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Comb-over USA

The 2012 Presidential race may turn out to be the most interesting episode of The Apprentice ever. Donald Trump has created a media firestorm in recent weeks by going on nearly every major network and talking about what he would do as president.


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Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor, After reading the recent articles regarding both the salary our new president earns and the methods by which the University at Buffalo pays him, I am inclined to ask, "Where's the beef?" I mean honestly, who cares? First, I need to address the amount that the University at Buffalo is paying our new President.


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Journalists Don't Need to Die

Reporters flood war-torn countries to do the job that few others are brave enough to do. They cross borders, aware of the risk to their lives, in a selfless attempt to get the story so that the international community may read about the conflict over morning coffee. On Wednesday, the crack of sniper fire and the hum of battle absorbed the sound of a rocket-propelled grenade fired on a Tripoli Street in Misrata, Libya.


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Tripathi Privately Wins Presidency

For a public school, our university is getting awfully private. After a dimly lit presidential search spearheaded by billionaire Jeremy Jacobs, we now have a new president and the same old problems.


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Letter to the Editor

Trust is not given. It is earned. Undoubtedly Dr. Tripathi, Chancellor Zimpher, President Emeritus Simpson, SUNY Board of Trustees Chairman Hayden, and the other dignitaries in the room during Monday's Board of Trustees meeting felt uncomfortable at the presence of twelve students who stood in awkward silence, gagged with tape, observing the proceedings.


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"Happy Birthday, BP Oil Spill"

It's been a year since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the coast of Louisiana, and if you were to listen to BP things sound just peachy on the Gulf Coast. Like the soil of the Louisiana marshes, however, a little digging uncovers something very ugly.


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Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor: After feeling disgusted all day, I felt that I had to write to this paper in order to express my opinion.


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Hyperbolic Hyperbole

I've seen evidence of this problem over a trillion times and I know that each time someone does it a billion babies die and a bunch of rednecks marry their trucks.


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Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor: I'm writing to congratulate The Spectrum for two superb investigative articles last week.


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Number of WNY Catholics Decline

Since 2000, the estimated number of Western New York Catholics has dropped 12.7 percent, which is more than four times larger than the area's population loss in the same time, according to The Buffalo News.


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Where We Came From

As I slowly walk up to the doors of the University at Buffalo Bookstore, dragging my feet on the ground, a somber pout on my face, I can feel my stomach tied in a huge knot.


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Fact Sheet

The Earth is at the center of the universe. It's stationary, and the sun travels around it, which is proven by the fact that we can see it happening on a daily basis.



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