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Paying back your debt
By CHRISTINE SETLOCK | May 1, 2006Graduates should be aware of repayment options and rising interest rates, as well as the importance of communicating with their lender.
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Law school to host crime and immigration conference
By CHRISTINE SETLOCK | Apr. 26, 2006Immigration and crime are quickly converging in the public and media's eyes, with recent protests against new immigration bills and new police-deportation policy arriving before Congress.
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Men wear high heels to promote sexual assault awareness
By CHRISTINE SETLOCK | Apr. 19, 2006It's unusual, to say the least, to see men walking in women's shoes, but that's just what a small group of guys did at UB on Monday.The message to other men was clear: put yourself in the shoes of a woman who has been sexually harassed, assaulted or raped.The "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" event was a joint effort by UB's Health Education and Human Services and Crisis Services Advocate Program to inform the public as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.It was also a call for men to stand beside women and take responsibility, maybe not as perpetrators, but for condoning the attitudes that lead to mistreatment of women in today's society.Through the eyes of one man who walked the route along North Campus in casual feminine flats, most men have been a part of the problem without recognizing it."I wonder if men realize they're supporting these attitudes that lead to rape," said Chris Spicer.
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National immigration protests come to campus
By CHRISTINE SETLOCK | Apr. 12, 2006Recent controversy over illegal immigration has made its way to UB, and a protest held Monday reflected the concerns of UB students in regards to a House of Represented resolution that is at the center of the immigration debate.The resolution, known as House Resolution 4437, would make being an illegal immigrant a felony and penalize employers for hiring illegal immigrants.
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Spitzer speaks at Center for the Arts
By CHRISTINE SETLOCK | Apr. 10, 2006New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer made a call to arms at the Center for the Arts Saturday afternoon as part of a gubernatorial campaign stop at the New York State College Democrats Convention.His short appearance brought several rounds of applause from a group of about 75 College Democrats from schools across the state and other spectators as he spoke on politics, integrity in business and higher education."The reason we need a new generation is that ideas have the energy, by and large through our history, to come from folks who are recently out of college, who see the world in a different way, are willing to stand up to the status quo or willing to say, 'Wait a minute, we don't agree with you, and we're going to push that'," Spitzer said.There are two types of politicians, "those for whom politics is a profession and those for whom politics is a cause," according to the democratic hopeful for New York State Governor.
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Rally celebrates move to union janitors
By CHRISTINE SETLOCK | Apr. 5, 2006UB Students Against Sweatshops rallied outside the Student Union on Tuesday afternoon, proclaiming another activist victory, this time in their quest for "justice for janitors."With about 70 students and community members on hand, event speakers praised the recent UB announcement to cease the outsourcing of custodial work.
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UB Council Report
By CHRISTINE SETLOCK | Mar. 1, 2006UB President John B. Simpson emphasized the university's leadership role in international education, describing universities as a catalyst for cultural understanding and better diplomatic relations, in a meeting of the UB Council on Monday.The council meeting also revealed that UB research grants were down two percent from last year, while student representative Jonathan Yedin reported on a failed council initiative in the University Heights neighborhood.Simpson's report focused on UB's increased need to be a player in international education.He said that 50 percent of graduate degrees were given in the United States in 1970, compared to a projection indicating that by 2010, only 10 percent of advanced degrees will be given.
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Communication department appoints Tutzauer as new chair
By CHRISTINE SETLOCK | Feb. 24, 2006Frank Tutzauer was named the new chair of UB's communication department last week, replacing George Barnett, who is on sabbatical and will return as a professor.A UB veteran who joined the faculty as a visiting professor 19 years ago, Tutzauer said he is looking forward to leading the department forward in continuing research-related goals of communication study, while also addressing space needs in Baldy Hall."I want to make (the communication department) as strong as possible in communication science," Tutzauer said.
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Culture struggle for Asian universities the focus of UB series
By CHRISTINE SETLOCK | Feb. 20, 2006Though some students here at UB might want better classes and more of them, few actually protest the issue, let alone riot.
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Big results for a long-standing small department
By CHRISTINE SETLOCK | Feb. 20, 2006February commemorates Black History Month, but that rich heritage is something the UB African American studies department celebrates every day.African American studies sprung out of the civil rights movement in universities across the United States.
