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Spectrum recommends: Munchies for your eyes and ears this 4/20
By THE SPECTRUM STAFF | Apr. 19, 2023Grab your bongs, joints and blunts; it’s every pot head’s favorite holiday.
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Dispelling the rumors of ‘Lego Land’
By DOMINICK MATARESE | Apr. 12, 2023The Ellicott Complex, affectionately nicknamed “Lego Land” by students, is infamous for its peculiar design.
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‘Amazing father, amazing husband, but in the kitchen, he’s a beast’
By AJ FRANKLIN | Apr. 12, 2023Darian Bryan is a personal chef for several Buffalo Bills as well as a local restaurateur who works to uplift his community.
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From starring on Netflix to starting a cooking business, Smita Chutke puts a spotlight on authentic Indian food
By AJ FRANKLIN | Apr. 5, 2023With a migraine, less than 45 minutes on the clock and up to $18,500 on the line, Chutke was determined to make it work.
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‘Nothing is ever efficiently done’: Men’s club rugby experiences problems with SA
By AMY MASLIN | Apr. 5, 2023Members of UB’s men’s rugby club couldn’t help but notice the signs plastered on the walls of their Motel 6. “Be aware of human trafficking,” they read.
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A conversation with Selma Blair
By TENZIN WODHEAN and SUHA CHOWDHURY | Mar. 19, 2023Though memorable for playing a frigid Vivian Kensington, Selma Blair showed to be quite the opposite off screen.
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Selma Blair gets candid about multiple sclerosis, addiction and more
By MERET KELSEY and SUHA CHOWDHURY | Mar. 18, 2023The gravity of the topics in her speech didn’t stop Blair from speaking with remarkable levity and humor, garnering laughter from the audience all night.
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UB clubs and organizations celebrate Women’s History Month
By VICTORIA HILL | Mar. 15, 2023Various campus organizations are holding events to celebrate Women's History Month, which is observed every March.
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Men’s club hockey voices frustration over Student Association financial procedures
By AMY MASLIN | Mar. 9, 2023UB’s men's club ice hockey team has had issues with SA since last semester. In December 2022, the men’s hockey e-board had a hearing with SA after they were fined over $4,000 for skating before the requested funds to rent the rink and referees had been approved.
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Architecture professor Martha Bohm wins seat on survivors’ life raft
By ALEXANDRA SACCONE and ALISHA ALLISON | Mar. 8, 2023Professor Martha Bohm, a first-time competitor, won the 12th annual UB Honors College Life Raft Debate
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UB alum discusses 20 years in journalism, experiences as a Pakistani reporter during 9/11
By JASMIN YEUNG | Mar. 8, 2023UB alum Hena Doba currently works as a host and anchor for Cheddar News, a financial news network where she highlights the experiences of successful female leaders.
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Health Promotion hosts ‘How to Help a Sexual Assault Survivor’ workshop
By KATIE SKOOG | Mar. 8, 2023Aaron Maracle and Jessica Mencia host “How to Help a Sexual Assault Survivor” event for UB Health Promotion
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‘I am the Band-Aid to a gushing wound’: India Walton speaks at UB
By AJ FRANKLIN | Mar. 8, 2023India Walton, a current candidate for the Buffalo Common Council’s Masten district and nurse, spoke to a small group of around 20 students on Feb. 27 in the Student Union.
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Greiner Hall’s ‘COBE’ event offers students ‘opportunity, space, a home’
By ALISHA ALLISON , YVONNE MORALES and NATHAN RHOADS | Mar. 8, 2023Greiner Hall hosted a Celebration of Black Excellence (COBE), a two-day event to honor Black leaders, students and arts at UB last Friday and Saturday.
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‘Every year it’s only gotten better and more fun’: SAE wins E-week’s Battle Bot Competition
By KATIE SKOOG | Mar. 2, 2023E-Week’s annual Battle Bot Competition took place last Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m in the Student Union.
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‘I feel a duty to make sure I am not the last’: UB alum on breaking barriers as a Latina in law
By KIANA HODGE | Mar. 2, 2023Ventura took office as a New York State Supreme Court justice on Jan. 1, 2020.
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Pandemic pains: UB monitoring ‘historic’ bird flu outbreak as migrant geese return to campus
By KYLE NGUYEN | Mar. 2, 2023A record-breaking outbreak of bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, is sweeping poultry, wild birds and mammal populations across the globe.
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‘I’m the space where you could be yourself’: Jarael Adams speaks on his opportunity in the Buffalo art scene
By JASMIN YEUNG | Mar. 1, 2023Jarael Adams is the owner of two businesses in Allentown — Paint the Town, an art studio and The Ink Gallery, a tattoo and piercing studio.
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Black Explosion ‘Mosaic: Collections of the Divine’ showcases creators of Black art
By ALISHA ALLISON | Feb. 27, 2023The show featured looks inspired by artistic movements such as Surrealism, Afro-futurism, Romanticism, and Neo-Expressionism.
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Meet the 2023 Life Raft Debate competitors
By JASMIN YEUNG | Feb. 22, 2023UB students will vote on which of six professors — each representing a different field of study — they’ll bring with them to create a new society during the university’s 12th annual Life Raft Debate on March 6 from 6-8 p.m. at the SU Theatre.
