on Labor Day and the autumn Jewish holidays.
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My unsung hero
By JOE KONZE JR | Feb. 19, 2013In recent weeks, amongst the Baseball Hall of Fame fiasco, the Ray Lewis hoopla and the Oscar Pistorius case, people have discussed what exactly the term "Role Model" means.
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Dogged new tricks
Feb. 19, 2013Two days after his State of the Union address, President Obama left the confines of the House chamber to a cozy spot sandwiched in between a fireplace and a camera.
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Straight from the source: public sex adventures
Feb. 19, 2013I want to go to Europe. I want to skydive and see the Grand Canyon.
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Wat's good
By AARON MANSFIELD | Feb. 17, 2013Over its recent three-game win streak, the men's basketball team has had a message for its opponents: Mahalo from the hardest act to follow. Those who have followed Bulls basketball over the past couple years have grown accustomed to senior guard Tony Watson's Hawaiian flair and "Mahalo hand" signal.
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Stay 18 forever
By Rebecca Bratek | Feb. 17, 2013In April, the Buffalo Common Council passed legislation prohibiting those under the age of 21 from entering Chippewa bars and nightclubs, with the exception of Thursday nights - college nights - because "commingling" was causing many problems for the Entertainment District. By October, no one under the age of 21 could be on Chippewa on any evening. Now, bar owners and patrons aren't happy, and some have started a lawsuit, including a 19-year-old UB student, the owner of Bayou Party Bar and The Lodge and the owner of Lux nightclub.
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Nation on vacation
Feb. 17, 2013So ... remember the fiscal cliff? At the end of 2012, Congress faced a serious dilemma: compromise on a new deal to address a $1 trillion budget gap by the beginning of the new year or risk sending the economy into another recession.
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What's in a name?
Feb. 17, 2013Is racism fine as long as there's a uniform that comes with it? A few weeks ago, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian held a symposium to discuss the growing controversy on the use of Native American imagery in American sports. The discussion has heated up recently after the Atlanta Braves decided to scrap the idea of reviving their "screaming Indian" logo, but for decades, Native American organizations, individuals and allies have protested the use of imagery in the marketing of athletic teams.
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Build it and they will come
By BEN TARHAN | Feb. 14, 2013The Bulls have a lot working against them when they take the field on Friday at North Carolina A&T.
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Brace for the arms race
Feb. 14, 2013On Tuesday, seismic activity indicated something we've all been anticipating and have all been warned of: North Korea is testing nukes. The North conducted an underground explosion in Pyongyang to test nuclear technology that could eventually be paired with long-range missile fire.
